What do you do when authority figures are abrupt, dismissive and patronising towards you ?
Hi. Good question, I have this problem too, and I don’t think you can prevent getting angry sometimes. But you CAN “choose” how you are going to deal with that anger. I know that part of the problem has to do with “me”. I know I have problems with being “overly-sensitive” and “paranoid”, especially with “authority figures”. So I have to be careful how I react in uncomfortable situations, because it seems like everything you do and say nowadays is “marked down” somewhere and follows you to the next doctor. At least, that’s how it seems here in the US. So if you complain or make a scene, it follows you to the next doctor and you get treated accordingly. I try to hold my anger in until I get home and have had a chance to think about it calmly for awhile, and have had a chance to discuss it with others before deciding how to deal with it. And for me, that takes at least a day or two. When I do decide that I have been legitimately “wronged”, I don’t make a scene, I just call the insurance c
