I had my insulated coffee mug on a counter, full of hot water to preheat it. I was reaching for something behind it and felt my hoodie bumping into it but didn’t stop myself. I knocked it to the floor and got hot water all over and broke the handle off the mug. It kinda sucks, but it doesn’t suck as much as my reaction would’ve suggested. I’m too stressed out and the smallest things are capable of pushing me right off the edge. It’s just water and it’s just a mug. It still functions without the handle anyway. My body is all tension. It actually makes my muscles hurt. Idk how to fix it.
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Dude.
You're ok.
These things happen, and they enlighten us. You already acknowledged that the reaction was over the top; is there a point in giving yourself grief over the reaction?
Anger is human.
The reaction is done. It's not you. It was an outburst of frustration.
And now?
That reaction is in the past. Gone like a fart in the wind.
You are only human doing human things.
Don’t worry to be angry on inanimate objects. I have the same issue and I have regrets that sometimes I overeact to my wife or children.
So I kind of actively seek out the opportunities to let some steam go on those situations without hurting the actual living beings.
Good thing is you are aware of it.
Take a walk. Do some excercise. Deep breaths.