I think it is a very good way to be. Why let other people control your emotions ? You have learned a very good secret on how to live well.
I’m sorry, I’ve been away from the board for a good bit and so was not able to answer to all of your great replies:
To clarify a bit: I think my “inner philosophy”, if you will, is that there really isn’t a point to getting angry about most things. I have passion about things, I get happy and sad and excited, just not angry(or impatient, which may be tied in). Never lost my temper that I can recall. Never raised a hand in anger(I’m sure that kicking me in the groin would provoke SOME kind of reaction, though).
Lemme put it this way: Someone says my mother is a whore. My response? She isn’t, so why get angry? Thus far, nothing has made a big enough blip on the radar to get me going, I guess. Rage at the universe for percieved injustices? Why? Won’t change anything. I know this sounds defeatist, but it’s not (at least not as I see it, which I may not be able to express.) When I started this thread, I was curious if it was some kind of imbalance, or if there were other people out there like this.
As for suicide: It’s not that I don’t worry about stuff. I do, I just don’t get angry about it, or I try to explain to myself that there’s nothing to be worried about. Logic doesn’t always work, but it’s a good first resort.
Anyway, thanks everybody.