I said I was angry...and this is why I was...

Those arrogant enough to be referred to as "professionals" within the psychiatric field claim that it is the little annoyances, not the major traumas that drive people over the edge. While I've found that psychology tends to be a murky territory insofar as the sciences are concerned, this little tidbit rings very true with me. One constant little annoyance will drive me to snap much faster than a big bang. It is similar to a cat scratching at furniture: you may not notice those first claw marks (especially if kitty does it when you're not around to witness the crime), but eventually the damage becomes very clear and there's little recourse.

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