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There is no easy way to say this but, nobody likes an overeactor. Most people you meet already have enough trouble calming their own insecurities, anxieties, and worst-case scenarios; they don’t need an outside voice making things seem worse than they are. Being someone who overreacts can affect every area of your life. It could cause you to bring emotions into business meetings and make professional matters personal. It could cause you to throw a fit at family dinners any time you find out someone is making a change you don’t approve of. Fortunately, your family will always forgive you. As for your work, hopefully, you’re so indispensable that your colleagues forgive your overreacting. But if you are an over-reacter, it is likely particularly holding you back in the dating department. The men you date may not forgive your outbursts the way your family does. Do you overreact and is it keeping you single?
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Do you expect immediate responses?
If someone takes a moment to think about their answer when you ask them a question in person, you automatically assume they are lying, or you jump down their throat for not knowing information. Furthermore, if someone takes more than an hour to reply to a text or call, you require an explanation as to why, before you can even continue the conversation.
