We as humans are very sensitive creatures.
If something or someone is bothering you and raising your temperature alongside stress levels, but you are hesitant to raise the issue with relevant persons for whatever reason, it may be because you feel you are overreacting or being overtly sensitive.
In this case (and although it may sound strange) we find it useful to stand in front of a mirror and say or mimic our argument 'out loud' to ourselves.
This serves 2 important purposes.
Firstly, it gets the agitation ‘off your chest’ without engaging with relevant individuals if there is e.g. good reason not to, such as they are feeling vulnerable, you believe your feelings may be borne of your own insecurities or you don’t want to hurt their feelings.
This act alone can diffuse your frustration and address the issue adequately as an alternative to escalating.
Secondly, the mirror enables you to act as your own independent judge as to whether the points you are making in your argument actually have merit or not.
Observe your body language as well as the tone, content and style of your speech.
Are these convincing to you?
If after seeing yourself physically present the argument(s) to yourself, you are still of the opinion that they have genuine objective merit, then there may be greater justification for raising them with third parties.
If not, you can save yourself further emotional strain knowing you have gone through a process of physical review, thus having validated your own feelings regardless.
We hope this unique self help strategy assists you.
Love & Best Wishes, LouLoU&MikeyM (behind you 💯!)