how can i stop getting angry so quickly with people

i have always been very sensitive, the touchy type..i tend to take things personally...like if someone uses a word i don't like or keeps using a word over and over again, it can leave me feeling very angry....i was on the phone earlier and the woman kept using the word 'already'...and i tried to keep patient, but her using that word really wound me up and in the end, i came off feeling uptight with her on the phone...i put the phone down to stop myself from being threatening.

how can i learn to relax and not take what people do so seriously? i think half the time it's because i don't know how to take people.

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canwenot · 18-21, F

I am considered to be a very calm person. The only thing I do when someone gets on my nerves is to pause that feeling or thought and wait until my anger wears off. I get angry a lot too, I just don't let it show and after I calm down and clear my head I just let it go.
For example, my mom is talking loudly on the phone while I try to do my homework. Of course I get a little pissed but I keep it to myself until the call ends so I can calm down too. It's called being patient.