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Pro-racks

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My wife has been saying to me that I sometimes stare at her with a hostile look, I'm not aware that I'm doing this and wondered if anybody had any similar experiences
I've been diagnosed type 2 diabetic for a couple of years and am taking metformin
 
Do you work in a managerial or supervisory capacity? I used to be sometimes accused of being unable to leave work AT work and although it was not easy, I did manage to adjust my attitude during the journey home.
 
Interesting, my Mother often accused my T2 Father of 'glaring' at her. And I've been told that I often have a serious look on my face, which I find that is one of the signs of an impending hypo for me.

It stands to reason that a brain being starved of sugar would put a person into a subconsciously concerned state that would show on their face. It may be that your blood sugar is low or has dropped rapidly and that is the source of the 'hostile look'.
 
Agree with geo. When heading low my mind starts to spin somewhat and i am often just concentrating on trying to make sense. My little boy was talking to me at about a million words a minute the other day, when he finally stopped he just asked "what's up"?

Alternatively, have you considered you may just have feelings of hostility ;-)

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Hobs said:
Do you work in a managerial or supervisory capacity? I used to be sometimes accused of being unable to leave work AT work and although it was not easy, I did manage to adjust my attitude during the journey home.
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Why did you need an attitude of hostility for your management/supervisory role? :think:
 
Pro-racks said:
Hi
My wife has been saying to me that I sometimes stare at her with a hostile look, I'm not aware that I'm doing this and wondered if anybody had any similar experiences
I've been diagnosed type 2 diabetic for a couple of years and am taking metformin
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With me, it's usually when she starts talking whilst I am trying to watch the telly. :cry:
 
Mr Happy said:
Agree with geo. When heading low my mind starts to spin somewhat and i am often just concentrating on trying to make sense. My little boy was talking to me at about a million words a minute the other day, when he finally stopped he just asked "what's up"?

Alternatively, have you considered you may just have feelings of hostility ;-)

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I've always had sort of 'intense' eyes. I seem to use my eyes to 'tune in' to people. I'm very sensitive to body language and I also lip read to an extent. I can't handle it when people come at me and start talking at 100mph. It feels like an assault on my senses.

I know that children often do speak rapidly and it's to be expected but it also seems to have become the norm for many adults to 'spew' out whatever information they're trying to convey in as short a time as possible. Working in a hospital, I answer the telephone numerous times in a day and I'm still shocked at the number of people who ... don't give their name or ask mine, but just blurt out their message at the rate of knots without even stopping to check if I'm keeping up. To me it's just the same as someone suddenly playing loud music at me at a fast pace. I just want to find the knob and turn it down or switch the damned thing off.

When children do it we ask them to slow down, explain that it's rude, that we can't understand them and that way we get them to correct themselves. But when adults do it I draw the line at having to play 'Mum' and start lecturing them on communication etiquette.

So what I do now is, let them ramble on until they're breathless ... because I get breathless having to try to interrupt them. Then I ask them to start again, beginning with their name. And these are not children, these are professional people and the reason they feel they can 'communicate' in this way is because they're 'so busy' and also 'important' and have so much to do.

When anyone, usually managers or supervisors bark orders at me at a rate of knots too, I tend to stare at them intently in the hope they'll realise I can't understand a b****y word they're saying. Sometimes they're so intent on this 'getting up to speed' lark that the message comes out in a series of disjointed half sentences that the listener has to try to piece together. Often people who try to convey a message very quickly, speak in this way without realising it, which leaves the rest of us staring intently at them in an effort to put two and two together.
 
There is also an autoimmune thyroid condition called Graves Disease which affects the eyes and causes a 'staring' symptom. In the early stages the eyes just appear to be staring, less blinking etc, but in later stages the eyes can actually begin to protrude and bulge - like this :shock:
 
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