Short-Fused
What is Short-Fused?
Minimal tolerance before frustration or anger. What normally wouldn't bother you now does.
When you might feel short-fused
Short-Fused is a specific form of irritable, which itself is a type of reactive. You might experience this feeling in situations where reactive is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define short-fused.
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