not sure if i am using it correctly but I used STOP today! my supervisor asked me a question and i wasn’t able to answer without getting angry or mean in my answer so i deleted my original message (before hitting send) and said i will answer later. i didn’t specify why in the response but i decided to try to give myself some time to distance from the situation to give a more calm and collected response after i’ve had some time to process and think about the day rather than impulsively responding with rage and starting a fire that i knew future me would not want to try to put out. 

i’m still a little worried about how i’m going to actually respond but i’m proud of myself for at least taking 1 step in the right direction. i might mess up when i do respond but at least i did 1 thing right so i can’t be too hard on myself if that does happen