Keeping Up the Act
We all act like brats sometimes. Maybe you’ve had a bad day, you’re not feeling good, or you’re just not in a good mood. But if you realize it halfway through—especially if you’ve gotten in an argument—it may feel too late to stop. So in that case you may just need to keep up the act and follow through.
When you’re not feeling good, it can be difficult to realize that you’re acting like a brat until you’ve really dug yourself a hole that’s too deep to get out of. And then you just need to ride it out until you hopefully get what you want and nobody is too angry, and then the next day you can just pretend like it never happened.