Watch the Trend

Progress is not linear. You will have setbacks, and that is normal. The real question is not whether you slip, but whether the space between yelling episodes gets longer over time.

Keep a simple tally — not to shame yourself, but to see the trend. Week one: four times. Week four: maybe twice. Each time you pause instead of yelling, you make the next pause a little easier. You are not your parents, and the pattern you grew up with is not the one you are stuck with.