All Clammed Up

Anytime I get mad or extremely emotional, I just completely lose my voice. It's not like I don't have enough words, because believe me I do, it just feels like my vocal cords have been strangled by my emotions. When someone says something that goes against what I believe in a derrogatory way, my anger instantly flares up in such a consuming way that it's kind of scary sometimes. Like today, we were in US History and my teacher was making remarks about republicans and democrats. Now I know that that shouldn't make me mad or aggravated, but sometimes it seems as if he's taking a personal stab at me and my beliefs. When he finally asked me what I thought on the matter, I was so mad that all I could do was bite my lip in an effort not to say something uncuth and rude. But then the problem is that everyone misinterprets the silence as admitting that I'm wrong, which is totally not the case. Sometimes I wish that I was gifted in the art of thinking quickly on my feet, but as that is not the case, I'll just have to get over it.