The DSM gives names like “disruptive mood dysregulation disorder” to temper tantrums in children and “binge eating disorder” to those who tend to overeat.
Anxious and uneasy, the period which passed in the drawingroom, before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dull to a degree that almost made her uncivil.
At half past eight, Mr. Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek, and tried to kiss Dudley good-bye but missed , because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls .
So we lose our tempers, cry and scream — because we perceive injustices where there are in fact only encounters with entirely reasonable and predictable degrees of pain.