Wow, sounds so much like my almost 8 year old DD. She can FREAK. OUT. And with what I would consider very little provocation. Like you, I find it very difficult to keep my cool and deal with her, especially when she starts acting and behaving so over the top unreasonable. I can only hope that as she gets older, she learns to keep better control. I try to maintain calm, reason with her, but it is HARD!
I will try my best to distract her, sometimes a joke, a tickle, or just a complete topic switch. It works sometimes, others, not so much. What I find amazing is that she can be in full throated life is not fair how could this happen you don't listen to me I am the most hard done by child in the world and then fifteen minutes later, she's all "Mommy, let's bake some cookies!"
Really? Wow.
