A good friend once asked me, "Have you ever felt so emotional that a tree could fall and you would cry?"
Unfortunately, I have felt that way. In fact, I feel a little embarrassed to say it, but I feel that way right now. I have all week. And I'm not sure what to do about it. I constantly have to remind myself that the world is going to keep spinning, that there are people out there who love me and that ice-cream will always exist.
I don't mean to make this a pity-me post and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, and I definitely don't want you to worry about me. I'll be fine. This is just something I'm going through right now.
I've gotten into this weird habit where I'm listening to all this sad music and reading books about sad people because that's the only thing I'm in the mood for. I have to really put forth the effort to be happy. ...I don't really know why I'm telling you this. Maybe it's just because I wanted to write or that I enjoyed that quote.
I've learned over the years that I'm the type of person who can be in the best mood in the world, but when someone says something harsh to me, my good mood is totally shot and I'm miserable for the longest time. I take things personally. And that's an understatement. So, if you will allow, I'd like to pose a question to you... How do I keep myself, or how do YOU keep yourself from taking every little thing personally? And how do you fix a sad mood? What do you do to make yourself feel better? Heaven knows I could use a little help with this...
Sweet Moments in Primary
5 years ago
2 comments:
I've learned that reading a harry potter book, especially one of the first few, is always a guarantee for an out loud laugh, no matter the mood I'm in!
If I can work myself up to be mad about something I clean. And clean and clean and clean. I clean really well when I'm mad.
And if I'm just so blue I can't seem to lift out of it, taking a long walk outside, throwing on a classic go-to movie (aka, pride and prejudice), something I'm sure to get into no matter what, fixing a special meal for me, myself, and I, and like you said, a load of icecream!
Find something else you like to do. Force yourself to do it. Make something, draw, paint, write a letter to someone. Do the chicken dance or try to dance through an entire Cotton-eyed Joe song.
Hope you get over your funk fast, but if not, don't worry, we all have them and sometimes it's okay to just be blue!!
Haha. Ok maybe this isn't nice to laugh at but that is totally me!! Just yesterday I was all happy-go-lucky and my husband said the simplest little thing to me and I just lost it and was upset all night about it. He complains that every good thing he's ever said to me just disappears when he said the tiniest bit of "constructive critisim." which is so true, I think that is just how girls are.
Anyway, my happy fix is and has always been early morning daily scripture study. doesn't work immediately, but after about a week or two I'm 100% happier and deal much better with stuff. Problem is, I get happy and neglect to do it and a couple weeks later I'm in the dumps again.
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