02.22.08
Am I Mentally Ill or just PMS-ing?
I got up today, real tired and cranky. Everything went fairly well at work, though I wasn’t my total best.
Then I got home, and decided not to accept a dinner invite from my firiends, because I was too tired. I curled up in front of the TV, and all of a sudden I was greif stricken, depressed, upset…out of the blue.
Everything seemed tragic. Then my mind was wandering to stupid little things that family members, friends and ex-boyfriends have done that I still find irritating. My irritation fed on itself until finally I was just consumed with anger…What was wrong with me??
Then I started thinking about Wally (my ex), how I wish I was more centered and “together” last time I bumped into him, how well he is doing in his life and how happy he must be with his new girl…and how I feel like such a reject-loser in comparison.
And thinking of Wally never leads to any good.
Later I had to run to the grocery store, and they had Valentine’s Day chocolate 75% off. I bought 2 boxes. A few minutes later when I found myself in the cookie aisle picking up a box of Pimm’s the thought finally occured to me: Am I getting my period early?
I sure hope so…or else I’d hate to see myself when I actually do have PMS…
Dora said,
February 24, 2008 at 6:36 pm
That kind of sudden tragic emotionality sounds like hormones… I would think you are PMSing. Lots of deep breaths, and believe it or not a long hot bath or shower really helps.
Dinkerwald said,
February 25, 2008 at 7:50 am
Are you a skater?, Anywhere near the beach bike path?, Go skate for awhile, or walk, or run it always seems to help me work things through. Not for the PMS thing, it’s not like I get PMS or like that, you know….. it’s like easier to think……you know just makes things… awwww never mind, go to the beach (if it’s not raining)
Each said,
February 25, 2008 at 11:24 am
uh seriously, period brain has got me
1, i love pims
2, i seriously thought your title said metally III not mentally ill
Shy-Girl said,
February 25, 2008 at 3:40 pm
That happens to me sometimes…it often depends on how tired I am. I notice in the mornings I’m in a good mood, in the evenings a bad mood, and late night after my 2nd wind…a good mood once again. It’s true - exercise works wonders.
sillygirl84 said,
February 26, 2008 at 5:30 pm
It happens to me too. Sometimes you’re just busy and constantly “on” and when you finally have time to sit down and pause, all the emotions come up at once. And it may not have been anything but something that irritated you earlier, but you link that pain with everything else and off you go… I hope you feel better!
hazel_eyes said,
July 8, 2008 at 2:56 am
it happens to me a lot of times. may be it’s because of hormones, may be its really the subconscious mind. may not too. i’m not sure. but sometimes i really mess things up due to this syndrome.