Mood Swings
Sorry brief post while babies are asleep (aren't they all?).
So I was skimming one of those "bold if they're true" posts and saw "I have mood swings". It was bolded and my knee jerk was, "We're women of course we have mood swings."
Then I thought about it a little longer and realized my second thought was, "well how else would my moods change then?"
When things are so normal and usual to me I've realized how else would someone discuss their change of mood? Slowly? Gently? Gradually? Does your anger build? Have you never shifted your thoughts and found yourself having an emotional response? Was that shift change or pretty quick? Was it at the speed of thought?
Because usually my emotions either swing, quickly, or I have to think about them for a long time to figure out how I feel about things in general. I just don't think mood swings are abnormal is where I'm going with this.
So I was skimming one of those "bold if they're true" posts and saw "I have mood swings". It was bolded and my knee jerk was, "We're women of course we have mood swings."
Then I thought about it a little longer and realized my second thought was, "well how else would my moods change then?"
When things are so normal and usual to me I've realized how else would someone discuss their change of mood? Slowly? Gently? Gradually? Does your anger build? Have you never shifted your thoughts and found yourself having an emotional response? Was that shift change or pretty quick? Was it at the speed of thought?
Because usually my emotions either swing, quickly, or I have to think about them for a long time to figure out how I feel about things in general. I just don't think mood swings are abnormal is where I'm going with this.