Does anyone else get in a mood for no reason, or is this just a me thing?
For the past few days, I’ve been in a bad mood. Nothing’s happened to set me off. I’m just feeling low and grumpy. I’m salty about everything and annoyed by everyone. At any moment, I’ll either blow up or break down.
This happens some times, these cranky moods. It’s like seasonal affect disorder (SAD), but year-round.
Sometimes, it’s circumstantial. Like, I didn’t sleep well the night before or I’m having a reaction to a food so my head and stomach hurt. In those instances, I’m understandably irritable and snippy, right?
But more often than not, it’s nothing in particular that sets me off. I’m just sour. Seemingly out of the blue. And the worse part is, I never know how long the bad mood will last.
I like to think I’m a nice person, but these hormones … Mood disorders are common among people with autoimmune diseases. (Check box, check box, check box.) Plus, mood swings are common for women in menopause. (Check that box, too.) So basically there’s no chance of me NOT being a moody b*tch. #sorrynotsorry.
When I’m in Queen B*itch mode, I’m straight-up mean. Even to myself. I don’t want to do anything or be around anyone. I don’t even want to write.
Usually, I push through and find a way to post something. Even if it’s lame. Like in 2016, when I wrote about the reasons I sometimes missed a week of posting. Or in 2023, when I wrote about not being in the mood to write.
Why? Because I have high standards for myself and refuse to break my 4-year weekly post streak—even if the end result is drivel, like this.
Hopefully, next week I’ll write something more entertaining for you all. Then again, I can’t make any promises.
—LJDT
I know the feelings….
Me .
Make sure your vitamin Bs and D is good. That’ll make it worse!