The ?At-Home? Diaries: Dare I Mention Mood"
There is an elephant in my room"
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There is an elephant in my room"
An enormous, frequent and looming trying-to-pretend-it’s-not-there MOOD. There, I said it.
My mood and its swings, roundabouts and 360degree loops are the elephants I am referring to. Yes, there is more than one.
Please tell me you are suffering from mood swings"
Here is the truth.
Under normal circumstances – whatever they were – I am not a moody person and fairly even-tempered. Life runs to a calm hum and most gets taken in my stride. I feel happy and contented, have nothing to complain about and am extremely grateful for my wonderful life. I have been married forever to the same lovely person and we really do work well together.
Fast forward, in the time of Corona, I feel every ratty mood and then some and for absolutely no reason. The moods don’t last thankfully and I recognise them for what they are, reactions to a stressful and unfamiliar environment. I can be annoyed at the way my home looks, irritated by the way David sits quietly working away; I could berate myself over nothing. None of it makes sense and none of it “real”. He seems to be kinder, more placid and gentler than ever. If he has found a new and challenging moody side, he is concealing his demons well.
It is unusual occupying a body with an unknown personality.
Temper and I a...
The post The “At-Home” Diaries: Dare I Mention Mood" appeared first on Vicki Archer.
There is an elephant in my room"
An enormous, frequent and looming trying-to-pretend-it’s-not-there MOOD. There, I said it.
My mood and its swings, roundabouts and 360degree loops are the elephants I am referring to. Yes, there is more than one.
Please tell me you are suffering from mood swings"
Here is the truth.
Under normal circumstances – whatever they were – I am not a moody person and fairly even-tempered. Life runs to a calm hum and most gets taken in my stride. I feel happy and contented, have nothing to complain about and am extremely grateful for my wonderful life. I have been married forever to the same lovely person and we really do work well together.
Fast forward, in the time of Corona, I feel every ratty mood and then some and for absolutely no reason. The moods don’t last thankfully and I recognise them for what they are, reactions to a stressful and unfamiliar environment. I can be annoyed at the way my home looks, irritated by the way David sits quietly working away; I could berate myself over nothing. None of it makes sense and none of it “real”. He seems to be kinder, more placid and gentler than ever. If he has found a new and challenging moody side, he is concealing his demons well.
It is unusual occupying a body with an unknown personality.
Temper and I a...
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