Everybody has bad moods/goes through a few days of mood swings. Sometimes people are lucky enough to be forewarned that the person they are interacting with is in a bad mood. I’ve done that before. As a matter of fact, when I recognize that I’m in one I do my best to alert people ahead of time. That way I have no liability when I snap…cause they knew.
Then there are times when either the person doesn’t realize that they’re in a bad mood or they just don’t care to warn you. Those are the times when we are the unwitting victims. We get to bear the brunt of their punishment.
I wrote a post earlier this evening that, at the time, was special. Now it has been affected by a bad mood and I decided not to share it after all.
Do you tell people when you’re in a bad mood? How do you deal with people when THEY are in bad moods? Do you just give them time alone? Or do you just struggle through it? Sometimes I think that I’m just too sensitive. I let bad moods affect me emotionally.
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As I have gotten more in touch with myself over the past few years, I’ve learned to just say to people “I’m in a mood”. Sometimes I follow that with “help me out of it” and sometimes I follow it with “Just let me be”. Now if they insist on doing the opposite of what I am asking for, I can’t be responsible for what I might say afterwards.
I try to ask people what they need. If I get the feeling that my voice is moving them from 10 to 15, I step back.