Anyone else really crabby today?

[Love Bug]

I'm really pissed off at a couple of cow-orkers today! I'm avoiding them (pretty easy since there in a different location) until I calm down, but my anger is out of proportion to the offense. I'm just pissed off this week! AAAAAaaAARRGGHHHHH!

Any advice on what to do to calm down? (Besides alcohol or sex. Both at work are a no-no)

:mad:

[leftofthedial]

1. shut up and leave me alone. I have work to do.

:D

[Liberal Veteran]

2. What you need is some "Mother's Little Helper"...

:):):):)

WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD


KIDS ARE DIFFERENT TODAY, I HEAR EVERY MOTHER SAY
MOTHERS NEEDS SOMETHING TODAY TO CALM HER DOWN
AND THOUGH SHE'S NOT REALLY ILL, THERE'S A LITTLE YELLOW PILL
SHE GOES RUNNING FOR THE SHELTER OF A MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER
AND IT HELPS HER ON THE WAY, GETS HER THROUGH HER BUSY DAY

[redwitch]

3. Sorry you are crabby

Sucks, doesn't it? I am miserable today as well, no reason particularly, just feeling mean. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGH!
I guess misery DOES love company, I was so relieved to know I'm not the only one. Thanks. Hope your day improves.

[LearnedHand]

4. Hey, Bug!

I know that feeling completely! Just yesterday, I launched into a couple of kids in my apartment complex who had their music turned up too loud -- against apartment rules, to be sure, but my response was (like you mentioned) WAY out of proportion to the offense.

I don't know about you, but I have a tremendous amount of generalized anxiety about the direction our nation is taking. And this Moore thing in Alabama has put me on edge: I believe the ultimate outcome of this incident will tell us LOTS about what we can expect in general about how the government and fundy religion will treat us in the future.

That having been said, I feel edgy and marginalized all the time -- at least, as far as federal government and media are concerned. Could that be part of why your anger is surfacing? I believe that's one of the sources of mine.

Anyway, a very wise counselor once told me that when I'm feeling that kind of anxiety and anger, I need to "ground" myself; i.e., go for a walk, a bike ride, pace the halls...do anything to feel the earth with my body and get out of my mind for a few moments. This will give my system a chance to recover and stimulate the endorphins a bit. She said to concentrate on how the earth feels pushing up against my shoes as I walked. I've done this many times; it really works.

If you're in an office situation where you cannot do this, try walking the halls or pacing your office/cubicle -- anything that lets you DO something instead of THINK something. And while doing, follow your breathing in and out; turn off your mind for a few minutes and just FEEL.

Good luck! And you're DEFINITELY not alone.

(Alternatively, it could be simply that Mars is so close, we ALL are feeling a bit warlike. :mad: ===> :evilgrin:

on edit: Oops. Fixed a smiley!

[LuminousX]

5. It's Mars

I blame Mars. Relationship turmoil, general hostility... all the fault of Mars. This weekend I'm going to have a "GoodBye, Mars" celebration as the planet goes back to where it is supposed to be.

[xchrom]

6. i was born crabby

i've leaned to embrace it -- to love it.
as i reach down and tear the heads off mere mortals and eat them. so crunchy.

[KCDem]

7. I was pretty pissy yesterday and the day before that.

Today, it's all good so far. But, I assume it'll go downhill pretty soon.

[Love Bug]

8. Thanks, all for the advice!

I wonder if chocolate will help me ground? It's worth a shot! :9

[demnan]

9. Can't hurt

It's supposed to be good for blood pressure.

Stay away from White Chocolate though, that's just pure cocoa butter.

[trof]

10. cow-orkers

At first I thought it was a humerous typo.
Then I googled "orker".
Low and behold:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CowOrker

I learn something new almost every day.
I'm headed out to ork some cows.
;-)

[oneighty]

11. No!

But I sure am scratching a lot.

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