Emotional over nothing...

**X_Tina** · 11-28-2010 12:09 PM

Okay, well if anybody has any ideas on how I cannot be so emotional over stupid things. I always seem to over react.

Yesterday I left a book on the counter in the staff cafe at my work, and went to get it after I was off and it was gone. I almost started to cry. I told my dad and my boyfriend and both times almost started to cry over it. Yes I know it is nothing to cry over, but I never thought somebody I work with would steal from another coworker.

Later, that night my boyfriend came home and we went to bed and he was sleeping and for some strange reason, I thought he was mad at me so I started to cry.

I ended up crying for like 20 minutes and it all started over the book getting stolen. I just wish I was not so emotional over little things. Any suggestions would be great.

**Hopeless Dork** · 11-28-2010 12:54 PM

Do you notice any correlation between these moods swings and your menstral cycle? Are you on any birth control pills or medications for depression/anxiety? I suggest keep a journal of both your period dates and your moods... when the dust clears and you realize that you have significantly overreacted to something... note the date it happened on and see if you can begin to see a pattern developing and if so you should definitely see your doctor to see if there is something they can to do help with this. There are things like PMDD ... mood disorders associated with periods that they have treatments for.

If you are just randomly over emotional... then always take a pause break when something upsets you. Decide instead of talking about it on the day you are mad, that you will sleep on it and discuss it with the person the NEXT day. I bet you by the next day your rationalities will kick in and you be a lot more clear on whether its something you want to argue about or something you want to just let go.

**X_Tina** · 11-28-2010 02:16 PM

For the last couple periods, I have been more emotional before my period. I mean I got emotional before my last period but not this bad. And my period is not due for another 2-3 weeks either. I just had my period on the 13th so I will not get it for at least another couple weeks.

**CHANDLERS WISH** · 11-28-2010 02:42 PM

I always think something is missing in your life when you get to the point that any little thing can cause tears...

The book may have actually been put away safe somewhere, in the knowing it was left behind... It may simply have been moved...

Your boyfriend was tired, and so he fell asleep...

What's missing in your life? What are you not happy about?

CW

**Beautiful Disaster** · 11-29-2010 08:34 AM

Like HD asked, are you on the pill?

When I was on it, there were times I seriously felt like I was a crazy loon and I hated not feeling in some control of my own emotions....but I truly felt like I wasn't. I'd get upset about something and I'd KNOW it was silly.

Now....in agreement with CW, sometimes when things aren't right in our lives, things upset us more than they should. Definitely something to keep in mind.

**X_Tina** · 11-29-2010 11:56 AM

I am not on the pill, it has been just over a year since I have been on it. Yeah I find that there are things that could be better in my life. I wish the book was misplaced at work somewhere, but this is not the first time stuff has gone missing at work. My coworkers shoes went missing and he only had them for 20 minutes. And I heard another story, that a girl was washing her hands in the employee washrooms, took her engagement ring off to wash her hands forgot about it and went back 5 minutes later and it was gone. A $7,000 engagement ring stolen.

Yeah I am ok now. But I guess the book being stolen just upset me more, because I thought about it and karma will come back and hurt the other person more.