An Excuse For Low Mood
Hormones. You know they can drive you crazy, trying to second-guess when they will affect your mood, your mind and your body.
When they rear their ugly head, you might just want to scream in frustration, or hide from life for a day or two. Otherwise you just might spend two more days apologizing for the erratic reactions you had during dinner, on the phone or early in the morning.
Many women sacrifice time, money, dignity and energy searching for the hormone cure.
There are so many things we try to do to manage our hormone changes. We balance them with vitamins (a good idea, of course). We meditate, jog or do yoga (also great ideas). We cut out caffeine and take deep, deep, deep breaths (marvelous ideas).
But there may be one thing we don’t do, and perhaps it is time to do it.
What am I suggesting? I say we blame our hormones---use them as the excuse for our crazy thoughts and feelings. This doesn’t mean we give ourselves allowance to act inappropriately. But so often we try to make them disappear and return to a normal life, and this doesn’t work so well.
However, life is what it is, including the ups and downs of hormones jumping around our body, and if we accept that they may be the cause of our frustration or grief, maybe we won’t put so much pressure on ourselves.
When we say to ourselves, “it is probably my hormones” our load is lightened. Suddenly we aren’t carrying the burden of responsibility to fix something we can’t fix. And when the weight isn’t on our shoulders, those hormones may be easier to ignore, to laugh about, or to embrace.
Go ahead and make the excuse. Then set it aside, knowing that you are who you are. And crazy hormones or not, have a great day.
--Tina Su
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