Yes.
In other news...
• Gem seems to have a reaction to upticks in artificial color/flavors in his system. Makes him emo. He's been chowing on Peeps and jelly beans and last night, at dinner, Donna mentioned my upcoming trip to Spain...he disintegrated, emotionally, right before my eyes. He was teary for a couple of hours and had a good cry before falling asleep (a gentle but vigorous belly rub helped). To be fair, he has been more emotional lately. But, there was something about the quality of this emotional dip that made me think there was something other than natural hormonal shenanigans going on.
• Practiced qigong again this morning. So far, so good.
• Did spend less time at a screen yesterday. Did read more (sections of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and Planting Seeds). Felt more mentally clear and able to face challenging situations more authentically. (Getting angry, expressing it directly at the point of feeling it, calming down, recognizing my desire to invite compassion, communicating my awareness of what I learned about how I acted and my desire to move on more mindfully, expressing my realization of how badly that person must have already been feeling when they connected with me and had to share bad news, apologizing for the fact that I must have only made them feel worse...I was heard and reassured that my reaction felt natural and that it was understood as an emotional reaction and not a personal attack.)
Peace and love to you.
2 comments:
I find too much sugar makes me emotional. Besides the sugar crash I find it makes me feel a bit depressed when I have too much in my system. Good while it's going in but not so much once it's in there.
It's good that you were aware of your reaction and able to communicate with the person about it.
Thank you, Jamie. It's possible that Gem is reacting to the artificial sweetener...or any actual sugar in these sweets, too.
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