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Gah, why should small things be so annoying and able to affect emotional well-being to such a large extent? It's just a silly subscription snafu that can probably be easily corrected (if I can keep my email tone civil) - not something to lose sleep over. Or those dumb "I should have said THIS or THAT instead" moments that linger and fester.
But I seem to have some kind of in-built coping mechanism for which I am very grateful. If the worry or peevishness persists for more than a couple of days I suddenly get angry with the feeling and say something to the effect of "Fiddlesticks!" to it and the unhelpful emotion goes away. Very handy for the old equilibrium!
But this only works for minor matters. The real problems are more difficult to come to grips with.
Still, if Fortean Times don't want my subscription, at least I got a Milligan book in the mail yesterday so the ups and the downs sort of balanced out.
But I seem to have some kind of in-built coping mechanism for which I am very grateful. If the worry or peevishness persists for more than a couple of days I suddenly get angry with the feeling and say something to the effect of "Fiddlesticks!" to it and the unhelpful emotion goes away. Very handy for the old equilibrium!
But this only works for minor matters. The real problems are more difficult to come to grips with.
Still, if Fortean Times don't want my subscription, at least I got a Milligan book in the mail yesterday so the ups and the downs sort of balanced out.
