How Do You Embrace A Bad Mood?
It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month for me. Why? No reason, really, other than your typical existential dread paired with antisocial feelings and a weighty boulder on my shoulder. Translation: I’ve been in a bad mood. Surprisingly, the worst part about my funk hasn’t been the funk itself, but rather everybody trying to cheer me out of my funk. I realize that these would-be merry makers are only trying to help–but sometimes the best remedy for a bad mood is not to douse it with pep talks and forced grins–but to embrace it until the grim feelings burn out on their own. Let these steps inspire you to bring out the best in your next bad mood. Know the difference between embracing a bad mood and burying yourself in a bottomless pit of negativity, cynicism and self-hatred. What is the difference you ask? When you embrace your bad mood you honor your grumpy, uncomfortable feelings as natural and essential and don’t try to change your feelings with fake happiness. When yo
