Are you a moody person?

 

The Book of Moods by Lauren Martin

          Hi there, it’s Jade. For the last log, I’m going to talk about a book I just bought at a secondhand book store last week. It’s called The Book of Moods by Lauren Martin. She revealed the transition of how she views her moods in the past five years. At the start, deciding not to be a moody woman anymore, the writer tried to find out and avoid the triggers causing her moodiness, such as calling her mother. However, she found it useless and there were always other things that could bring her negative feelings. Eventually, she chose to keep being a moody woman, but never being controlled by her emotions like before. In my point of view, I think the writer is not only a moody but also courageous woman. It’s not everyone who possesses such bravery to confront weakness and even try to make change. Also, I like how she observed the change in her moods, like what would piss her off and what would clam her down again. Through her intensive attention to her daily life, she discovered more about herself and carve out her own path of the way to live with her nature, moodiness.

          Personally, I’m not a moody person like the writer. I always just give myself some time and let the sadness go. For me, it is the most effective way to deal with my bad moods. Since I chose not to be sad or upset, I would just not be. Surprisingly, my mindset is actually approved by a theory mentioned in this book.

          “Neuroscientists have confirmed that emotional responses last for only sixty to ninety seconds. Once ninety seconds have passed, the chemical component of emotion is gone and the automatic, physiological experience of emotion, is over. If the emotion is still present, however, that is a personal choice.”

          Like what I said, I think that no matter what emotion it is, whether positive or negative, as long as we want to be and choose to be, we can be in it. Besides, being controlled by emotions is one of the most pointless and useless things in the world from my perspective, for it could help nothing but sometimes waste us more time and mess things up. Yet, it doesn’t mean that we can’t have emotions and always be calm. Conversely, it is completely not wrong to be emotional as long as we have our moods in control.

          After reading the writer’s experiences of being moody, observing moods and controlling them, I decided to pay more attention to my own moods too. Perhaps I could discover something I don’t know and have the chance to know myself better just like the writer did. If you’re a moody person, you could try it as well. I hope it could help you then.