Isn't it so strange how one's mood can change yours if you allow it to?
By mamacathie
@mamacathie (3928)
United States
May 3, 2008 8:50am CST
Well, I was in a great mood and in just a few seconds my sweet hubby got in a rush and got frustrated and wow! all of our moods changed. And, mind you, not for the better. I tried so hard to stay in the good mood and I know it is each one of our choices to remain in good moor or choose to be in a bad mood. I know he didn't mean to because he was in a hurry but it was so strange how I got all jittery in side and nervous and so rushed!
We have to remind ourselves that we can choose to stay calm and in great moods or we can choose to be in the bad moods that others are in. For sure, bad moods are very contagious and like a domino effect. The bad mood is passed on to another and then that person will take it out on another and then so on and so on. Wow! that is a lot to think about. There is no telling how many people's lives we affect with one bad mood!
Hmmm, I am going to try to be careful of how I react from now on. Maybe it is a matter of acting and not reacting.
I want to hear how these moods affect you?
1 response
@theprogamer (10532)
• United States
3 May 08
Not strange at all. Some of that is actually empathy to the person you are associating with. The stronger and more deep the relationship the more the empathy. Your mood could change with theirs if they are feeling happy, sad, angry, afraid. Your mood could also change if you feel ignored, betrayed, confused or hurt from something a loved one did. And again, the deeper the relationship and the more emotional investment in it, the more profound the mood change (or perhaps it should be mood emulation for some cases).
One way to avoid it all is to try and detach. Unfortunately this is harder than it sounds and never comes easy. But stepping back a bit from the person, the mood and the situation can help you assess what is going on rationally instead of simply reacting to a loved one and your own emerging emotions.
