Sometimes everything feels right. Sometimes everything feels wrong. Sometimes you have no clue at all!
There are times when we are happy (and we know it). The world seems a wonderful place. We smile all day long and given a chance we would start singing and dancing and feel like flying in the air. We are at peace with ourselves and the heart feels light.
And there are times when we are sad (and we know it). Suddenly it might look like the whole world is conspiring against us. We start reading a lot into everyday occurrences and relate totally unrelated scenarios and complicate things and keep worrying. Phew.
Now comes the best(or worst) part. There are times when we have absolutely no clue as to why we feel some particular way.
Yesterday, I felt irritated. I was actually not irritated. I was casually speaking with people and going about doing my work. But at the back of my mind, for no apparent reason whatsoever, I felt very irritated. I started imagining the worst possible scenarios and I kept worrying how I would face and overcome the situation. And then some voice in my head told me I was a fool and asked me to be happy that my life was far from what I was imagining. And then I started enjoying the song I was listening to, and then my mind drifted over to the worst-case scenarios and again the same thing happened. I hope you get the drift.
A friend asked me why I was restless and why I did not smile at the person who gave us coffee. (The coffee Anna at work is my friend, coz he gives me extra strong coffee on request). I realized there was no proper reason because I still hadn’t figured out what was troubling me. So we decided to analyse what happened through the day (also because we had to wait for 10 minutes to get our Stuffed Parathas which we had ordered) and we couldn’t come to a conclusion. Five minutes later, a Paratha and a cup of strong filter coffee later, we’d forgotten about what we had been speaking and we were laughing at something else.
After a while, the friend wanted to check if I was fine and called me up. Only then it struck me that I was restless about something and surprised how a small diversion in the form of food (I’m a foodie you see) had totally calmed my overacting nerves and got me back to my normal mood.
I thought perhaps I was lucky because I did not know what was bothering me, so it was easy to get over it in a matter of a few minutes. But those few minutes nearly drove me mad.
Ah, these mood swings are so aptly named.
Am I the only weirdo around, or does this happen to you too?
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40 responses to “When You Don’t Know how You Feel!”
Does happen but not too often
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Good post. Happens to me once in a while. The strange thing is we rarely feel happy for no reason. We always feel sad/stressed for no reason.
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Do you believe in good time/bad time, within a day?
Destination Infinity
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I feel some days are positive while some are negative and everything goes wrong on such days. I get lot of mood swings so i could easily relate to the post 😛
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you speak my mind here!
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Well it's a common thing happens with everyone. These sweet moments give immense pleasure when we recall it in future. Lovely read. It indeed bring a smile on my face too 🙂
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It happens to me very often… Sometimes I feel comfortable wit myself and say I love solitude. Sometimes I say I am super alone. And the best is yet to come – it is when I have nothing to worry yet I worry about that I dont even know what it is!!!!
So, you are not alone! 🙂
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We may or may not agree but most often the mood is situation driven and the intensity depends on how much it affects us:)
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It is very common, we all go through sometime or other, it passes off also quickly.
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Food actually helps, I know. 🙂
Glad you got over that mood fast.
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Yes, it happens to me too! I find a walk outside or a good laugh helps.
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Yes it happens to many people, I eat my favourite food or I sketch to get over it 🙂
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Inexplicable. The mood swings are common. As you mentioned one will have no clue as to the feel of depression in the morning right out of bed or an elation that simply emanate your body and mind. Some biological trigger perhaps, some mental mechanics perhaps.
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Yes, it happens to me too. Sometimes PMS is the cause, at other times irritating pests or a bothersome situation. And like you said, there is nothing that some good food cannot fix.
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Great that you are fine.
Yes, Food & drinks do have their effect. Go for it!!!
Ready for your special cupcakes!
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Lucky you!
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Thanks SG!
For me it happens both ways. I keep wondering why I'm feeling happy without any reason too!
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If I'm looking for an excuse to blame something on someone, yes 😀
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Thank God there are many people like me 🙂
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Cheers! 🙂
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Thank you so much Ravish. I Completely agree with what you said. Thinking about it even now makes me want to laugh 🙂
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You wonderfully worded what I wanted to say. Some weird things do happen 😉
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Very true. I was able to feel the pressure of the situation around me, despite me trying not to be worried about it 🙂
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No body knows how it comes and how it goes right? 🙂
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I'm a Foodie. Guess what I did when I was upset 😉
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A good laugh is so underrated 🙂
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Oh, so many people who resort to Food 🙂
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One word. Inexplicable. That sums all of this perfectly.
I agree with the concept of some biological trigger. That must be the reason.
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As Rahul Sir had mentioned, the situation does have a greater impact than we know! 🙂
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Thanks Anita 🙂
Thanks again for remembering about the cupcakes 🙂 Yay!
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Very well written post Ash.Yes it happens sometimes.I relate it to a weak memory in my subconscious about something bad which happened on that date in the preceding year.
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Oh, did you write this post for me!! I guess, we all go through such days. The days when we are sad and agitated without any apparent reason and days when nothing works right and days when the world is a happy and a wonderful place! 🙂
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Thank you so much Indu Ji 🙂
Glad that so many people could relate to it. That makes me wonder how despite our attempts to control the mind, moods to affect us 🙂
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I'm really really surprised so many people could relate to this post. I was feeling a bit low and I wanted to write about it, wrote exactly what I was going through. And here everyone says they've been through it. Now that makes me feel better 🙂
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After reading the comments, looks like you are not alone Ash. For me, the hormones play a big role. There are days and moments of unexplained happiness and sadness.
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There is this enigma, in all our lives on the unexplained happiness and sadness.
Thanks Alka 🙂
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It does. That's why we say human behavior is tough to understand and comprehend.
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I think this goes to show you how human you are. We all have weir feelings from time to time.
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When we cant understand our own behaviour, why do some people judge others so seriously? Sigh!
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Haha. Yes 🙂
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