Overreacting
Jan. 28th, 2004 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpI find it very interesting that I complained to the therapist that I have a tendency to overreact about things, but then couldn't think of any examples when she asked me. (I wonder if that's because after I overreact about something, I promptly forget it.) I tried explaining to her about my bad day on Sunday, but I'm not sure that was really overreacting because it really was a horrible day. So I ended up with no examples. That's funny, because of course I had classic overreacting all over the place this morning. Of course!
So the alarm went off and Jen got up because it was her turn. When she got out of the shower I guess I must have been in a bad mood because I commented that she took a long time in the shower, even though she always takes a long time in the shower. So then I got all worked up about something she said, because I get really worried when she says she's tired all the time. (I've noticed that I'm hypersensitive about her health complaints, always have been but moreso after Jennifer Palmer's diagnosis and death.) So yeah, I'm crabby and go into the bathroom and see that she's put her new prescription bottle in the medicine cabinet next to the old (empty) prescription bottle. Somehow I make this a Big Enough Deal to actually spend time thinking about it, and I throw it out, but I .do. manage to lessen the deal so that I don't bring it up when I get out of the shower.
But then I get out of the shower and she is putting some of our financial information into a spreadsheet and at /this/ point I really start making a Big Deal Out of Nothing. I decide that this is an affront to me because I have been trying to get us to sit down and do exactly this for about two weeks, and now she has started to do it while I'm in the shower. So I make a stink about it, all the while mentally berating myself for making a stink.
Yeah, my name is Jude and you do not want to be in a relationship with me because I am totally neurotic. :)
So the alarm went off and Jen got up because it was her turn. When she got out of the shower I guess I must have been in a bad mood because I commented that she took a long time in the shower, even though she always takes a long time in the shower. So then I got all worked up about something she said, because I get really worried when she says she's tired all the time. (I've noticed that I'm hypersensitive about her health complaints, always have been but moreso after Jennifer Palmer's diagnosis and death.) So yeah, I'm crabby and go into the bathroom and see that she's put her new prescription bottle in the medicine cabinet next to the old (empty) prescription bottle. Somehow I make this a Big Enough Deal to actually spend time thinking about it, and I throw it out, but I .do. manage to lessen the deal so that I don't bring it up when I get out of the shower.
But then I get out of the shower and she is putting some of our financial information into a spreadsheet and at /this/ point I really start making a Big Deal Out of Nothing. I decide that this is an affront to me because I have been trying to get us to sit down and do exactly this for about two weeks, and now she has started to do it while I'm in the shower. So I make a stink about it, all the while mentally berating myself for making a stink.
Yeah, my name is Jude and you do not want to be in a relationship with me because I am totally neurotic. :)
