Re: Cycles

Maybe I'm like the moon.

Or Relaxation techniques.

You have to tense really tightly in order to let go. 

I have this tendency to build up tension.
I sit on things. They go round and round in my head like a damn mouse wheel, until these things become noticeable.Eventually it's like I can't do anything to alleviate "my symptoms"  [my moodiness] until I can relieve the tension in a way that is...external?

This is why I like to talk about things....and sometimes why fights are good and healthy and..helpful.


My tendency to go from "everything's awesome" to "weighed down" over time is not necessarily for any specific reason, though sometimes the specifics aren't identified right away and just become part of this amalgamation of Things that set up shop in my chest.

It's not that I IGNORE.
Okay, maybe it is that I ignore. Or, that I don't know how to not-ignore in a constructive way.

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I think your'e right. It is cyclical. But what isn't?
Seriously! Think about nature.
Cycles are natural, not problematic. I actually looked this up.

Cyclical problems tend to right themselves over time, if the rest of the system is in balance. Structural problems are more serious, and require more severe measures to fix them, or accepting that nothing will. 

Think about....Economics? A fitting example, if I do say so myself.

For example, if unemployment is cyclical, it means the natural supply and demand forces will come back around and solve the problem and there are things we can do to nudge it along. If unemployment is structural, such as in the demand for jobs doesn't match the skills of applicants, it means those cyclical forces won't be coming around. The solution then is not to press on the usual levers to fix unemployment or (rarely) to do something more revolutionary.

So what if we run on a cycle? That means we're basically normal.
I think what I'm trying to say here (other than recognize my habits) is that if we recognize that this happens (at least for now) and acknowledge that it's okay, we can better handle it?
*I* can better handle it?

In the future...maybe what I need to do is just be like "I think we need to 'fight' ".
We  talk...and we keep moving forward.