How do I Punch a Wall

[Thumpalumpacus]

Journaling, and writing poetry, helped me, when I used to do that, yeah.

Like I said it used to help but now it just makes me feel bad.

I suppose it depends what you write about, and how you approach it?

For me, even on bad days, when I wrote about the BS that made it bad, I always tried to find one good thing to say about the day. It worked for me. Different strokes for different folks, maybe.

I guess my advice is glean the positive and don't dwell on the negative. It's probably a lot easier for me to say, at my age; not talking down to you in saying that, just acknowledging that as the years go by it's clearer that what might seem like a dramatic emotional swing is simply another of life's tics. Even if you don't resume journaling perhaps give that outlook a shot? There's a lot to be said for being emotionally balanced and centered. Emotional extremes -- and yes, I still have them at my age, kicking fifty -- they're rarely useful.

I've found that for me, watching my emotions works better than living inside them.

As m stepdad used to tell me, "Remember, Darrell, they can kill you, but they can't eat you." I never really knew what he was getting at except to think that it could always be worse.