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Hi Jack,
Recently, for the past few days- I have been really irratable. I will start flipping out on people, and get really annoyed, really easily. I feel as if I am not normal, and I do not belong because of my actions. How can I stop, and is there something wrong with me?
Thanks, your really awesome, and I admire you as a columnist.
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First of all... as I do with all other inbox questions... I am going to thank you for posting in my inbox. It means a lot to me that you admire me as a columnist and think I'm awesome. I really and honestly appreciate it!
Well.. I am always irritable after I get home from school [its summer so it hasn't been that often].. and I figured out why. It is because I was having to get up at 6:00 in the morning every day [couldn't sleep in on weekends because I have church on Sundays and chores on Saturdays] and going to bed at midnight or later [y'know.. the time when you can go to Wendy's or Burger King and STILL get a meal? LOL!]. Well.. because of this.. I wasn't getting enough sleep.
Let's explore this thought. Have you been getting enough sleep? That is, have you been getting AT LEAST 8 hours, maybe 9? I know what you're thinking. Its summer! Of course I have! I've been sleeping in every day! Well yes, its summer.. and people our age [I'm assuming you're a teenager] tend to stay up, whether to be "cool" or because they have a TV show to watch or whatever. Going to bed at 1am, 2am, or 3am, or any time AFTER 11pm isn't the smartest thing to do. I read somewhere that your body actually does most of its recharging, I guess, between 11pm and 2am, and if you aren't asleep during most or all of that time.. you're going to be extremely tired the rest of that day. So.. if you're tired.. normal things that wouldn't cause you to be angry will be magnified times a million.. and they will easily piss you off. Like for me, if I'm really tired, and someone asks me to do something.. I get mad.
If that isn't the case, let's explore another possible factor: Stress. Are you stressed or worried about anything? Do you have something coming up that you don't want to do, but you have to do it? This happens to me a lot.. and it just causes me to be stressed out, and when I'm stressed, I'm much like how I am when I'm tired- I get pissed easily. If this is the case, that you are stressed, then just take things slowly and one at a time. Don't let simple things overwhelm you.
If that isn't the case... just try relaxing. If you feel that you're irritable and pissed off.. find a place to sit and calm down.. like your bedroom, somewhere outside, or any soothing place to be. As for your actions.. I know how you feel. I get really embarrassed that I acted a certain way, and I don't feel like I belong. After you are calm, go back to the people you "flipped" out on, and just apologize for what you did. You don't have to make up excuses.. just be completely honest.
Good luck.. and I actually took time to answer this, because I relate well to this situation, and I felt obliged to help you.
--Jack
(15/m)
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