avoid drama

I’ve had a lot of … strange, pointless anger lately. I don’t know where it’s coming from or where to direct it. When it rises up, I let it out, then move on. So far, that’s been good enough, but not entirely fair to the person who has to deal with my venting.

I’ve also been trying to be honest with myself about how silly whatever it is I’m bothered about is. That, also, is helping.

Been a rough week or two, but overall, I’m doing okay with this.

Someone drew J’s attention recently to an icky person’s journal in which she clearly made a remark about my weekend though I’d made no mention of it in my own journal, which meant she had to have read it in one of my friends’ journals. Definitely creepy. He said he was thinking about leaving some snide comment in response, but I advised him against it.

Responding to her psychotic behavior would only feed into it, would only encourage unnecessary drama. It’s creepy, yes, but… harmless, meaningless.

And, honestly, writing something here about how it irks me is cathartic enough that I needn’t worry about it further.

I’m a recovering drama queen. I’ve already done a lot to cut down on this. The problem is greatly avoiding being drawn into other people’s drama, and stopping negative situations after the necessary bit is done and before I sink into petty behaviors.

This keeps me happier and makes me better at being a pacifist. Less anger in my thoughts, in my words.