What can I say?
I feel like I’m losing my marbles.
(And I’ve got a bonus flu/cold right now, so I’m pretty much a complete mess. Although admittedly after a few days being sick, on the mend).
Seriously though.
I’m crazy.
Not all the time, just a few days a month.
Cranky, irritable, prone to nitpicking, overly critical (as opposed to just regular critical), weepy, mad.
Mad?
Yes, mad.
Both angry and completely loony.
A few days a month, it’s like I suddenly find myself in a DUNGEON.
In the dark.
Alone.
In pain.
Sad.
Mrs. Mean Jeans complaining about the lack of light, the snugness of her trousers, and anything that comes out of anyone else’s mouth.
And the Judges…. the poor Judges… in the DUNGEON taking note about how NOT PERFECT anything or anyone is at the moment….
When I’m not spending the dark days in the DUNGEON,
I feel great:
Healthy
Happy
Balanced
All that wacky self-care really pays off.
Except when it doesn’t.
During a particularly helpful (yet almost hysterical) phone call with a dear friend this morning, she suggested creating a metaphor for this time of the month.
EYE ROLL…
Not for the metaphor part, but for the words- “time of the month”…. ugh.
Hence THE DUNGEON.
Here’s what I want:
A new metaphor.
I’m in search of a kind, friendly, loving metaphor.
Must make me feel loved, not alone, cared for, supported and not crazy.
The new metaphor may invoke a feeling of:
- Lightheartedness
- Non-judgmental witnessing
- Compassion
- Kindness
- Tenderness
- Understanding
- Love
- Restfulness + Renewal
- Renaissance
- Beauty in the cycles of the world
The new metaphor must NOT make me cringe by being cliché or patronizing –
Aunt Flow?
The Curse?
The Monthly Bill Due?
You may just find yourself in the DUNGEON.
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How about the Mothership Connection? Too George Clinton?
@alicia – that is hilarious! very g.clinton, but that’s what makes it rock!
You must be the alpha female ‘cuz you are making me bleed all the way down here (no pun intended).
BTW, I nominate Silversun Pickups, Carnavas for your next album listen. They had me at Lazy Eye.
The DUNGEON! I, too, am in the DUNGEON! Or walking down the stairs into the Dungeon?? I wish I had a good word for you… I will be thinking on that one. I want to keep a list of all of those feelings you want to invoke and try to be in those places more of the time.