Why You Keep Having Emotional Meltdowns Over Nothing
The small things that precede your emotional meltdowns are the triggers, not the cause.
If you experience emotional meltdowns over the tiniest of things, odds are you’re familiar with the self-stigmatizing inner monologue that usually follows.
You might shame yourself for getting upset over something so trivial (“There’s unmitigated tragedy going on in the world and you’re losing your shit over a broken coffee mug? Get a grip!”) or act as if any reaction other than stoically powering through is unacceptable.
Because it could be worse. (It could also be better.)
Because we’re not given more than we can handle. (Yet instances of anxiety, depression and chronic disease are at a catastrophic high.)
Because what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. (Tell that to ME/CFS and long COVID.)
Because problems are opportunities in disguise. (Opportunities to pulverize your physical stamina and emotional stability.)
Because you got this. (Even though you’re rocking coffee mug fragments back and forth between heavy sobs.)
