I’m sober now for 6 mos but everything and I mean everything affects my mood from one minute to the next. Whether it’s light or dark out, what time of day, whether I slept too much or too little, if I’m hungry or not, how people are driving, what somebody said to me, I’m so super critical! I’d say I spend 95 percent of my day in a ho hum mood and somewhat happy the rest. I wish this trend would reverse!! Thanks for letting me share😄
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For me, 6 months seemed about the peak of all that. I cried over everything, a gentle breeze could have brought me to tears.
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I completely agree with @Thirdmonkey 
Almost exactly around 6 months is when I started having panic attacks. Dealing with everything sober became overwhelming and when anything new was added to the load, I couldn’t handle it. Eventually it evened out after I learned new ways to cope. Hang on 
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I learned that if I just let shit go & not give things in my world that irk me, my mental ease was simplified.
Can’t control it…? I say screw it, not worth the frustration or time. Not sure how much time I have so not going to burn it on shit that’s out of my hands.
Hope this helps
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This sums it up perfectly. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a gentle breeze DID bring me to tears when I was at about 6 months. Every, single, thing caused some form of extreme emotional response.
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Guess I need to just ride the wave for now, aarrgghh
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Absolutely! It’s an emotional time for me too. I’m kind of molting right now. Releasing all kinds of emotions and it’s very uncomfortable at times. But it’s better than absent or distorted emotions. Ready to be cool but apparently we gotta have ‘the feels’ first!.. hanging in there with you!
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Thanks Marie! Good hanging with you😜
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