Emotions

[Honoop]

Ive had enough of em!

Why does being a woman mean that your emotions are so ridiculous??

Let me elaborate...
This morning I sat my last exam in my current sitting of ACCA exams and it went really well (I think), I come out of the exam hall into a beautiful sunny day, drive home with my windows down my stereo on and all is good with the world!
Im in that much of a happy mood that I go to Tescos and do my shopping without getting stressed and head home to chill.
There I am pottering around at home, doing ridiculous things like washing up - coz Im in a good mood!!
Then as the afternoon continues I start catching back up with friends and the pressure from the past few months begins to ebb away - I should get happier right??
But NO!! All of a sudden I find myself getting all upset...
What on earth is all that about??

Sometimes I really hate being a woman!

[petrefax]

its possibly more to do with the fact that you've just finished your exams cos a lot of people (male and female) go through the same - i know i used to...fortunately i've not had to sit an exam for a while

you've just spent the past year building up to these exams & as with any exam, they're a bit stressful to say the least, and there's obvioulsy a lot riding on them (not least, a years worth of work!) so its understandable that your going to be a bit twitchy. you've gone from having nothing on your mind apart from these exams & getting through them & now you've got, well, nothing on your mind cos they're done

i doubt i'm explaining myself too well here, i've just got in from the day from hell at work, but hopefully i'm making some sense

btw - good luck with the exams...i certainly don't envy you taking ACCA

[lynni]

like i was saying to you before, i experienced the same in may when i had my uni problems to deal with.... i had this hanging over my head since janurary and although it was sorted out and everything was ok. I was still behaving like i had to sort it 'or else', found it very difficult to relax and actually be genuinely happy for the first time in about six months. Took me about a week to shake it off and believe everything was ok

btw: my post was intended to tell you, its your body's way of reacting, and that your perfectly normal

[Elmo]

yeah i had the same thing on the day of my last exam, i went out for the usual post exams drink went home and cried all night. I couldnt have told you why, apart from the fact i knew i'd failed that last one - which incidentally i did! I think it's just a way of releasing all that built up stress you've had hanging over you. After a good cry and a good nights sleep u'll be right as rain again

[tiggerai]

I'm getting a bit like that, but in the reverse... I've got a VERY hectic july coming up, and not looking forward to it. It's gonna stress me out something chronic. I can be having a very good day and in a goood mood. then BAM... tears... !!!???!!!

My other half is very understanding though, which is nice.

[Moonshade]

its possibly more to do with the fact that you've just finished your exams cos a lot of people (male and female) go through the same - i know i used to...fortunately i've not had to sit an exam for a while

you've just spent the past year building up to these exams & as with any exam, they're a bit stressful to say the least, and there's obvioulsy a lot riding on them (not least, a years worth of work!) so its understandable that your going to be a bit twitchy. you've gone from having nothing on your mind apart from these exams & getting through them & now you've got, well, nothing on your mind cos they're done

i doubt i'm explaining myself too well here, i've just got in from the day from hell at work, but hopefully i'm making some sense

btw - good luck with the exams...i certainly don't envy you taking ACCA

Yes I also think that..that's maybe beacuse of the exam. I experienced exactly the same thing. But I it's gonna get better I promise you that! Good Luck, and I hope the results gets good.

[Honoop]

doubt i'm explaining myself too well here, i've just got in from the day from hell at work, but hopefully i'm making some sense

Made perfect sense to me, somehow!! Cheers, hope ur evening was better than your day from hell!

Thanks Guys... good to know its not just me who gets like this then!

Been to work tonight, put my brave face on and Im now looking forward to the rest of the week because I have most of my evenings back to myself again!!
Time to crack open that bottle of wine thats in my fridge I feel!

[shiato storm]

ah, the ups and downs of exams at a young age...luckily i had extra-curricluar activities to occupy me...always best if you do.
that said its a sort of anti-climax when they're over, no fireworks, no fanfare. you just go home and have tea.
next day, nothing to do - its been done already, you feel lost. but things will pick up. your brain is a funny thing and working it hard then stopping is bound to feel slightly funny!

[Kezzer]

I don't know the science to it but i thought that if there's a slight hormonal inbalance in women it can cause severe mood swings?

[TiG]

Heh this is not a female thing - its a hopes and dreams kinda thing, I was superbly happy and relaxed at Duxford when we went on Sunday 6th June, on Monday i was gutted as I knew that i had such a good day that I wouldn't have another day as class as that any time soon. Should I have got like that about stuff?, No because my life is so sorted at the moment it can't be much better.

Still happened, human brain both male and female is a funny thing to control, a positive outlook helps but it doesn't stop getting disappointed or down for silly reasons.

TiG

[Emzay]

i obviously dont get stressed out about exams enough.,.. lol

[Butuz]

I never used to get stressed about exams and deadlines in school or uni, really it was because i couldnt give two hoots. Thats the best way to be i recon, stress free like me and Emzay!

Butuz

[Honoop]

U guys are lucky - I would love to have a stress-free life!!

However, I somehow seem to manage to perform my best when stress-levels are up.
Exam pressure is made even worse by the fact that my Financial Controller and Managing Director at work are always asking how things are going and are really keen for me to pass and move along in my qualification. Practically any Student Accountant has the same kinds of pressure and stress, so Im not alone - just think its weird how things like this can screw you system up for a few days afterwards.
Madness!!

[shiato storm]

I don't know the science to it but i thought that if there's a slight hormonal inbalance in women it can cause severe mood swings?

oh yes.
and then some...
though i hasen to add that though many women are capable of resisting this there are also those that use it as an excuse...

[sweuzo]

welllll, i can't really help you with this since i'm the most unpredictable, emotional female atm. I suffer depression although have been able to function resonably normally without my medication for a while. I think its just us girls, we can havea mood swing at anything, we generally read into things to much and think too much about stuff and sometimes turn it into something it really isn't. Well i do anyway, lol.

HORMONES!

i also perform better when under stress. BUT severe stress just makes me go crazy.