Reverse-psychology venting?

[lrperkins]

Gonna do something weird and different today. I'm so angry because of something that just happened (can we say, in-laws?" 😤😡)!! I want to vent and list out a whooooole bunch of my freaking grievances with these irrational, no-boundary-having, unrealistic-expectation-having, backward-thinking, narrow-minded, overwhelmingly infuriating folks!!! But, just to be stubborn I'm going to refuse to go down that path and furiously list my blessings...I KNOW it sounds crazy, cuz I TRULY AM SUPER ANGRY right now...but let's go...

1. I have a beautiful, smart, loveable 4-year-old daughter

2. I have a husband who loves me. YES, ABSOLUTELY gets on my nerves and has faults, but is himself slow to anger and loves me despite my own faults

3. I have a roof over my head--yes, shared with the very folks with whom I never wanted to live--but a decent roof nonetheless

4. We have warmth when it's cold and air conditioning in the heat

5. I found you guys here when I needed you most. Thank you so much for being here with me, and for me❤️

6. I still have functional use of all my senses; that's a blessing as I think of my dad being blind...

Would you believe that my heart rate has slowed, my breathing is no longer ragged but is even, and that I am now calm? Humph! Nice...!

[fauxartist]

wow.....that was a really good exercise....thank you for sharing that....