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Dec 31, 2010 22:34

Very strange sensations tonight, New Year's Eve. I was feeling just fine all day, and then tonight around Maya's bedtime a feeling of profound sadness came over me. I have no explanation for it, even now. Roland asked if maybe it was nostalgia, and I had to think. I don't wish I was back in Spain; I'm very happy and grateful about how everything ( Read more... )

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full_of_wind January 1 2011, 00:59:45 UTC

That does not make me happy. Because of the time difference you are already n the new year. It will be great. Of course! You are on a new and wonderful adventure.

ktylove January 1 2011, 15:51:45 UTC

I already feel better today.

lifeismagic January 1 2011, 01:27:37 UTC

that's just the post-major-life-change blues, it'll pass. have a great new year!

ktylove January 1 2011, 15:52:10 UTC

Yeah, I think that's it. I'm already feeling a bit better and things are looking good.

justanyolname January 1 2011, 19:02:07 UTC

I was recently reminded that stress is the physiological response to change, whether that change is perceived as good or bad. In both cases we get surges of cortisol, which of couse increase our ability to focus and deal with the change. That, combined with the dopamine surge we get when the changes are good ones, also gives us that sense of being "awake" and a bit high as those changes are happening, I think. I imagine the later reduction in cortisol and dopamine, once the changes have started to normalize, is probably a big part of why there's often a feeling of l and we no longer need them, are some of what gives us that let-down just when we are starting to feel normal.

Of course, that is all this layperson's understanding of complext chemical interactions, but understanding some of the chemical interactions happening in my body often helps me ride the emotional waves without feeling like I need to fix something. The same may not be true for you.

In any case, I hope your new year will be filled with love and joy.

justanyolname January 1 2011, 19:05:06 UTC

Um, I clearly have some typos in there. Ignore the phrase, ", is probably a big part of why there's often a feeling of l" so that that sentence reads, "I imagine the later reduction in cortisol and dopamine, once the changes have started to normalize and we no longer need them, is part of what gives us that emotional let-down just when we are starting to feel normal."