Average-case mood drift
I’m noticing in myself what I can only describe as average-case mood drift. Like, my good moods are great, my bad moods are as bad as they ever were … the peaks aren’t changing, and aren’t even changing frequency all that much.
But lately my average-case mood has been sliding lower. I can sort of see myself drifting into negative patterns of interaction that I know are negative, and not caring to intercept them.
I think I need to withdraw from those things that are negatively affecting my mood for a couple days and re-align myself a bit.