Posted by WorryGirl on May 14, 2003, at 9:07:32
In reply to What to do when a bad mood rubs off on you?, posted by Snoozy on May 13, 2003, at 12:52:02
> I'm sure a lot of you can relate to struggling to keep an ok mood. Does anyone have any useful strategies for how to stay in that ok mood when people around you are depressed/angry/unhappy? Thanks.
Well.....
When I go out in public, I almost always put on my happy smiley face, even when I'm in the worst mood imaginable. It doesn't seem to influence other people's moods at all. If I'm in one those moods and someone's grumbling, I end up chiming in, but feel a little better in a strange way. Misery definitely loves company.If I'm truly in a good mood, like I was the other day, some people almost seem to be annoyed by it. I was around a group of people a few weeks ago and talking to a very sweet, happy lady. Well, the others (who are usually gossiping and complain a lot) started poking fun at how happy, happy, happy we were that day. This didn't faze the happy lady at all, but sort of pricked my balloon.
It seems that one has to convince themselves, if they're in a good mood, that they're not going to let anyone pull them down, either by ignoring the negative or trying to positively influence it.
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