Road Rage
Because of my experiences with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I have much more understanding of many things. I understand depression and all the many symptoms that I believe are associated with depression. Insomnia, irrational thinking, irrational behavior, irritability and paranoia all go hand-in-hand with the depression. Even though I never became violent, I can see that if a person's depression becomes bad enough it can result in violent behavior.
I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that I could have road rage. But, during the time of my
CRASH and for some months afterward, I did experience it. I didn't act out except to scream at the top of my voice. At the time I realized that this behavior was out-of-character for me. Knowing these things, I extended grace to myself because I knew it wasn't me and eventually it would pass on. Which it did!
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