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“Wearing the Horcrux”
Have you ever been in a crazy foul mood, for no apparent reason? If so, you’ll really get this post. I stumbled onto a great (and fun) new way to think about bad moods and, most important, break out of them, that I think is going to be really helpful going forward. Enjoy! https://davidlevin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/horcrux-blog.mp3 SUMMARY A fascinating story of dealing with a terrible mood. A helpful new way to think about situations like this. The critical first step in self-regulation. Practical tips for breaking a bad mood. Watch/listen to get the full message. ENJOY THE PODCAST HOT NEWS & DEALS! 1) NOW AVAILABLE: Limited Edition Raise Your Inner Game Medallion. Carry it in your purse or pocket. It’s an UP button for your Inner Elevator! Visit DavidLevin.com to learn more and order yours. (FREE shipping!) 2) Free guide: "Three Things You Can Do Right Now To Start Loving Your Work (And Life) Again.” Visit davidlevin.com to get yours today! 3) Check out our podcast, The David Levin Show. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-levin-show/id1401013964 WHAT I’M READING I’m actually on a break from reading. Trying to break my addiction to it. Half way through Nemesis Games. (Pretty hard to stop in the middle like that.) Finished the Brad Thor book. Good riddance. :-) Anyway, nothing more to report on that. But the reclaimed mental space has been pretty nice. [ transcript ] Hey, it’s David Levin, author of Raise Your Inner Game, co-author QBQ The Question Behind the Question, Founder of Raise Your Inner Game Academy. Have you ever had a time when you were just in like the worst possible mood, just angry, dark, and for no apparent reason. Happened to me to the other day, and it was really strange, for one. Just came out of nowhere, it seemed. And then, later, Harry Potter sort of saved the day. Well, I guess JK Rowling. Anyway, here’s the story. I was sitting down for dinner the other day, with the family, and the conversation was going along. Typical, aimless sort of dinner talk. And at one point, I noticed that I was mad at them and what they were saying. But they weren’t saying anything to be mad about. I mean it was nothing. It would be like, someone would say something sort of playful and I would think “How dare you joke like that.” I would want to lash out and punish them in some way. I was just seething. And it was just so strange, because again, there was nothing to be mad about. We were sitting out on our front porch having dinner together, beautiful evening. It made no sense, but there was just this powerful emotion and sensation of anger in me. So, in the moment, I noticed it, thought, this is really strange. Tried to work through it, let it go, and ultimately it did work. I never let any of it out, and pretty soon was back into the moment. Enjoying the evening. But then later, I think the next day, the kids and I were watching one of the last Harry Potter movies, the Deathly Hallows, and there was the section where Harry Ron and Hermione were looking for the Horcruxes and they were carrying one of them with them. It was a necklace, and they had to take turns wearing it. And whenever someone had the necklace on, pretty soon they would start acting in a really strong negative way. Angry, accusing, defensive, belligerent. I remember one scene in particular where Ron was doing that, getting in Harry’s face in a very uncharacteristic way and Hermione said “You have to take that thing off.” And she did, and things got better. But it struck me, that is a great way to think about and talk about these black moods we get into from time to time. To think of them as “Wearing the Horcrux.” And this is not as silly as it might seem. The other ways you hear people talk about a bad mood is, well, it’s a bad mood, got up on the wrong side of the bed, got your crabby pants on, I always like that one.