night time rage
on occasion i wake up in the middle of the night full of anger. i think of something from my day that didn't necessarily bother me much when i was awake and rational, and then i get soooo worked up over it. if it's a person i'm angry with, i plan out a whole speech that i will deliver to them in the morning to put them in their place. and then by the time i wake up, there's no more rage, and i usually laugh at how silly i was in the middle of the night. but my problem is that this rage can keep me awake for up to an hour or more sometimes. i conquered this problem when it came to nightmares. i am now able to rationally tell myself that there is no possible way a 3 foot spider could be hiding in my bed and that it was just a nightmare and i should go back to sleep. but i can't seem to rationally get over my night time anger. how do learn to say to myself, "shut up meisa. you won't care about this in the morning. go back to sleep."