I'm interested in that moment in the morning when I come downstairs for breakfast, and someone starts talking to me, and I'm not really ready for talking yet.
I'm not sure what happens to me in that moment.
I feel annoyed and I feel like my morning is invaded.
I want Quiet as I open my day.
I feel dismayed that the person who talks doesn't 'get' this.
Depending on what is said, what energy it is said with, how long the talking takes, how awake I am, how hungry I am, how available I am, I feel more or less annoyed. Sometimes I'm not annoyed at all.
When I am annoyed, my reaction is to give curt responses/physically turn away/physically leave the space. Sometimes I'll 'suffer through' the talking, and this is not something I want to be doing, because if I suffer through, then I breed resentment towards the talking person for 'making me' suffer through, and then I have resentment instead of closeness. I think I try to communicate non-verbally that I don't want talking right now, but this feels pretty ineffective sometimes, and it is not all that satisfying. I think, also, it might be hurtful and make the other person feel unwanted without them knowing why. I find it enormously difficult to communicate verbally about my annoyances.
I suppose that's why I'm blogging, though I'm not sure how appropriate this is either.
.........There it is.
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