Hear me out and learn from my errant ways. On Sunday evening, I went into an irrational social media stalking spiral of an ex despite having no real reason for doing so. In fact, I actually had a really fun, productive weekend, so this was super weird (also relevant).

Obviously feeling post-stalk shame today, I started thinking about why I was acting so emotionally and irrationally.

Here’s what I realized - I let my dopamine levels run unchecked. On Saturday night, I met up with a few friends for drinks and I couldn’t help but wonder why a certain guy seemed so boring and blah. And then I started thinking about said ex, romanticising his image in my head, and missing him (lame). It wasn’t even this guy’s fault, he was just being himself, doing his thing. Why was I reacting so viscerally?

And then it hit me... It was my brain reacting to healthy relationships after binging on the relo equivalent of junk food!!

Many of my relationships left me in huge emotional highs/ lows, that hanging out with normal, emotionally stable healthy people just felt boring. Obviously I don’t advocate settling for blah, but it’s worth thinking about if you feel like you’re missing or craving for something more exciting when there’s really no issue.

Anyway, exercise is meant to help regulate dopamine, so I’m off to do some yoga. Ciao ladies. Have a great Labour Day holiday, and don’t do anyone else’s emotional labor for free!!