Priorities

I may sound a bit harsh, but I am getting more and more annoyed by people who over dramatise the smallest of things.

I’ve never had much tolerance for it, I’ve always seen it as attention seeking. But now it’s become a huge annoyance when people exclaim, oh I’ve got a headache I hate my life…
A headache? Really?? Your life is so awful because of a headache.. You poor thing!! Don’t mind that there are people in the world dying of starvation, war, diseases, you have a headache! You poor thing! Wow, life must be so awful for you! ……
No.
You have a headache, take some paracetamol and hush, stop attention seeking and get your priorities in order! I know it’s gotten worse since I’ve become more unwell, and I do find myself wishing the only thing I had to worry about was a headache, being late for an appointment, can’t afford the new shoes I’ll simply die without..

I try not to get annoyed as this only causes me to use energy I really can’t afford to waste. I try to put in place the techniques and understanding I learnt when doing psychology, that each person is different and it may not be a cry for attention but one of help.
But when you’ve spent a night up in agony, being sick due to pain and seizures, can’t walk, feel certain limbs and unable to urinate properly my understanding and patience goes out of the window.

I do feel bad about this at times, that I am being too harsh. That I am becoming less intolerant and quicker to anger. That I need to step back and understand everyone is different and some people don’t cope as well as others. But I tend to get only half way through these thoughts and then become frustratingly angry. I delete the person/newsfeed of that person if it’s happened on numerous occasions, and that helps.

Am I the only one who feels this way? Am I being too harsh? Or is this a reaction that many people with chronic conditions feel?

I sound really angry today! But I’m actually not, far from it. I’m happy, content and at ease. It’s just a bug bear of mine, one that is occurring most days and I needed to get it out 🙂
I am a lil poorly today, but I expected that after yesterday. But again it’s not as bad as it once was, I’m not laid in a dark room unable to move or think.
I am going to make some necklaces today and a bracelet for a niece of mine. She’s put in an order for a butterfly one 🙂 here’s some pictures of what I’ve been making, they are also going to be used for bracelets, several different types of different coloured skull heads, butterflies peace signs and different coloured cord.

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This will keep me busy and out of trouble for a few hours ;D