Stressin' Like a Bridezilla

As each quarter (or semester) comes to a close, I inevitably reach that peak of ultimate stress where it seems as though school is never going to end, members of group projects are driving me up a wall, I’ll never get a job, and my constant yet unattainable ideals of coursework perfection begin to appear as nothing more than some blue-sky idea, a mere fantasy that once could have been a reality. If only, if only….if only I hadn’t procrastinated. Work habits aside, I tend to bottle up this stress when in public but have lately noticed an interesting trend in my TV viewing habits as the anxiety levels skyrocket.

Case in point: I found myself over Memorial Day weekend watching a day-long marathon of Bridezilla (yes, feel bad for my boyfriend who was forced to endure this). This show is a horrible depiction of what someone’s “happiest day of my life!” moment looks like. It unleashes the uglies, the stresses, and the neuroses of each bride-to-be, almost always resulting in some sort of dramatic meltdown or demotion of members within the wedding party *gasp*. It’s over the top no doubt. It’s unnecessarily dramatic, catty, and usually pretty tacky, BUT I feel so much BETTER after watching it! I find that watching someone on screen who is having the emotional outburst brought on by stress that I so often wish I could have during these times, is a cathartic experience that in some ways allows me to purge my own personal frustrations just by watching these monsters-in-white act out.

I’d never really been aware until now of how my media habits really do seem to reflect my mood or present circumstances but by analyzing it now, I could definitely correspond to someone the mood I’m in just by listing a TV show or Movie that I would be watching at that moment.

So here’s hoping to tomorrow being more of a Pixar type day!