Excess Drama

[river_chaos]

I have noticed throughout my life that certain people thrive on drama or just stirring up crap for the hell of it. 

 

My family has a policy: do not cause drama in the house on purpose.  The reason: my ex-stepmother and the BS we went through with her and her kids.  She would pick fights with my dad for no reason, and even brought up events that happened months ago that no one cares about anymore.  Every time my brother and I got something new, she'd throw a fit or spend bookoos of cash to get her kids something even better than what we got.  At one point, we couldn't even get snack items without her taking them and either stashing them herself or giving them to her kids. 

 

After I finally snapped (something I don't want to do again unless needed) and Dad divorced her, we all agreed to keep the house and family events drama free as much as possible.  The only places we can't avoid this is the work place or at school.  As I said, certain people seem to thrive on drama.  They will throw monkey wrenches into situations that cause full blown arguments or just piss people off.  It's like these people are addicted to stirring the pot and getting a reaction out of someone(s) like a pot head is addicted to pot. 

 

Is all this drama really necessary? Can drama be addicting like a drug? Or are the people that cause it just buttheads?

[H222G981]

I think drama isn't necessary. Drama to me is someone who creates a problem for no apparent reason or makes a problem out of something that shouldn't be a problem. I call it the boy who cried wolf. You cry wolf too many times and people quit caring what you have to say and your words carry no weight. Even your presence becomes a burden to those around you.

 

I think if it can be avoided, than avoid it. I think not only is drama a drug for some. Its a really bad habit that some people picked up some where down the line and feed off of. I have a sister in law who thrives on drama. When ever she's around, she causes trouble. So we keep her at a distance because she causes much undesired trouble and stress. She also likes to talk about the negative things in her life and she's far worse when her husband is around. They fight and bicker constantly involving everyone in their drama. By involve, I mean we have to hear it.

 

I just get sick of all the pessimistic things that come out of people's mouth and a lot of can be avoided. Its to the point the people crying wolf become the bad drama that you don't want to be around. It just seems they don't care about who they affect. Some times their drama can add to an already bad mood. If I'm in a really crappy mood already and someone's starting crap. They're going to get bitched at. People who have come into my home and started drama have been kicked out and told to come back another time. I won't deal with it. I've got my own problems to deal with rather than their immature mellow drama. 

 

 

It doesn't matter to me unless its something really really important.