emotional reaction is usually what you feel before reason eventually kicks in.

Yes! It's a constant practice isn't it? The kind of person that is very conscious of how my mood impacts others, so I do try to NEVER be aloof. If I'm feeling sad or angry I'll just go to ground and avoid seeing anyone at all, or outright say "sorry, I'm not my usual self because. ."

I was listening to a song the other day and the lyrics were about a coming apocalypse like "something tectonic or a fucking pandemic'. I do think we would have recovered from an earthquake faster. Fucking pandemic made us squirrelly indeed.