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moods
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Ok I'm not really sure what to say about this so I'm just gonna type it as best I can. I'm shit at talking about this kind of thing - I originally registered at this site to ask about this but I've got a mental block on it - its taken me this long to get the courage to even write this much let alone think about posting it.
To pretty much everyone who knows me I appear to be a happy person . . . and for the most part I really am. I had a couple of really shitty years a little while (of which i'm really not ready to get into) back around abouts when i first came here but things have settled back to normal. I've got a wide group of friends, i'm quite a confident person, things are pretty good.
The problem I have is something like mood swings. Most of the time I'm fine but every now and then (usually about once every month to six weeks but sometimes more often) I go to an extreme. Usually I'm really laid back - i mean nothing phazes me . . . nothing! I don't get sad or angry or anything. I don't fall for girls, I don't get scared nothing really happens which is fine as far as i'm concerned.
Every now and then I have extreme mood changes which seem to always be one of two things. Either I feel really down, like I'm emty inside. I can't talk to anyone when I'm like this. Its sort of like a nervous feeling - like i'm worried somethings going to happen but I don't know what. Nothing can take my mind off it so usually i snap myself out of it by getting pissed out of my face - which usually works but recently I wake up the next day and the feelings still there.
The other mood i get is real extreme anger. When I was younger i used to get so angry my whole body would shake but sinse a few years ago that has stopped. Now its like it all concentrates itself into a couple of days once every few months. I feel violent like i need to hit someone or something. I can't go out when i'm like this becuase if i drink i cause a fight. My answer to this is to get stoned - this usually balances me enough to get the worst of it out of my system, i just lock myself away from everyone for a day and smoke myself stupid.
I used to hope that these wierd moods would just dissapear that I'd grow out of it or something but if anything they seem to get worse - the moods last for longer and it takes more drink/drugs to get rid of them.
This isn't normal is it? Does anyone else get this? Is there anything I can do about it that doesn't involve councelling?
To pretty much everyone who knows me I appear to be a happy person . . . and for the most part I really am. I had a couple of really shitty years a little while (of which i'm really not ready to get into) back around abouts when i first came here but things have settled back to normal. I've got a wide group of friends, i'm quite a confident person, things are pretty good.
The problem I have is something like mood swings. Most of the time I'm fine but every now and then (usually about once every month to six weeks but sometimes more often) I go to an extreme. Usually I'm really laid back - i mean nothing phazes me . . . nothing! I don't get sad or angry or anything. I don't fall for girls, I don't get scared nothing really happens which is fine as far as i'm concerned.
Every now and then I have extreme mood changes which seem to always be one of two things. Either I feel really down, like I'm emty inside. I can't talk to anyone when I'm like this. Its sort of like a nervous feeling - like i'm worried somethings going to happen but I don't know what. Nothing can take my mind off it so usually i snap myself out of it by getting pissed out of my face - which usually works but recently I wake up the next day and the feelings still there.
The other mood i get is real extreme anger. When I was younger i used to get so angry my whole body would shake but sinse a few years ago that has stopped. Now its like it all concentrates itself into a couple of days once every few months. I feel violent like i need to hit someone or something. I can't go out when i'm like this becuase if i drink i cause a fight. My answer to this is to get stoned - this usually balances me enough to get the worst of it out of my system, i just lock myself away from everyone for a day and smoke myself stupid.
I used to hope that these wierd moods would just dissapear that I'd grow out of it or something but if anything they seem to get worse - the moods last for longer and it takes more drink/drugs to get rid of them.
This isn't normal is it? Does anyone else get this? Is there anything I can do about it that doesn't involve councelling?
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Yes, mood swings are normal but the type you're descibing seem very extreme. If they are seriously affecting your life, which it weems like they are then I think you should seek some help, either through counselling or medication - the best thuing you can do to start is visit your GP and tell him what you have told us and s/he can advise you on the best course of action from here.
In the meantime, read the following information to help understand mood swings/ anger a bit better:
How to deal with anger
Personality disorders
Counselling
Hope this helps, take care