Q. : Sometimes I get into these moods where I know I’m going to wake up the next morning and not know how I’ll feel throughout the day. I can wake up happy, excited about the day, and end it in tears, depressed under my covers. I feel like during these times I get into these moods where I’m being pulled in 20 different directions. The best way to describe it is severe frustration. I’ll usually cut to rid myself of these overwhelming feelings, however, I haven’t done that in about 6 months because I actively quit. But the urges are coming back again, along with the extreme frustration. I don’t know exactly how to explain all of this, sorry If it’s not making much sense. Basically, it boils down to this. I can go a while with being completely fine. I don’t “think too much” (as I put it), I don’t get depressed, I don’t get bad frustration, and I carry on as normal as the next person. Then sometimes I get these moods where I can wake up and be completely unsure of what I’ll be thinking and feeling that day. It’s horrible. I’ts not like I can even be either happy or depressed, it’s some unmentionable inbetween. Or itll go from happy to depressed. Sometimes I won’t know how I’ll be from hour to hour, minute to minute. I hate it so much. Do you have any insight? I know I should see a therapist about this, and I plan on it. This has been happening for a while now (few years, atleast) but the problem is when I’m normal, I’m normal. I don’t see a reason to go to a therapist. Then when I’m down, I know eventually I’ll get back to normal, so…you see where I’m going, I hope. Thank you for all your help.
A. I think you already know the answer to this question. You should see a therapist so that maybe you can prevent these mood swings from coming back. Mood swings do not come from “no where.” There has to be a reason for them to occur and perhaps the two of you can analyze what brings them on, how to stop them and more importantly, how to handle them when they do occur. It is hard to control your mood, but it’s necessary so that your mood does not control you. Find a therapist that is easy to talk to and one that you are comfortable with. Once you find one you like, you do not have to go every week but just enough so that you two have developed a relationship and you have someone to help you through the hard times when the mood swings do occur. Don’t feel alone in your problem. It is so common today that we need to explore the sociological factors that may be adding this stress to the lives of so many Americans. Good luck.
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