Wondering if anybody out there also struggles with mood swings. It gets hard to control how I feel and I usually snap at everyone and they all say Im miserable and nasty to be around but nobody understands that its in my head and as hard as I try to control it, I cant. Then Ill be the nicest person in the world but I can turn without any reason in a second. It makes me feel isolated. My therapist wont send me to a psychiatrist for meds or atleast a diagnosis but even if he did I cant afford the meds anyways, so Im stuck with natural methods but I cant think of any. So, anyone in a similar situation who need to vent, please do so...and if you have any ideas (natural options) etc, id appreciate it.
This is so serendipitous. I've been struggling with this too, as of about two weeks. I don't understand why this is happening to me! I have such a hard time, out of the blue, dealing with anything that comes my way. I misinterpret everything as something to be angry about, and I spend so much of my efforts trying to calm myself down so I don't express half of the anger and frustration that I feel. And I feel it so damn uncontrollably; and it's so damned unwarranted a lot of the time. Then I feel guilty for the shithead I'm being to the people I love. I don't know where it's coming from or why it's happening, but it makes me so miserable. Sometimes meditation's really helpful for me, but not all the time. Sometimes I feel like in spite of my best efforts, it doesn't matter one fuck how much effort I put into feeling normal and being a good person, because it's not something I can determine, but rather is completely out of my hands. And yes, it is isolating. I have an incredible partner who is generally really supportive, but she doesn't understand this at all. Hell, I don't understand. And so she reacts normally, as I probably would if someone was snapping at me all the time. But I feel so fucking alone. I wish I could talk to someone about it; I wish I could figure out why it happens, and especially why it only happens half the time. I wish I could understand why I only get to enjoy 50% of my life. *vent over* Perhaps you could try meditation, in spite of my rant. Calming breathing and meditation does make me feel calmer. But I get where you're coming from. When I read what you'd written, it felt like something I'd say. Thanks for that.
I just saw this reply, but wow, I can relate to what your saying! It sucks, Im learning breathing, stopping to focus and starting to just focus on like, objects in a room and say them and just look at every detail...also cool water under the wrists helps to calm down.
I don't think it's a serious problem. I get in random moods sometimes mainly because I don't want to deal with what's about to happen, like doing something I'm not interested in will automatically shut me up and be a **** to people, just because. The older we get in our generation the more we have to deal with. The old folks can say we have it easy, but face it oldies, you don't need to remember half the stuff we need to. It's all brain overload. My father still goes into the bank go withdraw money because he'd be absolutely useless at trying to remember account numbers etc. I need to know at least 10 phone numbers off by heart so I can call certain people if need be in a hurry. I need to know PIN numbers, account numbers, card numbers, membership numbers blah blah blah and a whole bunch of other information I probably couldn't even summarize because it's only subconscious knowledge. I wouldn't worry about it. If you're moody you're moody. Everybody gets the shits sometimes. There's a bunch of herbal stuff you could take to try and control this. I know Rhodiola Rosea is one of them and I take that for enhanced concentration, mental and physical fatigue and I can say my moods are better on it.
