What do you do when your mood isn't good.

Drink or play music or smoke a cig

 

I have recently discovered how awesome exercise is, not just for health and fitness, but for stress relief! Whenever I am angry, stressed or the MIL is doing my head in, I hit the gym and sweat it all out. Best mood booster EVER!

 

Yup. :sunny:

 

I agree. Just I have the hardest time motivating myself to do cardio. My anaerobic shit is more planned ahead/regimented so I can't really do that for the endorphins. I should start getting more productive with my bad mood management

 

Very true. I know when I get done doing 30 minutes of interval training, I feel on top of the world; a much better high than from drugs and/or alcohol.

 

I operate on a pretty even keel generally. When I am in a bad mood it usually only lasts a few minutes and its usually an irritation more so than a bad mood. I snap out of it by realizing I'm acting silly and or when the irritation is removed.

Occasionally I feel really sad - sometimes its triggered by something I see or read and sometimes it just happens. I usually snap out of this within a few hours.

I rarely show my mood to other people. I've had a lot of people comment about how calm I am but I just really don't feel comfortable expressing intense emotion around someone else. 9 times out of 10 its just going to make the other person really uncomfortable.

I do yoga, spend time outside, listen to music, eat a healthy diet, think positively; all of which I think can contribute to a positive mood and even temper.

 

Induce a suger-high.

 

Depends on what's happening. I'm either sensible and go for a long walk n the heath or something, or drink and go crazy to take my mind off things.

 

I dance until I'm tired I usually feel better then

 

Lie on the couch in a darkened room and stare at a candle.

 

Well, most of the time I feel like that I'm at work. So, the answer to the original question is, I make money.

 

Instinctively I can take it out on others but since I'm aware of it I try (almost always succefully) to avoid doing that. And yes, I used to have more bad moods when I had to get up early to go to a shitty job. Actually, the only bad mood I recall in the last year on top of my head was when I was falsely accused of something and when it became apparent the rent man tried to screw us over. I'm afraid in both those examples I saw no excuse to not take it out on them