Mood swings

Mood swings are characterized by emotional changes, including periods of excessive sadness (depression), excessive elation or euphoria (mania). 

Sadness and joy are part of everyone's everyday life and are different from depression and mania. These are at opposite extremes in terms of mood swings, compromising physical and social capacity both on a personal and professional level.

Causes of mood swings

There are factors that influence mood swings:

• Stress at work – e.g. unemployment, lack of future prospects
• Grief
• chemical dependency
• Alcohol consumption
• Dysfunctional family environment
• toxic friendships
• Hormonal imbalance – e.g. pregnancy, menopause, premenstrual tension,
• Bipolarity
• Panic attacks – unexpected bouts of fear and panic
• Cyclothymia – characterized by oscillating moods between depression and euphoria
• panic syndrome
• Dysthymia – characterized by constant irritability
• Borderline – personality disorders that are characterized by changes in mood and behavior
• Depression
  
  

How to avoid mood swings:

• Establish daily routines
• Practice physical exercise regularly (30 min a day)
• Meditation
• Rest/Sleep 6 to 8 hours a day
• cultivate positive thoughts
• Do not generalize negative events
• Take 5 min breaks
• Laugh/write/chat with a friend
• think before you speak
• Mindful eating – e.g. avoiding excess caffeine and alcohol
• Food supplements and vitamins
• do psychotherapy
  
  

The symptoms and risks

The symptoms and risks inherent in mood swings cannot be ignored.

You should look for a health professional, a Psychiatrist and a Psychologist and the prejudice that the psychiatrist is a doctor for “crazy people”, must be abolished as this medical specialty focuses on mental health, in a preventive or therapeutic way.

Sources
www.psicologo.com.br
www.hospitalsantamonica.com.br

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