How do you deal with mood swings?

If you  are the type of person who dreams of leading a more peaceful life, then you may wonder how you may deal more effectively with mood swings.  This does not only mean your own.  It also means how you can evolve to deal with people around you.

Everything begins with attitude. How aware you become of how you feel is related to how aware you becomes about how other people feel.  What is your experience with mood swings? have you known anyone who has had a temper? Have you found yourslef indifferent or unaffected?  Share an example of a lesson you have learned about emotions.

Comments

[Michael]

Mood swings, yes I get swings from peace to deep seated uncontrollable anger, just lately its been a lot of the latter, I also am not very patient at the moment, so my son Luke says but I guess its because i aint been getting enough sleep.
I usually remember most of my dreams, the flying ones being the best, i am not too good always at interpreting them though.
I agree with you a lot about Madonna, she is on a journey in her lyrics, songs and videos and her songs are like a time machine for me and usually have symbolic meaning.
When she released "Frozen" them words were like they were meant just for me.
Ill have a good read of your blog over christmas hols, love reading about dreams and stuff

[Liara Covert]

Michael, thank you for your comments. I have gained insight into mood swings from some of my friends and family who have exeprienced serious illness. I evolve to realize moods of other people do not reflect who they really are. When you love someone, you can learn to see beyond their short-lived changes in attitude and emotion. You also learn more about your own funny, little reactions and what they mean underneath the surface.

When my maternal grandfather was still alive, there was a period when he took medication for high blood pressure. The meds had negative side effects that included triggering anger, making him emotional, impatient and rather volatile. He scared people with his temper. I learned to see beyond it. That was not him. When he stopped those meds, he was still quite emotional, but he was more in touch with his troubled soul. He lived through wars and very difficult circumstances. He was dealing with pain his way.

If you have ever known anyone with cancer undergoing chemo, you may have been shocked to discover the treatment can also render people very emotional. The drugs affect hormone levels and other internal functoning. Cancer patients undergoing treatment release emotions freely in ways they had not done before. All healing processes are cathartic if you choose to view them that way. Emotional self-expression is healing.

[davina]

Hi Liara. Ugh, those dreaded mood swings. My mother had a terrible temper. At the time, I hated her for it. Now, years after she has passed, and after many more years of living apart from her, I've come to sense that this was not her. It was a disconnected, short-wired part of herself that she appeared to have no control over. I've seen the pattern in myself and I have to work hard at not hating myself for it, and to heal it.

[Liara Covert]

Davina, you are bravely opening up to parts of yourself that you have denied or not chosen to see. Every human being has reasons for discomfort. You systematically expose yourself to diverse feelings as a way to bring issues to the surface. Mood swings in yourself and how you react to those in others reveal that certain parts of your mind and personality require more urgent attention. This is for you alone to realize and work through only when your mind is ready to accept. As you deal with feelings, you will eventually understand and replace reasons for discomfort with love and forgiveness.