jackbus01
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| YellowBanana wrote: | | I love it when people mention "normal mood". I mean, how do you judge that? Based on past experience? I have no idea what normal mood is supposed to feel like, so I don't even know what I'm aiming for with my meds. I'll settle for them stopping me thinking about suicide when I get stressed. I am not cyclothemic (ad far as I know) but rather have emotional dysregulation (according to psych) and am on the mood staniliser lamotrigine. |
Yeah, I don't know what "normal mood" is but I think what is being described is "appropriate emotional response to stimuli". Of course, I don't know how the heck you are supposed to judge that. My moods just sort of happen. I have tried to have therapy where they try to tell you to look for triggers before a mood episode. The best I can seem to do is take my meds regularly and count how much sleep I am getting. I am also sensitive to feedback where different people (not the same one) suggest I have "problems". Unfortunately, this can make my mood disorder difficult to treat. |
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qwan
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Age: 21
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Location: Great(!) Britain
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:41 am Post subject: |
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A normal mood to me would be being happy when you do something you like, or feeling disappointed when something goes wrong, not feeling like you're worthless for a minor mistake, not feeling like crying and very upset because you enjoyed yourself for a few moments, not suicidal when tranquil.
That sort of normal. The range of normal I have is fairly broad but I know my moods don't fit into any kind of normal. They're natural and they're kinda usual for me, but even I, ignoring all other humans and their feelings, consider my moods not normal for me personally. They worry me. |
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