May
I don't know if it's age, stress from work, or what but I've found myself in bad moods quite often recently. Tiny things set me into an irritable mood and it takes a long time, if not the rest of the day, for me to snap out of it. And it happens nearly daily. For a good while I was able to go to work happy that I’ve a job yet come home happy to be off work and just enjoy my free time. Now, I go to work and while not dreading being at work, far from thoroughly enjoying it, then come home pissed off from something that happend at work and my friends and girlfriend are on the receiving end of it all. It's not fair to them and I'm afraid this is harming my relationship with my girlfriend, whom I totally love and cherish.
Everyone has their days but my days seem to be more in number over the last couple of months. So my question is, what are ways that keep you in a good mood, not so irritable and generally happy?
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Look for a new job. Apologize to your friends. Maybe you could get counseling. Don't sweat the small stuff. You have to let it go. Like this day, this lady insisted that I cut in front of her in the grocery store so I stated, If that is what you want to do, go right ahead. The cashier told her he called me over first and her second. She never excused herself. Yes, it got me upset, but only for one moment. I was able to control myself and brush it off swiftly. I learned that being angry only makes my day worse.
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set reasonable goals.
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smoke pot
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Focus on Jesus Christ. I'm telling you-He is the ONLY way to true happiness.
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This may sound stupid, but are you working too hard? I am normally a happy, sunny person and a few years ago began to get quite bad (irritable and tearful) moods that I drowned in alcohol as a way of coping and helping me to sleep.
At the time I was doing a part time degree course, caring for my terminally ill mother and doing three jobs, I was so close to meltdown and didn’t have the first idea that this was what stress felt like.
Before looking for some disorder I always look at normality first, you might find that you have over-burdened yourself and need to re adjust your life style. Good luck.
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Me, I'm a generally happy person and it's a bit hard to tell what really makes me happy, but i find its my friends and family that make me happy so don't direct your anger at them as it will make you feel bad afterwards. Instead, you could try directing your anger at someone you really don't like (unless its your boss of course…).
Also if you’re feeling really stressed, spend your time off work to rest and stuff.
Although everyone is different so this might not work for you.