Source: # Emotions, anger and mood swings – understanding your feelings Feelings, thoughts and moods: why emotions rise and fall, how to manage anger, and when mood changes such as bipolar disorder need care. ## Chapters on this topic ### Chapter 5: Emotions, Feelings, Thoughts and Moods Four words, one inner weather : Feeling is allowed. Being overthrown for weeks is a different problem. - [5.1 Definitions](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#definitions/) - [5.2 The cognitive triangle](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#the-cognitive-triangle/) - [5.3 Common cognitive distortions](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#common-cognitive-distortions/) - [5.4 Emotional regulation skills](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#emotional-regulation-skills/) - [5.5 Healthy vs unhealthy coping](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#healthy-vs-unhealthy-coping/) - [5.6 Emotional awareness: step one](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#emotional-awareness-step-one/) - [5.7 The ABC model: how thoughts shape feelings](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#the-abc-model-how-thoughts-shape-feelings/) - [5.8 The thought record](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#the-thought-record/) - [5.9 Mindfulness](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#mindfulness/) - [5.10 Self-compassion](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#self-compassion/) - [5.11 Gratitude, meaning, and strengths](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#gratitude-meaning-and-strengths/) - [5.12 Managing anger](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#managing-anger/) - [5.13 Handling rumination and worry](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#handling-rumination-and-worry/) - [Reflection activity](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#reflection-activity/) - [5.14 Two stories](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#two-stories/) - [5.15 One companion verse](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/5#one-companion-verse-2/) ### Chapter 11: Mood, Psychotic and Personality Conditions Cycles, reality-testing, and long styles : A name can open a clinic. It can also stigmatise. Use it as a door, not a sentence. - [11.1 Why these conditions need careful understanding](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#why-these-conditions-need-careful-understanding/) - [11.2 Mood disorders beyond depression](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#mood-disorders-beyond-depression/) - [11.3 Psychotic disorders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#psychotic-disorders/) - [11.4 Schizophrenia and related disorders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#schizophrenia-and-related-disorders/) - [11.5 Personality conditions](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#personality-conditions/) - [11.6 Causes](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#causes/) - [11.7 Treatment](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#treatment-2/) - [11.8 Stigma and human rights](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#stigma-and-human-rights/) - [11.9 When to seek urgent help](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#when-to-seek-urgent-help/) - [11.10 Bipolar disorder in more detail](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#bipolar-disorder-in-more-detail/) - [11.11 How to respond to a person experiencing psychosis](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#how-to-respond-to-a-person-experiencing-psychosis/) - [11.12 Borderline personality disorder (BPD) in more detail](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#borderline-personality-disorder-bpd-in-more-detail/) - [11.13 Living with or supporting someone with a personality disorder](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#living-with-or-supporting-someone-with-a-personality-disorder/) - [11.14 A simple story](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#a-simple-story-4/) - [11.15 One companion verse](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/11#one-companion-verse-7/) ### Chapter 22: Advanced Psychological Issues Names that open the right door : Dissociation, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), eating disorders, personality patterns, and substances are treatable. They are not character verdicts. - [22.1 Dissociation](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/22#dissociation/) - [22.2 Obsessive-compulsive disorder](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/22#obsessive-compulsive-disorder/) - [22.3 Eating disorders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/22#eating-disorders-1/) - [22.4 Personality disorders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/22#personality-disorders/) - [22.5 Substance use disorders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/chapter/22#substance-use-disorders/) ## Stories from real life (17) - [Not Angry, Just Tired](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/not-angry-just-tired-17/) – Sana, thirty-three, worked as an accountant in Hyderabad. For nearly a week she had been in what she called 'a mood'. She snapped at… - [I Always Fail](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/i-always-fail-18/) – Vikram, forty, was an engineer in Chennai who had just delivered a client presentation. Most of it went well, but one slide had a… - [The Pressure Cooker at Home](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/the-pressure-cooker-at-home-19/) – Mr Deshmukh, fifty-five, was a bank clerk in Nagpur known for his short fuse. One evening his son Aditya came home late. Mr Deshmukh… - [Three O’Clock Worries](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/three-oclock-worries-20/) – Elena, twenty-eight, was a graphic designer living in Madrid. Most nights she woke at three with her mind running: Did I send the right… - [Sunday-Night Money](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/sunday-night-money-159/) – A couple fought about money every Sunday. The mood dropped after a lonely Saturday. Naming their moods did not solve the money problem, but… - [The Child Who Was “Angry”](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/the-child-who-was-angry-160/) – He was hungry. Dinner fixed more than a lecture on character. Body first, story second - [Eight Days Without Sleep](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/eight-days-without-sleep-43/) – Vikram, twenty-eight, an advertising executive in Delhi, has not slept properly for a week. He feels brilliant. He talks fast, makes big plans to… - [The Voices in Shanta’s Son](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/the-voices-in-shantas-son-44/) – Shanta lives in a village in Odisha. Her son Mohan, twenty-two, was a quiet, hard-working student. Over the past months he has become suspicious,… - [Zoe at Two in the Morning](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/zoe-at-two-in-the-morning-45/) – Zoe, twenty-three, lives in Bristol. Her friendships burn bright and then collapse. When her closest friend takes longer to reply, Zoe is sure she… - [Coming Home, Slowly](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/coming-home-slowly-46/) – Sanjay, thirty-one, spent two months in hospital in Bengaluru for schizophrenia. Now he is home with his parents. He is calmer, but he is… - [Mr Hassan Prefers the Edge of the Room](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/mr-hassan-prefers-the-edge-of-the-room-47/) – Hassan, forty-five, an accountant in Cairo, has always kept to himself. At work he avoids meetings and lunches, afraid people will find him boring… - [Vikram, Age 23](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/vikram-age-23-166/) – Twenty-three-year-old Vikram was usually a grounded young man, but over the course of a few weeks, he completely changed. He suddenly stopped sleeping, yet… - [The Glass Wall](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/the-glass-wall-86/) – Daniel Okafor, twenty-two, a student in Manchester, was walking back from the library after weeks of exam stress and little sleep when something odd… - [Checking the Gas Again](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/checking-the-gas-again-87/) – Rukmini Iyer, thirty-four, an accountant in Chennai, used to be easy-going. In the past year she began checking the gas stove before leaving home.… - [The Empty Plate](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/the-empty-plate-88/) – Ananya Menon, fifteen, from Kochi, had always been a high achiever. After a classmate teased her about her weight, she started 'eating healthy'. Soon… - [Mira and the Storm of Feelings](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/mira-and-the-storm-of-feelings-89/) – Mira D'Souza, twenty-six, from Goa, felt things more intensely than anyone she knew. When her boyfriend Rohan was late replying, she felt a flood… - [One Drink to Sleep](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/story/one-drink-to-sleep-90/) – Vikram Chauhan, fifty-one, was a successful transport contractor in Jaipur. After a business loss, he began to have 'one drink' at night to switch… ## Shloks (2) - [Bhagavad Gita 2.62–2.63](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/shloka/bhagavad-gita-2-62-2-63-16/) – Dwelling on objects, attachment is born; from attachment, desire; from desire, anger. From anger, delusion; from delusion, loss of memory; from loss of memory,… - [Bhagavad Gita 5.18](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/shloka/bhagavad-gita-5-18-21/) – The wise see the same in a learned humble person, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and one who cooks a dog. ## More topics - [What is mental health? A simple guide to the mind and who can help](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/mental-health-basics/) - [The brain, hormones and body chemistry behind your moods](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/brain-and-body/) - [Stress – causes, symptoms and how to reduce stress at work and in exams](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/stress/) - [Anxiety, panic attacks and fear – signs, causes and what helps](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/anxiety/) - [Depression and low mood – signs, causes and the way back](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/depression/) - [Trauma, grief and loss – healing at your own pace](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/trauma-grief/) - [Children, teenagers and parents – mental health at home and school](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/children-parents/) - [Sleep problems, food and daily routine for a healthy mind](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/sleep-food-routine/) - [Counselling, therapy and psychiatric medicines explained](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/therapy-medicines/) - [Helping a loved one with mental illness – family and relationships](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/family-relationships/) - [Mental health crisis and suicide prevention – what to do](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/safety-crisis/) - [The five senses, the five elements and the mind](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/senses-elements/) - [Bhagavad Gita, yoga and Indian wisdom for mental peace](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/spiritual-wisdom/) - [Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, drugs and gambling – signs and recovery](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/addiction/) - [Phone addiction, social media and screen time – digital well-being](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/digital-life/) - [Ageing well, memory loss and dementia – caring for elders](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/topic/later-life/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/contact/) · [About](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/)