Thread:Red Compassion, Red Love, Red Hate/@comment-24564266-20140620205301/@comment-5384369-20140622024443

Symptoms of mood disorders/swings:
 * Feelings of hopelessness or helplessness
 * Trouble sleeping or daytime sleepiness
 * Poor appetite or eating too much
 * Fatigue or low energy
 * Low self-esteem
 * Trouble concentrating or making decisions
 * Irritability
 * Trouble engaging in daily tasks (memory, thinking, talking, comprehension, writing or reading)
 * Reckless or irrational behavior
 * Excessive boredom (and not the <> boredom)
 * Hallucinations or delusions
 * Mood depression or elevation
 * Poor judgment
 * Racing thoughts and rapid speech
 * Reckless or inappropriate behaviors
 * Withdrawal or depression

Here are possible causes:
 * Stress and Anxiety
 * Depression
 * Bipolar Disorder
 * Lack of Sleep
 * Drugs and/or Alcohol ...?
 * Too much caffeine and/or sugar
 * Pregnancy (I just had to put that out there....)

Here are possible treatments (without seeing someone):
 * More sleep
 * Cut down on caffeine/sugar intake
 * Don't drink/do drugs
 * Keep a balanced diet
 * Drink water
 * Exercise (wear yourself out)
 * Get a hobby
 * Don't act on it (if your mad, don't go tearing up your room)
 * Breath deeply
 * Try to think logically
 * Avoid punching things (that only elevates stress rather that releasing it)
 * Think happy thoughts
 * Write down your thoughts/feelings (I know that I already suggested this, but I mean, it doesn't have to be long and dark, it could just be like a timetable of when you feel a certain emotion.)
 * Help someone (feel good about doing something....)