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**Psychology ** **Why do our moods change? ** **By: Jimena González **


 * [[image:mood_swing.jpg width="301" height="169" align="left"]] || **No specific reason ** Did you know that the changing of our moods has no specific and only reason?  There are many things that cause them. Environment and life style issues can cause them. The environment plays an important role in the cause of mood swings. When people have work, family, relationship, or any kind of problems they stress and may start getting these changes of moods. Stressful times at work, anxiety, lack of sleep, and puberty are common causes. Anxiety mostly happens when a person is worried about something or feels pressured by something. If the cause of a person´s mood swings is puberty, it happens around 14 years of age.  ||

**Changing ** Other reasons why people get mood swings are because of their physical changes. Growing up and noticing changes in the body or environment can make a person’s moods change. When a person is treated differently by their friends or family he/she can take it in a bad way and have feelings about it. **Shocking experiences ** Abuse or experiences that may result traumatic are also common causes. Sometimes people see or experience something which they get shocked with and enter mood swing periods. When people suffer from something or get hurt by someone they can enter these periods. Many times, people are forced to do things they don’t want to and get shocked with that experience. **What scientists say **  · [|Neurotransmitters] · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Imbalances in hormones · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Inherited traits from some family member who has a mood disorder. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">If a child´s mother has bipolar disorder or any kind of disorder that involves mood swings, the child has a chance of getting the disorder.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">According to scientists, factors inside your body that can partly cause mood swings are:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This doesn’t mean the child will necessarily get the disorder, but if the child starts changing of moods frequently, he may have the disorder inherited from the affected family member. || ||

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyday life ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">When people suffer from this mood changes and have problems or stressful life events, their swings can get worse. Alcohol or drug abuses are a very common cause for this disorder. Some people that get stressed or worried over something get into drugs thinking it will solve their problems and make them feel better when the only thing that it does is damage themselves and making their problems worse. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Problems ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Abnormal serotonin levels contribute to mood disorders. This involves: <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">sleep wakefulness  <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Eating  <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Impulsivity  <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">learning  <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Memory  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">People with changing moods don’t sleep well, stay up all night, and almost never eat well. The changing of moods may take a person by surprise at the start because it might be new for them and they wouldn’t feel anything before getting them. Then, a pattern can be marked if these changes of emotions are very often or when the person has entered a period of depression.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Extreme disorder **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[[image:bipolar-disorder.jpg width="270" height="194"]] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Bipolar disorder is an extreme example of mood swings in which people get often depressed. The highs of this disorder are called mania, and the lows are called depression. People at the state of mania are very dangerous because they can risk their lives and others too. Manic people think mood swings are improvements when they are obviously not. This may happen because mood swings can make you feel good at first. Hyperactivity is also a very important factor in mood changing that can be sometimes seen in ADHD. ||

Resources

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I recommend this video below where you can read the true story of a ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">real life person who suffers from bipolar disorder. It is very well ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">explained and I´m sure you´ll understand better with this example. **

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