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Mood Regulation: How to Cope




Sources: CDC, WHO, Everyday Health, Verywell Mind


You don't need to have a mental disorder to struggle with handling hard emotions. Whether it be anger, frustration, sadness, or grief, adolescence is defined as a time with strong emotions and feelings. So how does one healthily cope with these feelings without negative consequences on work or relationships?


Mood swings can be caused by a variety of factors, from hormones to changes in diet. Most of the time, they are caused by rapid rise and falls of the hormone serotonin, which makes you happy. Sometimes they can be unexplainable, or can be easily tracked back to a trigger that made you feel this way. It may be hard to pinpoint when these symptoms occur, so some helpful questions to ask yourself, according to CenterStone.org, include "Have I experienced any physical changes in my body or the way I behave? Have I recently felt stuck in my mood? Have my experiences become harder to deal with?"


Some other symptoms of mood swings include depression, insomnia, and irritability. Both estrogen and progesterone, which vary during a woman's cycle, control serotonin creation levels. While in the past doctors have treated temperament swings with counterfeit types of estrogen and progesterone, natural types of these significant chemicals can be found in a few spices and plants that are promptly accessible.


Good foods and vitamins that help regulate mood swings include

  • Mexican wild yam

  • soy products

  • edamame

  • legumes like peas and beans

  • Vitamins B5, B6, B12, and C

  • An overall diet rich in complex carbohydrates

Apart from diet, there are other mental tricks to calm yourself down and regulate your mental state.


Drink less coffee and get more sleep to lessen anxiety.

Stress and tension are brought about by many variables, yet even little, solid changes in your day to day schedule can assist with facilitating those circumstances. These little improvements in your everyday life could improve things greatly with regards to overseeing emotional episodes.

Keep aside time for self care.

Stressing over controlling your emotional episodes on top of carrying on with your bustling life is a recipe for inconvenience. Put away some time every day for a movement you partake in that doesn't need an excessive amount of thought.

Track your mood swings to reflect.

If you were spend a week writing down your feelings over the course of the day, you'll arise with a greatly improved comprehension of your evolving moods. You may likewise need to record what you were doing at that point, so you can think back on what various exercises might have meant for your feelings.

Get a healthy distraction.

Dealing with a side interest will help with gaining new abilities and versatility as well as channeling negative energy into something positive. Anything can turn into a side interest and it very well might be something you appreciate for a lifetime.



Hopefully, these tips and tricks can lead to a healthier and stable lifestyle, so that the next time work or school gets stressful, you will know how to healthily cope!


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