High levels of stress can really play havoc with our emotions and the way we deal with things. Stress releases hormones like adrenaline which make our brains and bodies act differently and often weird. Sometimes we get really forgetful, or can't concentrate, we might laugh at inappropriate times, or feel like we're not ourselves, we might feel ok and even happy one day, and lash out in anger at a friend the next, then feel sad the next. High levels of anxiety really can do all that (I know because I too have severe anxiety!
it's well worth going to your doctor about this- you may be going through an anxiety or depressive episode which might need some treatment through therapy or medication. Please be honest about your symptoms so you can get treated with the right thing., and try to be open minded about seeing a therapist and even about trying a medication if the dictor suggests it. A lot of people are really resistant but that's how ajxiety and deoression are treated- theraoy and medication.
I always say "if you want to change, you must change something". You can keep doing the same thing and hoping for a different outcome- you gotta try something different.
I used to be dishonest about my hypomanic episodes and I got misdiagnosed as deoressed for years when all along I had bipolar 2. Completely different illness, completely different treatment. I feel much much better now I'm correctly diagnosed, on the right medication, and getting therapy. I was being silly- I didn't want the doctirs to think i was crazy and I was scared of bipolar- it sounded so bad. Which is really stupid, cos I had bipolar whether the doctirs knew about it or not. I mean- it's not like they give you the disease, they just put a name to it. A name is good because it leads to the right treatment.
Also give beyondbkue a call if you need to talk to someone, especially over christmas, as a lot of dictors shut down.
i now lead a normal life, I am stable, calm, happy, thinking in heakthy ways, and feel like a mornal person with normal emotions. I used to feel like I was a hurricane, or a crazy roller coaster in a storm. So yes treatment does work, and it does get better
