To think you really can't control your feelings?

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I have felt fine the past week, actually have felt quite good as I've just finished uni for the summer. Had a good day today but when I got home tonight, after I'd cooked dinner and sat down I just suddenly went into this really sad mood.

I feel really low, irritable and have then started to analyse and overthink everything in my life, specifically friendships. I have this knot in my stomach and I don't know why.

I wish I could know why this mood has suddenly appeared and give myself a shake but I genuinely feel like I have no control over this one. I'm feeling very very sad.

Does anyone else get like this? Does anyone know what causes it?

Lots of people do, you’re not alone!

You sound like you’d really benefit from CBT. It teaches you how your thinking patterns and behaviours might be causing or maintaining low mood and teaches you strategies for working through normal feelings of sadness or anxiety/actual depression and clinical anxiety. For example you would come up with a plan of action so that next time this mood comes over you, you do something different than the ruminating and overthinking to give yourself chance to come out of it rather than sink deeper.

Happy to post some self help free stuff if you’re interested. Or you can ring your local NHS IAPT service and book an assessment. There may be a waiting list. Or private therapy is an option.

@ChangePart1 thank you! That's really helpful and informative, I will look into all that as I agree I get in a bad mood and then it feels as if my thoughts dig me deeper and deeper into that sad mood and I struggle to change that as it's how it's always been. Yes, could you please post some self help stuff? That would be great, thanks again

I get this! I find it will sometimes go away if I ignore the feeling and distract myself. It never seems to be actually caused by anything, just a random sad feeling.

I think feelings you can't help so much but we can feed them with thoughts of that makes sense j think if the mood is hormonal or chemical imbalance driven it's hard just think it away. But I can get in matters of of bad thoughts feeding it with the news and fear etc but if I start to turn what I feed my brain to be more positive and do things that I know make me feel better like a walk outside in nature or eatting less junk or reading a good book it will help lift my mood.

Good luck we all get in a funk sometimes and ok guess if these positive steps don't work or you can't bring yourself to do any of them bit would be wise to seek medical and or therapist help. X

For me, meditation helps.

There are some really goods apps you can download - Calm, Headspace.

It's totally normal to feel like this, especially these days. I find meditation helps. I 'lean in' to the feeling during the meditation, where it is in my body, and after a while it fades away.

This sounds really basic but are you sleeping well and eating healthily?
Lack of sleep can really screw up your mood. Hope you get sorted