What Triggers Your Mood Episodes?
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007In Chapter 12 of Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, we discuss mood stressors and triggers—situations, events, or certain times of the year that tend to lower your threshold for the onset of a mood episode.
For my family, it’s Christmas. When my wife was teaching full time, we also experienced mood episodes during the first month of the school year and the first month of summer break—when my wife and I (Mrs. Mom and Mr. Mom) swapped roles. We knew these times were coming. We knew ahead of time that they were going to challenge us, but these same three times every year, we ran into trouble.