BT Collab Topic - prepared by Manohar Behaviour Therapist.
Mood Swings in Children
Mother seated on a couch leans toward young daughter
What are Mood Swings in Childhood?
Mood swings in childhood are rapidly shifting emotional states. A child may go from happy to sad to angry to exhausted in minutes. When mood swings are an issue, these shifts may occur every day or multiple times per day.
You may feel like your child’s anger is going from 0 to 60 in seconds. It might seem like the slightest thing goes wrong, and your child goes into orbit. One minute your child is silly and happy, and this mood can swing to excessively angry or sad in a short amount of time.
“Your child may seem like one person one minute and someone entirely different the next. So you may catch yourself saying, ‘I wonder where my child went and how I can get him back?’ It’s like a moving roller coaster that you keep trying to get off of, or at least slow down.”
It is normal for children or teens to have fluctuating moods sometimes. Throughout childhood, there are times when a kiddo’s moods may be in flux. However, there are certain kids for whom emotional regulation is extremely difficult.
They may feel trapped in a prison of rapidly fluctuating moods. A pattern may emerge by which they feel amazing one day like they can conquer the world,
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