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[quote=Anonymous]There is a difference between using mental illness as an excuse and understanding that mental illness causes emotional disregulation. Anger and irritability are one of the main signs of depression in many men and some women. That isn't a choice to feel that way and yes sometimes it leaks out. Just like tears might for someone whose depression is more melancholic. With mental illness, you don't have total control over your emotions - that is part of the illness.

I am a woman. I have always been very non emotional in general. I am very even keel, and never, ever been shown much emotion. I experienced an episode of mental illness and one of the hardest parts for me was the loss of control over my emotional states. I became, angry, irrationally angry, very irritably and just generally my mood shifted all over the place. I didn't really have the skills (had never needed them) to manage that kind of anger, I had no energy, and I was confused and overwhelmed by how I felt. I wasn't a very nice person at all for a few months until I was able to get it under control - the root cause ended up being a hormone (thyroid) imbalance.

Trust me, it is a horrible way to feel.[/quote]

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