Research — and life experience — suggest that when we are in a bad mood, we tend to indulge ourselves with a treat. It feels justified on the face of it. Why not do something nice for yourself — skip ...

Mood and worry go hand in hand – well, at least bad mood and worry do! This has often raised the chicken and egg question “Which comes first, my bad mood or my worrying?” Worrying tends to occur in ...

Bad moods happen to the best of us at times. Even with every intention to stay calm and happy, those dark clouds can appear overhead and be tricky to disperse. Getting into a bad mood can happen at ...

A happiness expert gives four tips for an instant mood boost, banishing a bad mood and getting back to your neutral or happy self. Our editors independently select these products. Making a purchase ...

A trademark of a bad mood is that we are often completely unaware of how we got there. This reality intensifies the bad mood because when we don’t know how we got ...

Don’t go to bed angry, go to work. A new study by University of Arizona assistant professor of psychology and cognitive science Vicky Lai and researchers in the Netherlands found that when individuals ...

A bad mood is a passing yet pervasive affective state characterised by feelings of irritability, dissatisfaction, sadness or gloom. Unlike acute anger, which usually has a specific and identifiable ...

My children, 10 and 13, have started complaining regularly about what a bad mood I’m in on the weekends. I know some of this is developmentally appropriate, and I shouldn’t stress over it; but the ...