Is is purely chemical??

i want to agree with you that we cannot control how we feel but we can control what we do that feeling. should we do something to let it out or counter it? however, i think, sometimes the feeling is so overwhelming we just give in...

Having been deeply depressed throughout my life, I've researched this a lot. It is definitely a chemical thing, and I don't think I ingested anything to cause it. Every person on my father's side of the family suffers either from deep clinical depression or bipolar disorder. There's not a single exception! I am sometimes totally debilitated if I don't take my meds, but with them, I'm able to handle the symptoms just with my strong will. None of the medications have ever entirely removed depression from my life, but they allow me to be in control of it. Yes, it is chemical. I was only 3 years old when I was first diagnosed, and I have relatives who exhibited strong symptoms at birth -- hardly a choice or a result of bad choices!

Chemicals mainly but circumstances and environments do play a role. For example, good news can change a mood from sad to happy or vice a versa. Waking up to a mess could push anyone to immediate annoyance. Hormones play a major part to and sometimes nothing, absolutely nothing will brighten a foul mood.

I think there are many possible variables that could be held accountable for changes in your mood. Such as the environment, the foods you eat, the work you do, the people around you, the animals around you, and that's just the start. Maybe you got a good night's sleep and felt great the next day! Or maybe you got a good night's sleep and felt horrible the next day because you did a lot the previous day. The chemicals in your body can make you feel good or bad also! But usually which chemicals are released is dependant on what you do, where you are, etc. Unless you have some kind of disorder which would then require medication to normalize you.

I totally agree with you because there are days I wake up and feel so energized and happy. Other days its like I don't even want to get out of bed. I think it is chemical and I believe it has something to do with the food we eat. Thats my take on it.

Yes, I think it is chemical. Chocolate is suppose to lift your mood in the short term, but has the effect of making you feel worse when you realise you have piled on the pounds:)! Exercise is also mean't to make you feel happier. But not everyone feels like jumping up in the morning to exercise when they feel rotten:)! I think you also start to feel happier when you are doing something you enjoy or something that excites you. Also, have you noticed how the moods of those people who are around you can affect you too?