mood change

Feelings suddenly different

A mood change is a shift in emotional state, from one feeling to another.

The term appears in discussions of mental health, where rapid or extreme mood changes may indicate conditions like bipolar disorder: The medication helped stabilize her mood changes.

More casually, it describes ordinary emotional shifts: His mood change was obvious the moment she walked in.

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emotional variability

mood changeemotional stability

Resilient, even-keeled temperament

equanimity · level-headedness · composure · placidity · imperturbability

psychological predictability

mood changeconsistency

Reliable adherence to standards

predictability · regularity · uniformity · steadiness · sameness

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