Why you feel sad out of the blue

How mood tracking can help understand your emotions.

K. Ross
7 min readJul 17, 2022

Do you ever wonder why you’re in a bad mood for no apparent reason? Feel your good moods begin to turn south out of the blue? Has forcing yourself to always be happy left you emotionally exhausted? A possible answer is that you are not properly regulating your emotions.

What is Mood Tracking?

Mood tracking or mood monitoring is a technique that is used to keep a record of a person’s moods over time. Its purpose is to help look for patterns in our moods and how they vary over time and in different circumstances and situations.

Why is it important to Mood Track?

In essence, mood tracking is a way to improve your emotional awareness. Often when people find that their emotions are coming out suddenly or coming on very intensely, it is because they were unaware of the feeling when it was present at a lower, more manageable intensity. To create a ‘wise mind,’ it is crucial to understand what emotion you are feeling and what it is trying to communicate and decide whether or not to act on it when you…

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K. Ross

I write articles about human experiences with a keen interest in art, psychology and society. I post about once a month.