When you don't feel good physically, as in have the flu or some other physical illness, you probably feel irritable then as well. The only difference between a physical illness and an emotional illness is the part of you that hurts and feels awful. Actually, emotional illness can be even worse because you don't have any gauge to know when it will end. When you are physically ill, (most of the time), you usually have an idea about how long you should expect to feel bad.

As a society, we don't talk as openly about emotional and psychiatric things as perhaps we should. Those that are suffering wind up feeling alone with thier pain and there is no one who seems to understand what they are going through. There are certain things that we seem to be afraid of talking about for fear of being socially incorrect. Take someone in a wheelchair. How many times growning up did your parents tell you not to stare, or ask about why the person can't walk. In reality, the person in the wheelchair often has no problem telling people what has happened, and all we are doing by avoiding the subject is further isolating them. Emotional and psychiatric illness are right in there with things "you don't talk about".

Here people will understand. I know its not the same as someone being right there with you, but sometimes, its all we have.

Sam2