Yesterday was a perfectly good day until my husband made a casual/half-joking comment about "reigning" in our spending. In a matter of minutes I was talking about divorce - not in an angry/screaming sort of way, but in a devastated/hopeless/things will never get better sort of way.

I've had a problem with overreacting (and totally losing all perspective) for as long as I can remember and it's ruined or caused problems in most of my close relationships. I want to stop but I just don't know how to control myself. It's like the circuits in my brain just take off and a little meaningless comment gets blown way out of proportion and then I spiral out of control. I always feel terrible and like I'm waking up from a nightmare after I calm down but then BAM! it happens again...

Is this part of bp or just a very unfortunate personality trait?