I definitely find something else to occupy my mind. Art usually helps. I stay away from journalling as writing seems to only worsen it. I realise I have made the mistake of posting to PC while irritable as an example and later rue the fact that I did so. Even emails in hindsight take on a unfortunate negative tone. Similarly I find talking to a friend about it a bit of a fire bomb too. This is not to say I keep it bottled in however. I simply use the energy to try and do something positive - like the art I was mentioning and getting active like going for a walk.

I am fortunate to have benefited from a CBT course which has given me some skills to get myself over the hurdle or at least lessen the burden. One of the things I do is ask myself how being so irritable is an advantage to me. I don't come up with many excuses for it.

This is not to say it doesn't happen. It still does. Only I am better able to cope with it.