If you are in a bad mood, do you prefer to be left alone or have someone to cheer you up?

[Sweetener_]

[Cynicaldreamer]

I like to be left alone: mostly to collect my thoughts, unwind, and not be bothered. Other people, though I know they mean well, usually make me feel worse or stress me out when I'm in a bad mood. I've even lashed out or told off people when I'm in a bad mood! Not because I'm mad at them, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, haha. So for the sake of not saying or doing something I will regret later, I tend to just keep to myself until I feel better.

What I usually do is distance myself from others, or warn them I need some "me time" to clear my mind. And when I'm feeling better, then I talk to them again.

[AmandaYVR]

If it's a little grumpy I can probably be cheered up via distraction.
If it's an intensely bad mood, best to leave me alone. I'll come back when I feel better.

[magiusX26]

typically left alone. the more you try to counsel me or cheer me up typically just pisses me off more. if you do cheer me up in some way, i later will get a little upset due to the cheering up only makes me repress what am feeling and interupts the process of getting through those feelings.

[Therisinghero12]

I prefer to be left alone, when someone tries to cheer me up it reminds me of whatever made me sad/mad, and keeps those feelings around longer, but when I'm alone I can calm down really fast and brush it off and move on

[FakeName123]

I'm pretty good at regulating my own emotions when I have time for myself. The outbursts usually happens when other people get into play that I have an emotional connection with that can end up making me impulsive occasionally.

So being left alone is better for me.

[ButtaGrey]

Like moods vary and different, so does my need of actions. Especially being bipolar, I not only have mood swings, but mood slides, mood seesaws and even a fully operational
mood rollercoaster, that requires a bit of self
isolation and withdrawal from others. It depends upon the person, the situation and
their mood.

[BeachBabe96]

Depends on why I'm in a bad mood... like if I just woke up and feel like shit yeah leave me be I'll get out of the funk eventually but if someone causes it somehow, I'd like them to try to help calm me down and get me in a better mood.

[dublin_sexyeyes0]

Initially left alone as im usually able to come out if it myself. But a cheer up after a time is nice so we dont let the bad mood fester into something more serious.

[Bhavin2184]

I prefer to be left alone read something or listen music to cheer myself up.

[JosyJosy]

Left alone, 99% of the time the cheering up fails and pisses me off more

[drearyknight187]

Left alone, I go off at any and every one around me. I need time to decompress.

[Cryptic-Game]

It would quite depend on what the thing was about. If it was about missing a game due to bad weather, I want to be cheered up. If it was about my friend misusing my money the way I told them to after trusting them, I'd want to be left alone.

[iFarted]

From not so close friends, left alone. From close friends, I don't mind them cheering me up but I do get over things quickly on my own.

[oualid22]

I prefer to be left alone cause there are high chances that I might lose it , and I'm too kind to lose it at people that I care about

[Anonymous]

Depends on the type of bad mood, if I feel empty I will spend the time alone reflecting, but if I feel like I'm going to hurt myself I surround myself with people who make me happy

[Jack9949]

Cheered up. But it’s gotta be the right person for the job.

[VesanKellot]

sometimes, I will chear up myself
and sometimes I need someone to cheer me up

[OddBeMe]

Left alone, like my introvert mind wants. I do try to listen to upbeat music or comedy sketches on YT.

[louyaa]

Left alone and then later cheered up

[NYCQuestions1976]

Depends on what caused the bad mood.

[Lonen]

I prefer to be left alone so I can chear myself up

[blondfrog]

Cheered up but only very specific people.

[Iron_Man]

It all depends how much of a bad mood I’m in

[andy530]

Have someone cheer me up or just be around