Moods

It's interesting how many moods a person can feel. Just from a website I came across there's a long list for the different moods people can be in, arranged alphabetically:

Accepted

Accomplished

Aggravated

Alone

Amused

Angry

Annoyed

Anxious

Apathetic

Ashamed

Awake

Bewildered

Bitchy

Bittersweet

Blah

Blank

Blissful

Bored

Bouncy

Calm

Cheerful

Chipper

Cold

Complacent

Confused

Content

Cranky

Crappy

Crazy

Crushed

Curious

Cynical

Dark

Depressed

Determined

Devious

Dirty

Disappointed

Discontent

Ditzy

Dorky

Drained

Drunk

Ecstatic

Energetic

Enraged

Enthralled

Envious

Exanimate

Excited

Exhausted

Flirty

Frustrated

Full

Geeky

Giddy

Giggly

Gloomy

Good

Grateful

Groggy

Grumpy

Guilty

Happy

High

Hopeful

Hot

Hungry

Hyper

Impressed

Indescribable

Indifferent

Infuriated

Irate

Irritated

Jealous

Jubilant

Lazy

Lethargic

Listless

Lonely

Loved

Mad

Melancholy

Mellow

Mischievous

Moody

Morose

Naughty

Nerdy

Not Specified

Numb

Okay

Optimistic

Peaceful

Pessimistic

Pissed off

Pleased

Predatory

Quixotic

Recumbent

Refreshed

Rejected

Rejuvenated

Relaxed

Relieved

Restless

Rushed

Sad

Satisfied

Shocked

Sick

Silly

Sleepy

Smart

Stressed

Surprised

Sympathetic

Thankful

Tired

Touched

Uncomfortable

Weird

And yet, do we really use all of these variations to describe how we feel when somebody asks "How are you?" For most, we say one word that could mean more than one thing. You could say "Good," and that means happy, hyper, excited, accepted, energetic, or silly. You could say "I'm okay" which generally means you feel pretty shitty: aggravated, anxious, stressed, tired, depressed, cynical... You may not even know how you feel, but you just say "I'm fine" because generally when someone asks how you are in passing, it's just an expression for making conversation, not genuinely asking somebody how they are. 

I think that everybody should try to use one of these descriptions for their mood next time somebody asks how they are. If you're happy, try saying "Oh, I'm just jubilant." If you're not happy, try saying "I feel dark." And though you may get a weird look from the person you're talking to, who knows, maybe it will break the ice for a longer conversation. 

Also, check out this site if you want to channel whatever mood you're in through a musical interpretation of what you're feeling: www.stereomood.com