Do you ever feel cranky, super-sensitive, impatient, snappish, crabby, moody, want-to-bite someone’s head off, annoyed, surly, grouchy, prickly, testy, touchy, or otherwise best described as being in a foul-tempered mood? If so you may be experiencing irritability, one of the possible symptoms of depression. When most people conjure up an image of a person suffering from depression we tend to think of a person who is despondent, sad, and crying. Yet sadness is only a partial portrait of...
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