If a person has the urge to be agressive or mean to others and then has another desire to help people later, is this a disorder?

IS your FRIEND someone who SOMETIMES IS VERY ANGRY but the later perfectly okay?
Because it MIGHT BE CAPSODYSMIA, a very serious disorder
that requires a LOT OF ATTENTION FROM A LOT OF ANNOYED AND EXHAUSTED PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER BE doing something else.

Not enough information. People don’t typically switch back and forth like that without a trigger.

@susanc NO. U MUST HAVE ME CONFUSED WITH SOMEONE ELSE. I HAS EVIL TWIN.

@phillis My friend is helpful at times, but then a turd at others. Is this just a nasty personality or a mental disorder?

I go through a few emotions while watching the evening news. One minute I’m watching an interview with a local who gives an ignorant comment & I think, ‘god what an idiot. I want to smack them upside the head.’ Then the next story is about a school in some third world country & I think, “I wish I could fly over there & help out.” Of course this is about separate emotions for separate people. I don’t know about multiple emotions for the same person. Unless that person is doing something to trigger those emotions…. “Would you like an nice cream?” “You’re not allowed an ice cream!” “Would you like an ice cream?”

@Lightning I hope you don’t take my response as an indication that I am blowing you off, but I still do not have enough information. What’s his medical history? Does he have a chronic illness? Has he been sick? Does he have a lot of responsibility? Is there significant dysfunction in his family? What is happening right before he switches? Is it possible that you or someone else is doing something rude?

These are just a few questions that hint at potential indicators.

There is such a thing as rapid cycling. It can be quite dangerous. I doubt that your friend is that ill.

Yes

i think they call it a conscience…and guilt

@dpworkin There is such a thing as rapid cycling. It can be quite dangerous.

Yes, I ride Mountain bikes too. Going too fast downhill can be dangerous.

(Just kidding – you know that I can’t resist.)

I see that sort of behaviour in people who are “obliged” to be nice to someone – where the attitude is not the result of a natural feeling. They drop the pretext when occupied or pressured. Is this person really a good friend?

That sounds like plain ol’ human nature to me. Not everything need be a psychological disorder, after all.
He may not realize that he’s doing it. If it bugs you, ask him about it.

When it comes to our purpose, Im an optimist. I think everyones true nature is an angel, and that we become “devils” when our “angelness” gets prevented from being received. The rapidness of transition from “angel” to “devil” is probably because of how important it is for him to be received and his reaction to not being received being: to force himself on others. Rejection is a drag, and some people have had way too little love to be able to handle it. He just needs priorities: not everything he says is going to be more important than other people’s realities. If he learns how to listen he’ll have more of an exchange of energy than an exhausting roller coaster.

Nah…probably just a blood sugar imbalance.

The disorder you are speaking of has a medical term: it’s called being human

I know someone that is exactly like that. My ex’s sis. And it did unfortunately do alot of damage to our relationship. She claimed to be bipolar and not on her meds but IDK.

@wasky9 This is your ex-sister in law. Please stop talking smack about me in public :)