We will have small signs we are getting sick, but rogue mood swings hit us like a sledge hammer and boom, mistakes are made. It really is the norm for our mood swings to start slowly.
For example, a person who has previously been happy in a relationship might suddenly get manic and decide to pursue a relationship with someone else in what seems like an overnight decision. These rogue mood swings can be very, very upsetting because many people take them as fact and act off of the symptoms. You simply have no idea what has happened. (If you are a woman, this is not PMS crying.) You feel a cascade of negative thoughts of how life is no good and you are going to die one day and there are so many poor people and you don’t know how you will stay on this earth. Life is OK and nothing big is happening and one day in the car you just start crying.
You have been stable on medications for a few years. We are often unprepared and may go for days without realizing how sick we are. Many of our mood swings are triggered, but rogue mood swings simply show up and hit us like a big wave. They often break though medications that have been working and I define them as brain chemical mood swings. Rogue mood swings come out of nowhere without a trigger. In other words, only unintentional humor belongs on this page.Rogue mood swings often come without warning and can be overwhelming, but realizing what they are and being aware of them can help. Please do not place examples that better belong on Bathos here or on any main page. If this trope is intentional on the writer's part, see Failed Attempt at Drama. See also Nightmare Retardant for "scary" narm, Fetish Retardant for "sexy" narm, and So Unfunny, It's Funny for "funny" narm. Despite having it as a part of his name, the Pharaoh Narmer has nothing to do with this trope either. Also not to be confused with the National Area for Retired Mills, North American Registry for Midwives, National Association of Rooflight Manufacturers or the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. Not to be confused with 'Nam, or the Narn, or OMM-NOM- NOM-NOM, a certain heavy-set Boston barfly (or his Lurian counterpart), or a talking koala. Sometimes narm examples come from a moment being too realistic, in which case it falls under Reality Is Unrealistic, or from overshooting its mark and making it come off as trying much too hard to sell the drama, pathos, or sense of awe the moment is meant to evoke. Contrast Dude, Not Funny!, Level Breaker, Comical Overreacting.
Compare Narm Charm, which is when a scene still works even with the cheesiness included. Much of the strength of a narmy moment comes from the severity of Mood Whiplash caused by it. Sometimes a part of work can become narmy in hindsight when it (or part of it) becomes a subject of a meme. This especially happens with voices - with only a limited pool of voice actors to choose from, sometimes it's obvious a character is Talking to Himself. Actors may end up alluding to past roles they were famous for (sometimes, that's the intended reaction) but the audience instead just ends up seeing their character. Sometimes, this happens completely due to the audience's reaction.