Defining Irritability

Irritability is defined as a mood or state in which one has a heightened propensity to respond to frustrations, even small ones, with anger that is excessive given what might be expected in the situation.

• Irritation impacts us psychologically in a number of ways
• It makes us more sensitive to small frustrations so we have a harder time shrugging them off or moving past them
• This can make us distracted since our attention ends up being constantly redirected towards trivial incidents and remarks and away from important tasks or relationships