well, I learned something about my manic phase today.
I never realized there is a path from my manic phase to Mr. Nasty, my negative self-talk.
But, there is.
Its because if I get angry while manic, that anger has more energy than when I'm depressed, and if the anger is caused by a sense of helplessness, and almost all my anger is, its really easy for that anger to shift focus to the helplessness itself, and then Mr. Nasty can start beating me up for being helpless.
Good to know, not fun to experience.
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Oh My!
That is so relatable, even though I don't have manic or depressive phases -- it's all anxiety. I've nothing to offer but hugs, and an attempt at diversion.
I've always had, to a certain extent, a certain dyslexia or mental jumping around to reading and writing. In this case, I somehow misread "mania" as "music" -- or at least my brain planted the notion.
-- Daphne Xu
I wish I had a musical phase
but that's not one of my gifts.