What works for me is to let the emtions come inside and then picture them in my mind slowly disintegrating into nothingness so that peace and calm return. They may continue to pop up from time to time, but each time picturing them dissolve makes the intensity much less until they eventually fade away.

They are mostly unconscious things that emerge, though, in this experience for me.

I think some of us who are bipolar are very, very sensitive to imagery.

I hope you find a way to let the images disintegrate so that you're calm again. You won't forget them, I don't think; but they'll be much less harmful each time they return.

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