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But not every 'mood' is an episode! People with bipolar disorder also have situational moods: depression, anxiety, anger, etc.... These techniques can help you with those as well as episodes, and I think knowing that there are moods/feelings/emotions that don't need to be medicated (even if very intense) and that you can do something about yourself, is actually very empowering.
Another member here mentioned how his/her psychiatrist helps him/her tease out what are situational emotions/moods and what are not and from there determine what really needs to be medicated and what doesn't. This is so important. Life happens, bipolar or not, and we all have our issues aside from the bipolar, so figuring out who you are and how you react to things and why (outside of episodes especially) is so important. Maybe, aside from these techniques that can be so helpful, your therapist can help you with these other things as well.
She's not invalidating your mood disorder, she's helping you help yourself!
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