I dunno if this is similar...but sometimes I have very lucid and energetic times when I want to jump in and tackle everything...get my hands dirty and just roll these therapy things.

Trouble is keeping them going, like the adrenaline that might go with those people who do those "spinning plate" acts. The processing keeps spinning and you have the energy to keep the therapeutic processing going, spinning like those plates. But then, one of the plates falls and crashes and pieces shatter everywhere!!!

So then everything briefly goes in slow-motion, where the other plates continue to spin and you have just brief moments to make a decision:

(1) will that "falling plate" cause you to lose focus entirely, and the energy and work and progress being made on every other piece break down too, so that in the end everything crashes down

OR

(2) do you just move on and keep those plates spinning and do your best?

If something "crashes" in my life, I tend to lose focus and any of my lucidity and energy turn to grimy dark depression. Not all the time, but most of the time.

So what is the way to keep yourself from losing the energy and focus? Writing about it? Speaking about it here? I dunno precisely. Plus, sometimes, you just get tired and need to rest.

Spinning plates might not be an entirely appropriate metaphor, because what is the point of spinning plates in the first place? The therapeutic process has more point than spinning plates.