For what it's worth, having a BP friend but not having it myself, it's to do with intensity and length of your feelings that are different to mine. He gets INCREDIBLY upset about something that can upset me, but a few minutes later, I can be "meh" while he's still in the throes of feeling upset and going into the detail of whatever it was. By which time, I've lost interest and moved onto something else. He feels more deeply (or maybe I'm just insensitive/ stupid?!) and for longer. It's like his volume and tone buttons are always set to max, while I can control mine. I drive a lot for a living and although I used to get road rage, I can't afford to (because it's annoying and pointless and I don't want a heart attack with stress), so I'm able to chill out and think of something else to distract myself. He can't. His feelings seem to possess him because they're so strong. That's not always bad. He's got a lovely wife and great kids and is a really caring, loving husband and father. He just has a hard time at work and with unsympathetic people who don't see the world as passionately or as such extremes as he does.

I often feel surges of emotion but seem able to control them better than him, because they're not as intense. I don't know the reason for that apart from we're all made different.

Does that help at all? How does it feel being BP?