If it is detrimental for you to consider that some delusions might be real at this time in your development, please avoid this thread.

Idk, maybe its because I have dealt with the invisible world for over 50 years. I just don't react like I did when I was young. I observe and ignore typically.

Take today for example, I was having a nice visit with my husband in my area of the house. We chatted for over 4 hours about personal life experiences. It was nice and calm. During the discussion (about 3 hours in) a ghost man walked down the stairs from the direction of where my husband hangs out and joined us.

I didn't stop or pause to tell my husband, I became slightly more alert, but wanted to maintain focus on what my husband was saying, so I just 'felt' what this guy seemed to be giving off.

He was just wanting to join us. Stay obtuse and in the background. I didn't wonder much about him beyond understanding he wasn't there for me, but keeps an eye on my husband.

That's it.

No delusional thoughts, no racing thoughts or paranoid feelings. I am not manic today. In my understanding, we bipolars are aware of an invisible existence - the beginning of psychic. We are empaths, telepaths, psychics and mediums and often drawn to learn more about those topics.

Society trains us to accept these things are not real. We are also trained to freak out about it - parents over reacting when children talk about the invisible world. Sensationalized in the media. Schools entirely ignore the subject. Other then working on the fringe, there is nobody hiring people who seem to interact with multiple dimensions.

Also, maybe some of us are so aware, we cannot help but be driven nearly mad. Imagine a psychic that couldn't turn it off, and heard hundreds of random thoughts constantly.

I don't mean to imply everything we see is real, because I think our mind creates an image that the feeling/sensation/shadow/apparition/sound could be and we amplify it and distort it in our mind - like reading braille without training.

Also, I think we experience perception in various ways. One hears thoughts, another sees color, another feels sensations in their skin. Any of the senses could be interpreting the stimuli in a multitude of ways.

Anyway, just sharing my third wheel experience from the tete-a-tete with hubby today. I am interested in other peoples philosophy about why bipolars seem to experience similar situations although we come from varied backgrounds. Also interested in hearing other peoples experiences.