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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
It makes sense and it's possible this does happen to me...to a degree....but no, I really don't think I have control over my moods and that is the problem. When I think I'm hypo, I focus on staying calm, when I think I'm depressed, I focus on what can help and feeling better. Despite what I focus on, my mood has a mind of its own.
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Yeah.
I sometimes wonder if we have the ability to "control" our moods without realizing it. Like, we all have episodes which are caused by a chemical imbalance, but 5-10% of the time we have episodes which are triggered by external things. (e.g., We might enter a depressive episode if a loved one passes away; or we might enter a manic episode due to stress.) So I guess I'm saying we maybe trigger
ourselves by thinking a certain way. "We think; therefore we are."
But of course I think it might be a "chicken and egg" problem: Did the behavior start before the episode, or did the episode start before the behavior?