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Originally Posted by UpDownAround
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"...my being bipolar can either heighten (manic) or worsen (depressive) the overall experience." That includes decision making.
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I guess I missed the significance of "overall". Sorry I misunderstood... |
Maybe I should have tried to describe all of that more clearly by adding this type of context:
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Originally Posted by QuixoticDeLaEternal
Who is to say exactly what is the correct emotional response to an event? What is the accepted emotion-spectrum for the event(s)? Who decides that spectrum? Who calculates the multitude of conditional probabilities and if-then statements to determine what is the socially(and possibly therefore medically) acceptable response to an event or an amalgamation of events?
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As best I can, I try to step back and observe my actual *actions* apart from emotion and then look for ways to possibly keep my bipolar emotions from driving my actions beyond workable or acceptable norms.