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Originally Posted by *Laurie*
I suspect that there are masses of people who are compelled by hypergraphia and ramble on with no particular talent for communication or for enlightening others through their writing. You are not one of those people. Your writing is highly literate, interesting, and I learn from it. i.e.: You posses the marks of a talented writer.
Therefore, it's difficult for me to label your urge to write as a problem.
I used to write quite a lot when I was younger, including writing poetry, some of which was published in reputable journals.
I don't write nearly as much now, probably because I do most of my writing online, communicating with others. I do, however, have a life-long and ongoing "burn" to create, to be creative. Being creative manifests in a variety of ways. I do believe that the extremely passionate urge to create is an aspect of hyper-mania and mania, but I don't care - creating is essential to me; it's my life's blood.
Is your hypergraphia disturbing you lately?
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Yes; very disturbing.
I can’t sleep and it’s not caused by a manic manifestation so much as the feeling that I cannot write while asleep so it’s better to continue writing than sleeping.
I have written my whole life; it’s only during the past 5-6 years that I’ve felt that I cannot stop.
The glyphs, the letters, that I can write, pen on paper, change so often that I have trouble reading what I’ve written.
Dr. F. addresses creativity and ‘writer’s block,’ too. I slipped into a kind of writer’s block this week — terrifying.
I’m not sure where I go next. I love the disease.