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Nov 17, 2019, 02:18 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Thank you, Gabyunbound. To me, it feels like anxiety is what fuels the extreme rumination. In other words, I become anxious (and angry and hurt) about something that happened then the looping rumination starts.
It's the looping rumination that becomes the problem for me, in that the same sounds/scenes/words/environment/emotional reactions, etc. keep repeatedly "playing" in my mind like a broken record. Eventually, after 2 or 3 days of the rumination, I start feeling crazy from the repetition. (For example this is the 3rd day of my mind churning over the incident on Friday. I feel like there's a switch in my brain that won't turn off).
Actually, I found this article; it's really interesting! I'd place a bet that many people with BD struggle with this:
Bipolar Disorder and Grappling With Obsessive Thinking | bpHope.com
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