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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
What you described about how taking on new things can start an upswing (sometimes too "up") is so common for me, too. I wonder why this happens? Is it just because when there is momentum (of sorts) it is like a snow ball rolling down a hill, picking up speed and size, and then it crashes at the bottom?
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I don't know which usually comes first for me: an upsurge in energy with grandiose thinking that I can do more than I can realistically do
or taking on a new project that energizes me. I think they both may happen at times. But I think the energy upsurge with grandiose unrealistic thinking may more often come first that energizes me to do even more (well why not do that?).
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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Unfinished projects/goals have been issues throughout my life, too, though sometimes I've been lucky enough to finish big ones before a crash. Sometimes in those cases, it's like how when someone would swim miles to a shore that they'd pass out when they got to it.
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Yeah, that has been my experience, too!
And if I made it to shore, I promised myself, well I won't do that again. But I have, in spite of my trying not to...
I have practiced being angry and upset at myself for trying to do too much and too big of projects, but it hasn't helped. Instead, it has stressed me out even more, and added stress does not help me cope. I am trying to accept that it happens and try to be aware of when it is starting to happen, so I can try to nip it in the bud before it becomes a tornado... That works better for me but it still happens more often than I would like. When it happens, I try to be merciful to myself.