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Old Jun 18, 2020, 02:03 PM
fern46 fern46 is offline
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post
Fern, that is a fascinating hypothesis. I think you've described a cycle that feeds off of itself repetitively as it amps up higher and higher. Makes sense!

The challenging part is to let go of the attraction while in a manic episode, because mania tells us to do almost anything to go higher and expand to a wider and more intense state of being.
Well said. That is the tricky part. I didn't know what I was doing because it was my only episode so far, but I used it to go higher and to be more expansive like you said. Hopefully I catch the pattern before it spirals if there is a next time.

For me, things are easier when I can break them down and make sense of them holistically. Before I looked into any of this I just thought.... 'Wow this music is amazeballs and these artists are so right on. Let's play these songs over and over' and now if my brain starts doing weird stuff with music or it feels a little too good I think 'oh I better get off this wave before I crash' and I shut the music down for a while. My husband knows to unplug the speakers and take my headphones if I start repeating songs, overanalyzing the meaning of them and dancing everywhere I go

I have songs playing in my head all the time though... That part I struggle to stop, but I can change the song if I force it. Do you have an internal radio too?
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Thanks for this!
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