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Originally Posted by fern46
This makes a lot of sense. I find that when I am ill mentally I project my inside world onto the outside. It feels so completely real, but it is my subconscious mind speaking to me.
What if we looked at whats going on with you as if it were a dream? So everything feels wrong. Could this be your subconscious letting you know there's something wrong physically, or mentally or emotionally? Try to look at your feelings figuratively and less literal.
When we feel this trapped by this many things it isn't typically life on the outside that traps us. Don't throw away your life and the people who are important because your mind shifted. Just start telling yourself there is an imbalance in your body/mind/emotions and you need time to adjust and let it pass.
If after a good long while, at least several months, and after adjusting things with your doctor, you still feel trapped maybe then you make a change. Until then work with this as though you're projecting like we do when we dream. Carry some insight and knowing that the story your mind is selling is just that. A story. There is plenty of time to change your life one day if that is truly needed. Blowing up your whole world while you're ill is not a good call.
And on the symbolism front. When we feel trapped in a dream it can often represent feelings of powerlessness. I know when I get sick I often feel that way like I am a puppet and I cannot control my own mind. Just tossing that out as an example of how you can work with these feelings without assuming they actually mean you need to flee your life.
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Thank you, this is an interesting perspective, especially the point about powerlessness (as it's easy to feel powerless against bipolar). The problem is this episode and these thoughts have already lasted so long (since before the start of this year) that I really don't know what's real anymore. All I know is that "rationally" I have no reason to feel this way. I've already talked to my wife about buying an extra house where I could live but I'll try to hold off on actually changing anything until this episode relents, if it ever will.