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Old Dec 12, 2020, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post


I get frustrated with the standard "bipolar symptoms" list that don't mention the tendency for people with BD to have obsessive thinking. Or maybe a more accurate term is "fixed thinking", where we get stuck on one subject or person or whatever it might be, like you did with your boss.
I don’t know if you remember when I mentioned I think we have the option of egging it on or deescalating it. I got the idea years later when looking back at this episode. They say it lasts about 5 days. It started in November with at minimum some sadness but it may have been depression and I was brought to the hospital in July. I was not in any treatment at the time. An article online said to exercise to naturally beat depression. I took the advice. Shortly after I developed the obsession. I also turned in marketing plans for the hotel ( I look back and that was super embarrassing. ) I lost 80 pounds. I was full of energy and was exercising nearly 5 hours a day. I was trying to get rid of the energy with exercise and it about the same as trying to get rid of a fire with gasoline.