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Old Mar 19, 2021, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by buddha1too View Post
This isn't really bipolar related, but yesterday I found myself extremely agitated by real (perhaps perceived) slights directed at me by one person in particular. I know that person is going through a rough time, so I didn't say anything in response. I carried & replayed that garbage in my head all day, though...playing the tape over & over again. If I'd confronted that person at the time, I know my words wouldn't have "sounded pretty," so it's probably a good thing I bit my tongue. It's just strange how much I can obsess about relatively trivial things sometimes.
It's so hard to know what to do in this type of situation and there's so little time to decide. Like you, i tend to let things slide and then worry about them after, which is a waste of time. But if i take a risk and assert myself, that's an upset too because it takes such resources to be assertive and i feel nerves and anxiety.

I guess the perceived wisdom is that the more times you assert yourself the easier it gets. But that's just not me! I'm Eeyore Forever!
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Thanks for this!
buddha1too