[extremebipolar1]

don't you just hate it when you go in public and it feels like everyone is judging you or looking at u like your crazy. Sometimes I can mask my issues and other times I cant help it, they are very evident. Especially when I'm totally manic or cant stop crying but don't have the choice to go get milk.

[Nessa213]

I try to remind myself that they may not actually thinking that, I just might be perceiving it that way. Or what you see might be concern, but since they're strangers they don't want to step out of line and ask if you're ok. But I usually try to just keep my head down and keep walking.

I just have to keep telling myself that as soon as I walk away they'll forget who I am. They don't know anything about me, even if they ARE judging. It doesn't really make going out any easier sometimes, because no matter how many times I tell myself something that doesn't mean I'll believe it.

Please remember, Extremebipolar1, that when people judge us, they are revealing more of themselves than they are about us. Just rely on your deep inner principles for your sense of who you are and you'll be just fine. We don't even have the right to judge ourselves, let alone someone else trying to judge us. The best that anyone can do is just to evaluate who he/she is and live by those deep inner principles.

Welcome to the PC forum, by the way, and continue to keep in touch as you wish to overcome these very sensitive personal feelings that are part of the bipolar spectrum. (By the way, that's part of the giftedness of bipolar illness. It makes me wonder where you talents are and if you are developing and using them.)

I have a thing that I do when the sensitivity is too strong. I squeeze a lemon or
two into about 6-8 oz. of water and drink it. If, after 4 hours, I'm not calmer in
my feeling tone, I repeat the process. That works for me and for some others, too.
Try it the next time you feel too alert, too nervous, or too acutely aware of all that is around you.

We sometimes build a quiet interior in ourselves that helps a lot, too. Meditation is good for that. With time, you will become less sensitive if you work at these things.

Take care and keep in touch.

[extremebipolar1]

Originally Posted by Nessa213

I try to remind myself that they may not actually thinking that, I just might be perceiving it that way. Or what you see might be concern, but since they're strangers they don't want to step out of line and ask if you're ok. But I usually try to just keep my head down and keep walking.

I just have to keep telling myself that as soon as I walk away they'll forget who I am. They don't know anything about me, even if they ARE judging. It doesn't really make going out any easier sometimes, because no matter how many times I tell myself something that doesn't mean I'll believe it.

I have walked around with my head down my whole life and also live in a very small town(everybody knows everybody) and I know some people are aware that "I'm crazy" and so I think I feel like I am constantly being judged. It is VERY difficult to go out and I usually wear a hat or sunglasses or both. Thanks.

[Victoria'smom]

In situations like that we go to gas stations (preferably drive thru) to get in and out as fast as possible.