Normal people and their emotions...

Yeah, they probably do have it easier. They just don't realize it. When frustrated, I have to remind myself that they don't know what it's like to be in my head any more than I know what it is like to be in theirs. And compassion, yes. Noticing another who seems the odd-one-out, being able to empathize and engage, but not push too hard, because you know what it's like. And being less judgmental.
I don't know if I would have done more things, but I would have done different things. There are ways in which I have done more things. Lived so many different places (more since last tally of 25)… had more jobs. (Heh. That one's more, but not better. Not when you're talking 39 jobs anyway… ).
This is a biggie. Day to day life. I cannot understand how people get things done. Ordinary things. How?! How?! How do they DO it???!!! Besides BP, I've got dx of ADD too, so you can imagine. Or not. Haha. How do they not rabbit trail? Logically, I know this is part of it (time loss), but how can one not? To look up a piece of information, get an answer and say, "that is enough"(?!)

Getting out the door to the grocery store can be like an expedition. Probable sensory overload. The lights, the noises. Having to deal with people. If manic-y, they're exasperatingly slow and stupid. And if depressed, they're too intense. Heck, just getting out the door can take great effort.

I don't think "normals" can conceive of why "so little", can often make us feel overwhelmed. Especially because at the same time, "too much" is pretty much our MO.

I think the actual pace of life has a lot to do with not coping. Everything has screens, can contact you, message you etc. ...the tv and mail bombards you emails phish and scam.....we live in artificial worlds with artificial air, light, food etc....I'm not advocating living in a cave....but if life is stress for normal people with working minds and pendulums of emotions that only swing a little way.....no wonder we find it hardto cope. Being more sensitive to change etc means a greater reaction.....you know....."for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" ...unless you have BPD or similar. Then it is " for every action there is an unequal and opposite self distructing energy sapping distructive explosion which can only be extinguished by a chemical lobotomy".....

Or is that just me.....

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Although i don't have BPD, I do have self-destructive tendencies and this made me laugh! Hope your day is going well.

Do you really think normal people don't notice this stuff? Hmm....IDK...

Now I don't know that normies 'feel' the beauty in the world like we do...but I think they notice it, but maybe it's not as intense for them.

I guess is normies don't see that in the world, every major poet had to have some form of mental disorder to allow them to write as they do -- though I will grant a number of the major poets did have mental issues.