Today I feel somewhat OK. I'm sure it's temporary, though, because I experienced this before. It doesn't last for long. What accompanies this state is that I don't understand why I was so helpless two days ago, and wrote what I wrote, and why I was so hopeless and crying . It's like I'm a completely different person now that has nothing to do with the person I was 2 days ago. Is this normal?

[MessyD]

Do you think it could be related to depression? When I was depressed, I had good days when I couldn't understand what was wrong with me couple days before that. Even felt bad for feeling upset and hopeless. And it sure came back to hopelessness shortly after. But that's me. I'm not sure what is normal

[Teddy Bear]

Everyone has good days and bad days

Yes, good and bad days are normal. It is even normal to have the occasional nice day during a longer period of depression. I tended to feel guilty during the better days which contributed to the plunge back into hopelessness.

I say make the most of the good days which come your way. Don't feel any guilt because you deserve to feel good.

It's not just about having good and bad days, it's about forgetting almost completely how you felt and why you reacted that way, and yes feeling guilty and ashamed about it. This switch happens in one day. The mind seems to operate in a completely distinct way, and suppresses all the memory and associated feelings of the previous unpleasant state. I opened this topic because if I cannot understand myself how I was just 2 days ago, how could I understand others and their pains? I can understand it intellectually, but not on a deeper level. I think that's why empathy is a hard and rare practice. People approach others' pains from a completely different mind state. Unless it's just me who feels that way

[MickeyCheeky]

I can relate a bit to your struggles. Sometimes I feel like this, too. Are you bipolar? Iv'e heard this kind of thing can happen to bipola people