[a bland]

sometimes i get this thought that im invincible and my thinking is irrational. like the other day i walked out in the middle of a very busy highway thinking nothing could hurt me. im not aware of anything else. I COULD HAVE DIED! i was there for like 5 minutes until a cop stopped traffic and told me to get off the road. then i just wondered around aimlessly until i snapped out of it about an hour later. this has happened to me a few times over the years but never this extreme. its scary. does anyone else get this feeling or something like it?

[Atypical_Disaster]

I've experienced similar feelings/thoughts. It is scary, when I snap out of it I end up freaking out a bit because I could have gotten seriously hurt.

[a bland]

is there something i can do to help stop it?

[faerie_moon_x]

I experience grandios thinking with my mania. I don't get the invincable thing, exactly. I just feel as tho I become very powerful, a genius, and important. It lasts as long as the mania, to varying degrees. But, it causes me to over-commit myself and then I can't keep up once I crash.

So, I don't know how to stop it exactly. It's part of working toward wellness, to become mindful of when you have this feeling and to make a plan on what to do if you feel that way. It's like reality checking. It's a hard skill to lean, and you may need help with it. But, it's good to learn so that you can stay safe.

[porcelainchild]

I also get like this, i am invincible.. I feel like i could jump of a high building and i wouldnt even get a broken bone.. I also walked out in front of a car thinking i am that invincible that i wouldn't get hit.. It sucks.. Have you got anyone you can talk to about it cos it can be dangerous..

[AlternateUniverse]

Have you got somebody you trust who can help you reality check?

[a bland]

I told my husband about it and I think it just scared him. Yesterday I jumped off the second floor balcony. Luckily I'm not hurt. I just don't know how to control it once I get there. I want to prove myself when I feel like that. Scary stuff. I also told my therapist and she is just threatening to through me into the hospital, and I don't want that so I'm tip toeing around with what I say to her now.

[faerie_moon_x]

Well, if you get hurt that's not good. If you're not able to reality check on your own, can you write yourself notes when you're stable and hang them all over the house. Like: "Invincible feelings are a red flag! Don't jump!"

I know how hard reality checking is. Trying to talk yourself out of something that feels 100% logical is not an easy task. Knowing you need to be talked down is even harder.

[Cocosurviving]

I hate this happened to you and hope you can get to the root cause. Have you been diagnosed w/ anything ? If not you may want to see a psychotherapist.

[FireBird]

a bland I experience the same thing as you. Same experiences. I also walked out into a busy street with cars coming everywhere but its because I'm in a trance with the government controlling me. Also I get depersonalization derealization so sometimes I think I am just in a dream and can do whatever I want so int the middle of that I thought the cars wouldn't hurt me. Also when I am in a trance I wander. If I'm home I just walk outside on a mission the gov says (I won't get into it) but someone always stops me even if they are not near me. Its because they hear the door opening and closing. Sometimes I think I can fly so I was about to open the 10th floor's window from the hospital that my parent were in but I don't know if they actually open.