Posted by Lydia on May 4, 2005, at 5:46:41
In reply to Negative Racing Thoughts, posted by D minor on May 4, 2005, at 1:49:20
I'm so sorry, this happens to me sometimes, as inexplicably as it does you. Yes, these seem to be mood- congruent racing thoughts. Fast thinking can be nice, unless your "down", when the only things that mean anything are the BAD things. I wonder if this is "dysphoric hypomania"? what helps me a lot is just to remember that my perceptions are really distorted when I'm like this, and that I'm not REALLY this horrible human being and the things I'm obsessing over (i.e. saying something dumb, being late to work) really are quite trivial in the scheme of things. ..I pace and cry mostly though, and eventually feel better.
do you have any compulsions along with the obsessing? I seem to remember reading a post of yours a few weeks ago, in which you said you are bipolar?hang in there
L
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