emotions - normal or not?
do you ever wonder where the line is for normal ups and downs?
there are days like today where i feel great - i feel awake, alive, positive, energetic and happy. and on days like that, every now and then, i wonder if my positive and negative moods are in the normal range or not. i mean, i know life has it's ups and downs, and everyone has good days and bad days, good moods and bad moods (sometimes without an apparent trigger and sometimes with a clear trigger) and i'm no exception to that. but then there are those whose mood swings are outside the normal range and i wonder where that line is.
don't get me wrong, i don't think i'm bipolar. if i were awake all night feeling energetic and productive and did lots of things like cleaning, cooking, what-have-you, and then on my down days spent the time in bed thinking that life had no meaning, then i think i'd clearly have a problem. but again, that's an extreme example. my point is, i just wonder what classifies one as having a problem versus not.
and even though i wish i could feel this good every day, i know that it's unrealistic and that without the bad days, i probably wouldn't recognize the good days as all that good.
anyway... there's my random musing for the day.
there are days like today where i feel great - i feel awake, alive, positive, energetic and happy. and on days like that, every now and then, i wonder if my positive and negative moods are in the normal range or not. i mean, i know life has it's ups and downs, and everyone has good days and bad days, good moods and bad moods (sometimes without an apparent trigger and sometimes with a clear trigger) and i'm no exception to that. but then there are those whose mood swings are outside the normal range and i wonder where that line is.
don't get me wrong, i don't think i'm bipolar. if i were awake all night feeling energetic and productive and did lots of things like cleaning, cooking, what-have-you, and then on my down days spent the time in bed thinking that life had no meaning, then i think i'd clearly have a problem. but again, that's an extreme example. my point is, i just wonder what classifies one as having a problem versus not.
and even though i wish i could feel this good every day, i know that it's unrealistic and that without the bad days, i probably wouldn't recognize the good days as all that good.
anyway... there's my random musing for the day.