Bipolar are Just Cross Legged Persons
1. It’s not a
Psychiatric problem. You are lost in a
jugglery of words having complicated interpretations of day-to-day words like
anxiety, depression, euphoria that would sound as serious psychological
disorders. It is not a sickness so there is no remedy for it. Any type of
medication could be addictive. So it is better to make use of both the types of
mood.
2. It mostly has a
duration, like a pendulum or a swing; the velocity and duration have a fixed
pattern. One can even maintain a diary to identify the pattern of cycle of
occurrence of swing. Water is one of the major constituents of our body. Like
oceans have tides due to phases of the moon, the mood swings are like tides
governed by our inner moon. Remember IQ84 by Murakami. The whole book revolves
round the theory of “Two Moon”. The
Author has given very fine symbolic narration of situations under which the
characters see two moons in the sky.
3. The intensity
of the swing is very important. It may depend on whether you resist or give up
to it. You have to evolve a strategy to win it over. The awareness is a useful
instrument. Everyone is best judge of his mood if he or she is aware of it. The
famous book “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness” by Kay Redfield Jamison
is good for those who are comfortable with technical details of the things.
4. Unfortunately,
much literary fiction about characters suffering from mood swing is not
written. May be because most of the writers also suffer from it so they take it
as a normal human behaviour . Only those who do not utilize the energy
transformation of mood swing fall in the trap and slide unrestrained.
5. One may think
that swings happen for no reason. But it is not so. Sometimes the activity that
sets the ball rolling is apparent, often it is hidden. A scene in a movie, a
dialogue or even a word from a friend or relative, a novel that you are
reading, a dream, an innocent remark or even a compliment may have a
connotation in your mind to open the floodgates that would drown you in
emotions.
6. Benevolent and
generous people are more prone to mood swings. These qualities need to be
nurtured. If one constantly ignores the impulses of generosity it leads to
self-condemnation or self-pity. Little effort is required to pull the strength
and go out in search of a person who needs your help. If he is not on the first
corner around, he is definitely on the second.
7. The creativity
has numerous outlets. The writers, painters, musicians, dancers, architects and
designers are popular forms of creative arts, but the list is endless.
Technology has expanded the span up to infinity.
8. Three Boxes
Theory: We know what is to be found in the two boxes on the right and left
(being Bipolar), but the middle box is the surprise. Something different is
always coming out of it. That’s the impulsive box, about which no prediction
can be made. Society craves for predictability; mature and prudent people
always condemn anything unpredictable. They have no objection so far as someone
is diagnosed as BP and is taking treatment for it; they only want to snatch
away the middle box.
9. Moods have no
gender bias. They affect male and females equally. Some people are able to face
it squarely, overcome it and are known for their creativity. We know that many
creative and talented people have ruined their life since they were not able to
cope up with their mood swings. Females may pretend a weakness to seek support
and attention and male pretend to be strong and supportive for the same reason.
It is a myth that Females are more emotional and thus more prone to mood
swings. In patriarchal society male has an ulterior motive to serve by keeping woman weak.
10. The role of
chemistry has been yet not fully explored. The secretions of the endocrine
glands are called Hormones, which are chemicals. The secretion is an
involuntary function so human beings are at the vagaries of the mood. The
science of Yoga describes six plexus or chakras that control the working of
endocrine glands. If the process is learnt under guidance of a teacher, you
will surely be a master of your moods.
©
Vipin Behari Goyal
Author, Spiritual Counselor
New information. I have frequent mood swings but till date have not been able to control.
ReplyDeleteBeing silent is the new way I have adopted, hope it works.