Sometimes when you’re manic the world slows down as if everything is in slow motion. This is primarily caused by automatic racing thoughts. The mania cranks up the clock speed on the brain to such a degree that the world seems to be moving in slow motion. Got this going on today in spades.

Will have to do some mindfulness meditations to slow the brain down. I’ve been doing this for so many years it’s almost second nature. This causes a problem because I don’t recognize when the mindfulness hasn’t kicked in and the brain has gone off on some adventure. In this case it’s some inappropriate action I do that wakes me up to how manic I’ve become. It’s sad that I have to do something inappropriate, because there are consequences. You have to learn to just pony up to the bar and pay for these consequences. Best to get it over with as soon as possible.

OK, well off to see how the rest of the afternoon goes. Got soccer golf and playing guitar to help burn up the extra manic energy, so I’m hopeful for a productive afternoon!!!