These days, being in a manic episode, I find it extremely difficult to remain mindful of my manic thoughts. You just have to say, that’s a manic thought, I don’t need to act on it. Sounds simple, but that moment of making the decision to not act on the manic thought is extremely tricky. In the decision process mania will send you new manic thoughts to try and convince you that you MUST act on this thought RIGHT NOW. The trick is to be mindful of these new manic thoughts and to decide not to act on them either. When the thoughts come at you at hyper-manic speed, it’s really a challenge.

So far, so good. No really terrible actions based on manic thoughts. Yes, the struggle never ends, but that’s just a fact of your existence you have to learn to accept.

Hope somebody can find some use in these words about mindfulness and manic thoughts…