I have to check it out, I am kind of confused about the whole thing of being BP and had a bad childhood with mental abuse. thanks for the info

Its actually a curse on me that I'm so atune to the other people feel. I have to get away and hide in my house sometimes because I'm so sensitive to what others are feeling around me, I often know when someone is in pain or going through something when no one else knows, and in some cases thats good, but in others its a huge burden, because I feel like a open sore constantly being hurt.
It makes me sad that my husband has become ultra sensitive to my every look and sound of my voice because of all the years I was so unpredictable he never knew what I was going to do one second to the other, its sad now that I'm so stable, he never relaxes and I can't convince him just to let me be.

flyleaf: two very different scenarios (living with a bp vs. surviving childhood abuse), but one possible similar outcome (superheightened awareness of other peoples' moods as opposed to the awareness demonstrated by the scientifically designated baseline population)...

yumbby: HEAR you.

Thank you for the info. I will have to check it out. xx

wow..thanks for this
yes ithink it all is very true, i can usually sus people out really easily

just thinking...from another point of view...sometimes i can't tell a large cozy drainpipe from a room in my house...so...i guess this question for a bp would depend on your frame of mind...to a serious degree...

I feel I am sensitive to peoples needs. That is why I was able to teach children with special needs and there family. I new right away what there needs were.

my best friend is VERY modest, to the point of absolute secrecy in some areas, including pms and her period. however, one week we were visiting her parents and the first day we were there after arriving her mother took us to all kinds of museums and galleries and such (we are both artists and her mum loves to cart people around on what i call 'missions')...and finally i said to her mom (after she had announced yet another destination, "[bff's mom's name], we have to go home and rest because [bff's name] is on her period."

my best friend was so shocked (and a bit embarassed...if you can believe...it's just her mother and her best friend, after all) that i called that out...but also so relieved because she couldn't herself stand up to her mother and ask to go home for whatever reason...embarassment...because her mom is controlling...blahdey blahdey blah...

and of course this is my best friend so i had lots of 'data' to parse at that point in time to make the call...

but //blink// helped me understand it better...i didn't even know i knew that until it came out of my mouth...!!

there are better examples...but this one just comes to mind...

p.s. emelia, i guess i was reminded b/c my best friend's mom teaches dyslexic children and my best friend is dyslexic...and in addition to being an artist she is also an art therapist for some very 'at risk' populations...kudos to you...what a calling and great use of your talents...

Sounds very much what I have always suspected.

I'll need to get a copy of the Book, thanks.

In fact I'm going to get the book this very evening !

Sounds too good to wait.

OK, I got it out of Borders tonight and I'm eating up the pages already.

Great book, thanks again.