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remembering episodes

deleted_user
deleted_user
I guess this is mostly for bp1.

My therapist told me that most people don't remember their episodes. I remember mine in technicolour. How about you?
Zanobia
Zanobia
I even remember the date I went down...but have no recollection of about 7-9 days...

absolutely nada...but I spoke six different languages fluently apparently, so go figure on that one...

Z
deleted_user
deleted_user
there seems to be a line I get everything bright and annoying and thats what I recall. Climbing stuff, conversations with the tv and other assorted fun is gleamed from police records or inpatient
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yep there are things I would like to forget but so far no luck.LOL
deleted_user
deleted_user
I remember some things... how I looked in the mirror once I came down- O.M.G. I looked ten shades of roadkill.

I remember blips. The blips change depending on the day though.

Today I remember hiding under the sink, screaming as I clawed at my chest, the smoking room smell, the nice nurses who helped me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I rarely remember what I said or did while manic. It's very humiliating and it truly frightens me. It is one of my primary reasons I never wish to become manic for fear I will do and/or say something very regrettable.
deleted_user
deleted_user
While I have plenty (too many) memories of episodes.heaps..people do often tell me stuff & it's like I'm hearing about someone else's outrageous escapades..and am shocked anew..if that makes sense? Yeah..lots I don't access..thankfully, I guess.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I remember snippits. An image or a feeling. Once my son was telling me about an incident, I was able to recall how I felt. That is when I realized that I was paranoid as well. It helps sometimes to aske someone what they saw something that I did will jog my memory, but I can only recall the feeling I felt not the incident. I am not sure if that makes sense.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines
The ocean's Trident submarines
Lemons, limes and tangerines
I remember this

I remember traffic jams
Motor boys and girls with tans
Nearly was and almost rans
I remember this

History is made
History is made to seem unfair
irishwriter
irishwriter
nice one oz. check out the poets corner group.
deleted_user
deleted_user
It's REM....I will bathe in Salieri-like credit till breakfast though
irishwriter
irishwriter
lol! forgive my ignorance and enjoy credit!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I remember certain parts eerily well and some of it I have absolutely no recollection of. I don't remember my mom visiting me in the hospital, or anything until the day after I was admitted to the psych ward. Some of it I remember as if I am watching myself, but don't remember actually "being" there if that makes sense!
HannaHana
HannaHana
I'm BP2...but have had psychosis...go figure. I remember everything pretty vividly...unless I forgot it. haha. As far as I know I remember everything. No one has told me things that I didn't know happened.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Memory is hazy on some of them but I remember a-lot of the worst detail vividly which is a constant source of distress for me. I wish I could just obliterate the memories from my mind. So much wasted time in my pre-medicated life.
beckyp
beckyp
I am bp2 and when I'm in a major depression I dont remember things for months. I've lost 40-50 lbs during an episode and don't remember how I did it. I've also had psychosis and don't remember what I said or did during that time either.
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