i dont think its strange...
i do exactly the same thing, my mind is constantly worn out because of it..but it still keeps going!

yeah mind thinking so much and so deep that i dont seem two take in whats going on around me and so many thoughts and ideas at end of day exhausted lay down try to sleep brain starts racing again its so tireing

I don't think it's strange either. The mind is a complex thing and sometimes our mind can work faster than the rest of us

I agree. It's not strange at all. We beepers do think, feel and sense deeper than the rest of the general public. I wish I knew what to do with that ability as well.

i think if i could sort all the racing thoughts and put them in order i would be on me way two a stable life just need two make sence of why im thinking these thoughts and that im need two put them in order

I do it it too. Don't know if it's bp, but this is the first place I've found simiar people. Often people don't understand me, and some actually may think I'm slow cuz I fast forward do much in a conversation, cuz the patience for the next 3 or 4 obvious sentences is hard for me to drudge through. It's like so obvious, must me really speak it all out loud? Or I'll answer in my head, but forget to say it out loud for the other persons sake.

Don't know if this makes sense to anyone.

Agree with everyone else. Not strange at all. Maybe that's why they say our brain MRI's light up like xmas trees? :-)

Another bipolar person told me that our brains were so active because the right and left hemispheres are constantly battling to achieve equality. I have NO idea if there is any truth to it.

Have you tried writing down your thoughts? Maybe then you could organize them? But don't worry...you sound like a perfectly normal person with bipolar disorder...LOL!

No, not at all. I think the same thing. I wish I would do more of the things that I think of. I have so many ideas and thoughts that I get confused and don't act on hardly any of them becuase I don't know where to start or which one to do and if I do start one of them in no time at all I am on to the next without completing the first one. I have half completed shit laying around all over the place. Cool stuff if I ever finish it.

I don't think it is strange. I get lost deep in my own head all the time. I get head aches because of it.

lately my brain is a very small vacant space. lol. you can hear the echo.

Most of the time i dont function well outside of my head because im so busy thinking.
Im also incredibly visual and have this bad habit of imagining things to amuse myself in boring situations.

Maybe thats why everyone thinks im a weirdo!!! haha

Look at all the famous beepers who have somehow managed to excersize their thoughts into maifestation in the real world. Society calls them brilliant, gifted, and geniuses. I believe the deep thought is a common trait among us all. The trick is to harness it somehow and bring those thoughts out for others to see.

It's a double edge sword for me, at my most creative I am the most destructive. 11 years ago I was a shut in for 6months for all that thinking concluded that the world out side was fake and irrelevant. I had written over 2000 pages of poetry and general thoughts about my own theories on the purpose of human suffering. At one point I concluded that pain and suffering was required in order for people to evolve. I have more scars then I can count on my arm and chest from this conclusion.

Suppose, just need to use caution , when trying to utilize that creative thinking. A great majority of the people society called brilliant lived a tortured life.

viejo, I woo agree we need to harness in a way for the world to understand. "talk down" if u will. LOL

I made a great computer programmer as well as analyst as long as I was left alone to do my job and show end results. But often was interupted by Mngmt cuz I couldn't explain the whole thing to them. If they trusted me they got a great job done for them. It was frustrating when certain ones interfered.

One aspect of mania is racing thoughts and, as you have seen here, you are certainly not alone. I have lain awake many nights with thought after thought running through my mind. If you are able to harness your creativity in writing, painting, something creative, even your work, you may find it will help you slow down and/or feel more comfortable.You also might want to read Kay Jamieson's book on creativity. It directly addresses our issue! (She is a highly respected doctor and author and bp person.)