> I'm no expert, but I wrote this because Gahalia's posts slightly worry me. It is notoriously hard to judge somebody's emotional state over the 'Net, but those posts don't seem very happy. Honestly, Gahalia, if people in your life are saying that you're emotionally unstable, perhaps you should heed what they're saying and see a doctor. A psychologist or a psychiatrist is probably your best bet, but even a medical doctor can be a good starting point.


I have, and I don't have manic-depression although I do have other problems. But I am taking medicine for them and they seem to be managed well; it's my personality, plain and simple, that some people are commenting on.

I guess that's what I meant about calling me emotionally unstable, using the term like there's something wrong with me, when in fact the way God made me is to experience emotions more fully. I'll repeat - I've been told I'm not manic - but I do sometimes get excited at sunlight in the middle of these horrible winters, and how green the grass is after it rains, and things that people might thing it is silly of me to get excited about because they don't notice, and what the heck's wrong with that?

Nothing, I think. Just means I won't be compatible with everyone, but that's the way it goes. And yes, I can be overly sensitive and self-critical (although the critical part is going away!) and overreact to things, but...


Hmmm.. I'd say that those last things (emotions at the down end) were the things that made me lose my boyfriend of a year and I'd blame myself, except he didn't really like the emotions at the high end either, even when the things I was doing to express them weren't really all that extreme, and so I know we just weren't compatible.

'halia