Have you ever known exactly what to do, what decision to make even though it is a difficult question or choice?
Nothing magical or supernatural...
You just used your sixth sense.
And we're going to see it today, this one is like a muscle. It gets bigger and stronger with training and atrophies and therefore decreases in volume if you let it go a bit.
“But as a result, as I understand it, I have a sixth sense, intuition, and can I use at will?”
Exactly.
“And so that would also mean that with its use, its collaboration, I will improve my decision-making and therefore my daily functioning?”
Well... yes and to be even clearer, you have had this sixth sense since birth and you can choose to develop it, through exercises for example, and thus make informed decisions that are in line with your values.
And all in less time than it takes to say it.
It's just a matter of habit.
You can consult our article on 7 activities to reduce the symptoms of bipolarity to move forward on this subject.
Our brain, in order to make as little effort as possible (lazy or smart?) Look for the most obvious shortcuts.
Example; An elderly person can't hear well and I have to shout for them to hear me.
If I encounter a second and a third elderly person in the same situation, my reflex will be to shout and, subsequently, to say to myself “Well, all the elderly people are deaf and therefore I have to shout so that they can hear me”.
But that's the cognitive shortcut, our brain's innate laziness.
And so making a choice, in view of the experience we had, then seems obvious to us.
But if you take a 30-second break, like a minute stop just to ask yourself a question or two.
Could we change the way we work and, above all, get closer to the reality of things?
Well... yes!
And that could literally only take between thirty and five minutes for even the most complicated choices. And so finally, our sixth sense, our intuition could allow us quite quickly and easily to make the best choice, despite the sometimes intense and oppressive external pressure.
So the ball is in our court.
But what about a bipolar person who has difficulties on a daily basis, even if only to make the most basic choices, such as getting up or staying in bed during a depression?
The sixth sense is not something magical but an additional tool at our disposal to move in the direction of our choice.
It is therefore to be used in addition to all the other pillars of bipolar, namely lifestyle, follow-up, support, activity etc...
So, if I take the example of choosing between staying in bed and getting up, my first instinct would be to ask myself several questions.
How do I feel?
When you really take the time to listen to your feelings, your intuition, you easily realize that you have the answers within you, right there at your fingertips.
“But then, because it's all very well to say I close my eyes, I listen to my inner whisper and I make my decision, but what if I'm wrong anyway?”
Well, I would tend to say that that's the whole mystery of life.
No science, no principle is one hundred percent accurate in every context. The majority of things that we thought were completely true in the past have finally changed.
And so in relation to that, you have to know how to accept that mistakes are possible and are also part of the learning process. And also that sometimes it just teaches us that we hadn't listened to our sixth sense properly.
Mastering it requires time, practice and discipline and even with that, 100% truthfulness does not exist.
“But so what you're telling us is that it's not necessarily 100% reliable? Yes, that's exactly it.
“Well, why would I use it in that case?”
Well finally, simply because that's just about the case for just about everything in life. And that for all that, we must continue to move forward.
If we take the example of a car.
If you buy a cheap car, there is a greater chance that it will break down more quickly than a high-end car.
Pretty logical.
But in the end, if I take care of my cheap car, if I do regular maintenance and everything necessary for it to work properly and if, on the contrary, my high-end car, I don't take care of it.
Despite the initial advantages of the latter, I would bet more on the former in terms of longevity.
It also reminds me of this man who, thanks to regular maintenance and special care given to his car, reached the maximum number on the odometer, namely 999,999 kilometers.
Hats off!!
And yet, it was an old Peugeot 307...
And so the relationship with bipolarity?
At first glance, we might tend to think that being bipolar suggests that we have some faulty or low-quality functioning. But... through practice, review, learning, and, let's be honest, failures as well, a bipolar person may find themselves having a better ability to make the best decisions (for themselves or others) through the development of their sixth sense.
Moreover the article on The benefits of meditation to manage bipolarity could help you access this 6th sense more easily.
To summarize, therefore, we all have a more or less acute sixth sense. This is a muscle that can develop and be very useful in any decision-making situation. From the simplest to the resolution of the biggest existential questions.
On the practical side, simplicity is your friend:
At this point, I hope I have succeeded in getting you to follow the common thread of my thought!
That is all for today.
This article was written in a slightly more “artisanal” way (hence a slightly different structure from what you are used to reading on HopeStage), but in the end at HopeStage, this is also what we advocate, namely: personal development.
And this is also the case for those who work to help you in your search for recovery.
Even though the road may seem long at times, stay hopeful, get back on track and keep sailing.
You can learn more about HopeStage support for bipolar people by clicking here or if you want directly Call on one of the health professionals specialized in bipolarity, that happens here.
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