Reader Question: Julie, have you heard of these bipolar symptoms?

 I just received an interesting question from Heather about  OCD bipolar disorder symptoms.  She wrote that she didn't know that OCD was so common in bipolar disorder. (It is!) Then she asked about her obsessive thoughts:

Julie

I don't understand my own obsessive thoughts or where they came from. I am always thinking about paper cutting my eyeball or slicing my achilles tendon. These thoughts make the relative body parts actually hurt! I have no idea why or when these thoughts pop into my head but I can't get rid of them! Sometimes I wrap my ankles in ace bandages for the psychological 'protection' from the unseen knife. Or last time I was in the hospital having the thoughts about my eyeball, they gave me an ice pack to carry around and cover my eye. It was embarrassing but hey, all of us in there have problems. Do you have any suggestions or even an [ Read More ]


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