Separating My Emotions from Bipolar Emotions — How Do I Know Which Is Which?

Bipolar emotions and my genuine emotions are two different things, even though they come from one brain. In fact, they can be two opposite things. It's quite complicated to separate a bipolar emotion from my legitimate, organic emotion. What I often find is that the bipolar emotions are so overwhelming that my genuine emotions get drowned out. I feel like I'm trying to separate s specific drop of water from the ocean.