Bipolar Support Group

I know this can be a symptom of bipolar but meds do help a lot. When I was younger my delusions of what I could or wanted to do and believed maybe I could do were a lot wilder. But even now I still get crazy thoughts of some career I want to do whether it's realistic are not, usually I just supress them but now I have a question. How do you determine if a thought is something that could realisticaly happen or if it's something that can never happen? In other words how do you differentiate delusional thought from reasonable though? Sometimes it's obvious, for example I know I'm not going to be a professional athlete but other things I'm not sure about because I haven't really explored them or tried them so I don't know if they possibly realistic goals or not. I wasn't sure if writting was a realistic thing but since I mentioned writting a book I have about 15 pages now which is pretty quick I think, a lot faster than writting a shorter research paper/essay.

I know I am prone to dellusions but I also know that I do have talents and maybe some undiscovered ones.

My only solution so far has been if I have a thought crosses my mind and it's sanity is questionable, I just persue it, the worst thing that can happen is I can fail but I'm sure I'd still learn, and then I would know it wasn't a realistic goal. I decided to start doing that at about the same time I started my book.

Well, you have a great idea to just pursue it. If you fail, you fail right? The hard part is everyone says you can do anything you put your mind to. If you want to write a book, you can write a book, anyone can write a book. The hard part is trying to sell the book. I think you are on the right track and you answered your own question. I also think that if an unrealistic career came up you would recognize it.

That is a good question. I rarely have grandiose thoughts but i used to when i was allot younger. The sad thing is there were allot of things i could have done but i didn't go for it. I let my negative self talk or my anxiety do my thinking. I would say you can definitely try out your ideas and see how far it takes you. Don't give up on any dreams you have, you can do it if you have the confidence to see it through. If it is delusional and grandiose you will probably figure it out pretty quick. Self esteem means everything, and if you go forward with enthusiasm towards your goal you can make it. Keep your dreams alive and don't let anyone tell you, you can't do something. I hope you write that book and that you get allot of sells. Don't give up, just keep looking towards the future and see yourself succeeding. Good luck!!!

i can relate... what about bouncing it off of friends/family to see if they believe it is a relastic idea... good luck I think you should follow yur heart and dreams if realistic so probably need some assistance with reality check... good luck ... hope you can figure it out