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A lot of people say follow your heart, or stick with your gut, but it just struck me that my heart is like mush slowing going down the drain. I wish I could be more motivated for something, but there is no motivation to follow anything. At least with manic phases I can make a story out of a pencil sitting on the floor in a certain way, but this depressed agitated side of me is mind boggling and makes me wonder why I have nothing to follow. . . it's on the mind. So what are you following? If anything.

I follow my heart, even though it leads me to disappointment and frustration sometimes.

i would have to say my heart as well. It struggles to be heard at times against roar of my manic depressed mind but i know, when i make it through each episode I have my heart to thank.

The heart can't beat without the brain. (Unless you're applying consistent electrical stimulus or some sort of apparatus, and that doesn't really count).

Post edited by: JennyT, at: 12/17/2010 06:57 AM

I follow my heart because it will sometimes listen to the wisdom of others who are stable, and my gut won't at all.

I guess I'm just trying to figure what to follow since my heart seems fruitless and my mind, well it can sometimes lead me into troubled waters and I just am dying for that motivational moment to kick start my heart back to even a trotting pace would be nice.

When I am Depressed I follow my husband's advice and my Pdoc's advice as I know my thoughts are tainted and then I also lose touch with what my heart really wants.

Ditto "candjdog", i cant trust my heart or my brain. I follow advise but have to be very careful as to where that advise comes from.

My heart and my head have conversations and come to an agreement. I understand when you are depressed it is hard to follow anything but sometimes if you look hard enough a little cinder is burning under the rubble. Find a hobbie you love and that stimulates your mind and try to engage in it when you are depressed.

I don't want to say follow but the bible's words lead me. They guide me and comfort me when I need it most.