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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 122739" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The bad dreams - a sign of a vivid imagination. And yes, you can get all this with bipolar and other problems, but you can also get it with 'normal' kids too. I used to get recurring, vivid, full-colour nightmares. I think because life was so stressful, my nightmares were worse because it was my mind trying to sort through all the input from the day, and there was just so much to deal with.</p><p></p><p>MWM, you said, "As an adult with bipolar, my guilty secret is that I love to read True Crime. I also love to watch murder stories on Court TV (well, before it changed names). I sometimes wonder if this fascination has to do with my mood disorder because I sure ain't REALLY violent. Why do I enjoy reading gory books????"</p><p></p><p>I'm not bipolar, but I've always had a fascination with murder mysteries, especially true stories. Forensic stories, detailed descriptions. As long as it is sufficiently realistic. I don't like BAD medical fiction, for example. Our shelves include a number of books on real life murder and forensics. husband is also into this stuff, as is easy child 2/difficult child 2. I also write some fairly nasty stuff (at times), including a couple lately from the point of view of a really twisted criminal.</p><p>I remember watching early TV programs on Aussie TV (back in its infancy) that featured criminal court cases, etc. I used to watch Perry Mason (first run) and try to solve the crimes before he did. I read just about every Ellery Queen, every Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer (except they were getting a bit silly at times). I did NOT enjoy reading "Hannibal" because I felt Thomas Harris was getting gross purely for gratuitous reasons. I don't like feeling used by the authors I read. But otherwise - there is some fascinating and compelling nasty stuff out there, in real cases, so that fiction often just can't compete.</p><p></p><p>So I wouldn't see this fascination with blood n' gore as exclusively the domain of someone with bipolar. </p><p></p><p>But with this kid's behaviour - I would definitely be talking to the therapist and psychiatrist about it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 122739, member: 1991"] The bad dreams - a sign of a vivid imagination. And yes, you can get all this with bipolar and other problems, but you can also get it with 'normal' kids too. I used to get recurring, vivid, full-colour nightmares. I think because life was so stressful, my nightmares were worse because it was my mind trying to sort through all the input from the day, and there was just so much to deal with. MWM, you said, "As an adult with bipolar, my guilty secret is that I love to read True Crime. I also love to watch murder stories on Court TV (well, before it changed names). I sometimes wonder if this fascination has to do with my mood disorder because I sure ain't REALLY violent. Why do I enjoy reading gory books????" I'm not bipolar, but I've always had a fascination with murder mysteries, especially true stories. Forensic stories, detailed descriptions. As long as it is sufficiently realistic. I don't like BAD medical fiction, for example. Our shelves include a number of books on real life murder and forensics. husband is also into this stuff, as is easy child 2/difficult child 2. I also write some fairly nasty stuff (at times), including a couple lately from the point of view of a really twisted criminal. I remember watching early TV programs on Aussie TV (back in its infancy) that featured criminal court cases, etc. I used to watch Perry Mason (first run) and try to solve the crimes before he did. I read just about every Ellery Queen, every Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer (except they were getting a bit silly at times). I did NOT enjoy reading "Hannibal" because I felt Thomas Harris was getting gross purely for gratuitous reasons. I don't like feeling used by the authors I read. But otherwise - there is some fascinating and compelling nasty stuff out there, in real cases, so that fiction often just can't compete. So I wouldn't see this fascination with blood n' gore as exclusively the domain of someone with bipolar. But with this kid's behaviour - I would definitely be talking to the therapist and psychiatrist about it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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