Integration by Parts

             There are three different sides to my soul. Integration by parts is a method to bring those parts together as one. It's a very strange experience. Progress can be made by focusing purely on thought. The depressed side of my soul has a set of thoughts that corresponds with it. As do my other two moods. It wasn't until I started examining these three sets of thought that I was able to start having centered thoughts while I was manic or depressed. Depression is hyper-focused on the past and the future. Mania is hyper-focused on the present. And a centered mood focuses a little bit on all three directions in time. However, there's more to it than just that. Mania is an almost unrestricted uninhibited state of mind, whereas depression is completely restricted and bounded as if there are no options, hence the despair.

I've found that I can artificially have centered thoughts while I’m depressed or manic. It is as if I am integrating the various parts of my soul by depositing the thoughts that mark the other states of mind into places where they previously were not occurring. Much to my surprise and delight, mania while under the influence of centered thoughts begins to restrict itself and think about responsibilities. And depression while under the influence of centered thoughts doesn't find itself trapped by the circumstances of my life.