Someone was mad, someone was sad, someone was anxious, someone was happy and you started to feel those emotions as well?
You were being empathetic to them and their emotions.
This is normal. Everyone, well, most people are somewhat empathetic. But I've started to realize that many of us who are Bipolar are more prone to it, we are almost hyper-empathetic.
The last couple of weeks I've been away from home and staying at my sister's house. I've noticed my emotions changing more often now because of those I am around. I've learned that those who I am closest with rub off on me more than strangers. My niece, who is also my best friends with, rubs off on me more than anyone. I don't know if it's because I care about her so much or that it's my way of trying to be a best friend/aunt/sister to try to take her emotions away from her and take them on my self even though that really isn't what is happening. Or just that her and I are so close that her emotions just rub off on me. Her girlfriend is Bipolar as well and observing them I've noticed that my my niece's emotions also rub off on her girlfriend very much so as well.
I've learned to notice when this is happening a lot of the time and to make myself leave the room or put myself in a different head space to cool down if I'm getting angry/stressed/anxious.
This is also why many of us who are Bipolar can't be friends with those who suffer from Bipolar, the depressive side. We will just be brought down. I think it's a bit of a reason why we tend to hide away when we are in a depressive state too, almost like a shield for others not to get taken down with us.
I think that being empathetic is a good characteristic to have as a human. It makes us a good friend, and it helps with a lot of jobs. BUT it can be extremely rough to deal with on our souls on a day to day level.
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