Bizi,
One of my friends who was a psych nurse said that people try S when then are moving between moods.
When we are depressed, we are too depressed. But when people start to get the energy of mania and come out of the depression....The same with coming down into a mania.

..a good reason to stay stable I guess.

Yeah, I do think I/we feel things greater than for example most people I work with. I have to shield myself by opting out of activites (christmas parties, most meetings...)

But I feel the same with people I don't know. I interact with them as little as possible (by staying home). I don't want to be brought into their sphere because I feel too much.
And I am sensitive when I hear people use bad language toward others and stuff like that. (I am the queen of bad language but I don't use it toward another person...)
Not sure if that makes sense.

mari