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Old 10-09-2007, 11:03 PM #1
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The Right Brain vs Left Brain

October 05, 2007 12:00am
The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.



LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe


RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
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is one more or less likely to have bipolar depending on which side of the brain is dominant? I'm wondering about the stereotype of artists, writers, etc being more prone to BD...
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I can see her both clockwise then counter clockwise.

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I see her mostly clockwise. But sometimes she seems to switch to counter clockwise.

Years ago when I took these tests, I came out left brained. Now after the dx and the meds, I am more right brain. It's still hard to know that my brain works differently from the brain I grew up with up.

I have to remind myself that things I used to be good at, I now stink at. And I suppose I am good at new things now, but I can't figure them out becuase of the darned brain fog and sluggishness and always wanting to sleep.

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I'm with you, Mari - every day in my Mood Tracker log I write "Foggy/Groggy". I can't even remember myself when my brain functioned at a high level.
I only saw the dancer moving clockwise. I couldn't see her move counter-clockwise no matter how hard I tried!
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Hi, Molly,
I came to terms with the bipolar many years ago.
But I am still not ok with the Foggy/Groggy you mention.
I feel like my brain is doing something without me and dragging me a long with it.

Staying home and avoid everything keeps me out of trouble and seems to rejuvenate (sp) the brain a little for the next day.
Still, I would prefer to be higher functioning. I dream of getting off these meds.
In the meantime, I guess we manage as best we can.
Do you have any good systems for managing?

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