I wish you all the best. I wish we could be friends in real life; we could both be unstiffled. Cheer up friend. You have support here.

I find that a lot of people are disappointing. Still, don't jump without a net!

AnjiQ thanks..would love that.. :)


you too tommymott, gotta have a net lol

I feel like it is tough to have friends sometimes too. Every once in a while I will ask a coworker or neighbor to come hang out and barbecue or go do something. It is weird every time I am surprised how positively they respond. Don't be afraid to ask people to hang with you, you will get rejected some, but sometimes you wont.

Always offer bacon too, that helps.

i like bacon.

I feel the same way. I always ask people to go do stuff and no one ever responds to me. The only time I have friends is when I drink. I hate it because I've tried several times to quit. But I get so depressed and lonely I end up back on the sauce.

I usually just say fuck it and go do stuff by myself. There loss. I"m a funny mofo. LOL

Some people have told me I'm too smart to be around people and scare people away. So I don't talk a lot when I'm not drinking and around other people. You would think people would want to be around MacGyver when shit goes down, but I guess they would rather be around McGruber.

Yes, I am terribly lonely - I have been rejected by so many people because of my mental illnesses, I lost my career three and a half years ago to my illnesses and it's terribly lonley on the Disability Pension (Australia), although I continue to try to "re-engage" with the community in a variety of ways - but it's one step forward two steps back.

I have also had to turn a lot of family away myself as they won't proactively address their own addictions and mental illnesses (I am 11 years sober in AA, 100% compliant with meds and very proactive in my therapy with two therapists.) But I am still too ill to handle the unaddressed addictions and mental illnesses of others.

I'm so sorry that you're feeling bad. I find myself wishing that I had more friends in real life. I feel very lonely too, but I've isolated and feel like I put myself right where I am.

You would think that there would be more bipolar support groups in RL then there are. There is a group for just about everything except bpd in my area. What gives???

I told my therapist or ' psychological intervenor' that I felt that there's a layer of emotion missing from the surroundings. I told her that Bipolars want an honesty from others that isn't always there. Then she told me that it's time for me to go to Bipolar meetings again, as they are a lot better organised now and I can talk about lots of topics not previously covered.
And I thought.." Oh fuck...how can I get out of this ? "

I have felt very lonely lately. I hate that deep pain that shakes you from inside out.

Oh, Hugs. Sendin good vibes & sunshine to you x

I don't ever get bored nor lonely (am I missing something upstairs?)

that sucks that your real life friends are so unsupportive. they sound even a little abusive.