Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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A lot fear and anxiety

Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe

I have had a lot of both during this bout of depression.  It is like my brain had to handle stress for so long that it wore out.  I can't seem to handle dealing with problems like it used to.


I would lile to be able to take care of myself like I used to.  Right now I wish I had someone to hold and console me.

ritkat
ritkat
Depression sucks. It really and truly does. I often have severe anxiety problems when I am depressed and honestly, some days, the best way to take care of myself is to curl myself up with a book under a heavy blanket. Heavy is actually a key for me. It gives me kind of a sense of being cuddled. There are other days though where this technique would make things worse. I need to do something that is making me anxious.

Anyway ((hugs)). This won't last forever, even if it feels like it will. I hope you start feeling better soon.
MoobbusT
MoobbusT
Fear and anxiety, often they are views based on an old framework of looking at things...a perspective from the past that often isn't really relevant in our current situations but the bodies defence mechanisms take over anyway and we go into fight or flight mode. Little wonder you are worn out...you've been on adrenaline on and off for as long as you have felt this way.

ritkat is right, depression sucks...as does loneliness. I used to be lonely while still surrounded by family, isolated because I had no one to express my thinking too. I couldn't explain myself and how I felt... DS helps a lot with reading other people's battles. I still take a few deep breaths and hug my pillow curling under the covers too sometimes.
Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe
Thank you both. Big hugs.
mlr0853
mlr0853
When I want a hug,
I Go To Chocolate! Never Fails, doesn't talk back, and leaves when I want it to!
Sending you a girlfriend hug....
maybe it's time for your across the world boyfriend to visit????
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