Achievements only matter if they matter to you.

Hmmmm

I've already tried paying my bills with Lithium

Achievement is in the eye of the beholder. What's an achievement to you may mean nothing to your parents or friends, but to you it is special and you need to hold on to that. Others don't matter.

I am very proud of all I can do in the light of this terrible disease. I am running a household with 4 kids and they are clean and fed and homework done (usually) My house may not be the tidiest but no roaches or rats yet. I have to take my meds at 6:30pm so as not to be too hungover the next morning so have had to give up a lot of evening activities I used to enjoy. I make myself exercise as often as I can even when my body is screaming depression. I personally think if anyone bipolar gets up, takes a shower and brushes their teeth is an achievement.

Ummmmm.....

I wonder about that myself, existing through bipolar is one thing living with it and functioning is another....

I basically exist right now....... if i ever get to the living part I'll be impressed

Success is waking up the next day....coffee and cig in handto the birds and the ocean (or equivalent);-)

I only feel alone when I'm with others.

I mean, I have friends I've known all my life.
I can see how they progress.
They can't see the extent of bravery we need.
I see a friend.I'd have had a similar job as we studied the same stuff.
I just can't do what he does.
They say I'm cool and have done a lot.
I have.

You can't explain your journey everytime you meet people new either.
So, then I feel a zero.Even though I don't transmit that.I support them.Help them.

Achievements to see are few though.

Survival don't feel enough sometimes.

I think you have a justafialbe reason to be proud of yourself. Living with Bipolar is no small feat and each of us and the spouses that stay by our sides should be proud of those achomplishments!

Oh...and I am quite serious too!

Thanks Thomas.I hope yr okay

i believe sometimes you just have to save yourself and that makes the world a better place

it certainly isnt money and power and things, only the human spirit lives on, thats our legacy

Thank You all.


This is lovely to get reminded from people that also know.

I was beat up in hospital, my fingers purposely crushed then I was injected and seized twice.Then once again later.hey 'lost' the meds details.

So...only my eyes could move.
I headbutted the floor so many times in fits that the lady broke down.
She was trying to cushion my head with a settee cushion.Such was the force and speed, she missed each time.She never once caught my head.It was about 100 times in three minutes.She cried on my back and apologised for fucking the meds up.

So, just being worried about what achievements are..without having to mention all that crap again.....makes me lose my footing.

It doesn't matter what capacity you're in... BP or not... surviving in the world in any capacity is an accomplshment. Living is an accomplishment... YES!

Other than that: What do you want your space to be like? Go after the things in your own space that make you happy whether material or otherwise. If it doesn't apply to your life what difference does it make to you? [[aside from things that affect your friends, family, etc. because those things matter too since those are the people in your space]].

Sure we live in a world with all sorts of opinions... but, you get to decide which ones matter. The ones that matter to me are those that will have a positive effect on ME. I sort the mix and toss out the crap that brings me down. I've learned to tune out the negative when it comes. It does come in all forms.

When I feel like I've accomplished things that make me happy I've reached my goal in part or completely, short term or long term ones. I'll be in a better space and everyone around me will benefit.