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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Chuggernaught 05/05/2009

If you live your life and you have a car and a job and a house and have no bills but you're not happy, is it worth it? Truth be told, piece of mind has been a rather elusive goal for me in my 31 years on Earth. Short term tactile gratification seem to do the trick; except that the older I got, the less they meant.

A word of advice from someone who has absolutely no authority to give it... Listen to the cliche's

deleted_user 05/05/2009

Chuggs, I have stood by you all this time yet you ignored any attempt at contact,
So go find your own cliches. Actually you don't have to go far.
Just look in the mirror.

meme88 05/05/2009

cliches..whats that mean

irishwriter 05/05/2009

hey chuggs good to see you again. sorry peace of mind is so elusive but know exactly what you mean. pleasure is more and more hard to find. hope you feel better soon.

deleted_user 05/05/2009

poetic....cliches.....I know that you are young...what really is your question.??

We are here to help but since Doug sold this site it has become sort of a mystery.(ooops....spelling prob.OOOOOOO)..
For those who do not know --about 7 months ago.the creator of this site ..who really wants to help sold it to a company that keeps your e-mail addresses and your profiles and sells it to others......ok .......now you know.

Shelly4 05/05/2009

Chuggs, peace of mind isnt what I own or what I have but how well I know and accept myself. I have been happy dirt poor and financially stable but I have also been unhappy. That is the way of life. My true happiness comes in knowing and accepting myself enough to enjoy the life I have and the other people in it.

Sorry you are feeling down but you have always come out of it before and you can do it again. Find your peace within and focus on the successes. Hugs

nobody666 05/05/2009

Good to see you Chugg. I agree as you mature the long term goal of security becomes more pertinent than instant gratification I think it comes from no longer feeling you can do anything and can work it out in the morning kind of attitude

deleted_user 05/05/2009

for me, peace of mind is elusive because I know I have the mental power to achieve, but stupid BP keeps knocking my dick in the dirt. I have a great caregiver wife, 2 paid for cars, a house, and no debt. Still the angry porcupine of discontent lives in my ass crack. It's the disease I know ... I'm just not to the point of accepting it I guess.

deleted_user 05/05/2009

That's where I'm at, just can't be satisfied, always looking for something more. It's often because of crisises in our lives, and when they are not there we are lost..............

deleted_user 05/05/2009

Hi Chuggs...nice to see you it's Artemis...I think all anybody really has is this moment in time regardless of how many cars in the driveway or the size of house etc...

The present moment is a great equalizer as that is all we have and we must choose to live in the present moment without regard for the past or the future. The past we cannot change and the future could be anything. I choose to live consciously rather than unconsciously (living in the past or future).

Our ego plays a part too telling us to have more of this or more of that to somehow lend credence to our exsistence making us seem bigger than what we are when in fact we are all equal.

All we have is the Now choose to live in it or not.

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