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.
I don't know how to communicate to my mother that i CANNOT get motivated to unpack my things from moving home from school. She is too busy to help me and so is everyone else. I am coming off of being hospitalized and having to put school on hold for a year and recently being diagnosed with bipolar 2. I am in a deep depression and most everything makes me fall into despair. I feel so guilty because I can't get anything done and she just makes me feel worse about it. How can I talk with her about this?
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write her a letter explaining how you feel about everything from having to leave school,being in hospital everything it can be quite healing to put everything in words just pour your heart out
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should i give her this letter? i live with her.
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That might work. Print it out from the group so she sees youare so serious that you sought advice. Maybe that will shake her. Otherwise, like me, you will just have to learn self- acceptance and patience. That may be the "blessing" in the lesson.
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sorry, I didn't mean to write and leave phone call from my Mom gotta love them,but seriously leave it out where she can find it ,if you feel it's too hard to hand it to her directly ,but try to comunicate something to her she can't help you or try to understand you or where you are coming from,give her a chance she love you no matter what nothing will change that and I'm speaking as a Mom
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Family can be the most difficult place to heal. Do NOT feel guilty, this is an illness. If you had cancer, it wouldn't be your fault so this isn't your fault! Maybe give her a book from the library about BP like Kay Redfield Jamison's "Unquiet Mind" with a note in it that says "This is ME"
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I agree with writing her a letter. I am sure she is just scared for you and loves you. Bp is a tough subject for family to acknowledge.good luck
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thanks to all of the replies. they have really helped. i did leave her a letter and the relationship has improved since then. we don't have NAMI in our area (i looked it up) but i'm just now starting therapy tomorrow, we'll see how that goes.
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