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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I have always felt like an outsider in my own family, possibly because of the BP. I am very different to my immediate family and they all seem to be really similar. They are very sensible and conservative and I seem to be the family entertainment since I do plenty for them to comment on, just stuff that they wouldn't normally do really.
Does anybody else feel that they aren't fully accepted in their families. Mine don't actually know I am BP since I feel that they would freak out if I told them since their view of mental illness I reckon consists of the usual stereotypical straightjacket + padded rooms.
Does anybody else feel that they aren't fully accepted in their families. Mine don't actually know I am BP since I feel that they would freak out if I told them since their view of mental illness I reckon consists of the usual stereotypical straightjacket + padded rooms.
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Most of my family are quite a bit older than I am and they are stuck in this old mold idea about mental illness. Some of them have bipolar symptoms but resist admitting they might have something wrong. Some of them self medicate then turn around and judge me. LOL it's pretty ridiculous. They block it out and go on living their plastic lives. My aunt has bipolar and she's in and out of the hospital a lot. They tend to accept her more than they accept me because of her spotless reputation before she became inflicted with BD. I myself, on the other hand, was in quite a lot of trouble in my high school years so I was black balled early on. When bipolar hit me they thought "well, now we know why she's like THAT". LMAO
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My family no im BP/anx dis-orders, they try and understand, but u cant if yer out-side. my Mum, bless, but she`d have thought i should be in re-hab..dont give them details..they go away when asked..over the last couple of years, i found out my Aunt is clincal depress..life-time sufferer, got relief from ADs 10 yrs ago..Can u imagine growing up in the 50s and taking to yer bed for months at a time, so scared to say anything, coz they really did cart you off to the looney bin! She never got married because of this..
OOh, and my grandad (mums side) was "retained" and had ECT for a "nervous breakdown"..stopped me mum asking questions!!Helped me a bit too..
Even within my own family, they accept that i have mental illness, and treat me the same as they ever did before it manifested, but i know they don't understand it or what goes on in my mind. When ive tried to describe it, they seem evasive.