well, it can be hard but I have one blessing in my illness I am CREATIVE!!! not sure I would be otherwise as when I was small I never drew or colored I did not start until my middle 20's. My stained glass was in my early twenties.

That is my blessing with having BP!!!

eh...WRONG ANSWER! Not2Sure is right..We have our creativity, we have our brilliant minds, we have our MANIAS (yes, yes, GLORY!!), and WE HAVE EACH OTHER. We love deeper and we cry longer and we laugh harder and all this because we're Bipolar. Yes, we are beautiful and yes we can live and we will go on living...and you can too :)

bp has it's own beauty, and fuck em if they dont get it

It also brings all the small things to life..u just gotta look a littler deeper..

I wish I was flippin' creative...so I could be "eccentric" rather than "crazy" lol

Yes, it does seem hopeless when you are young and envision that prospect. However, the beauty of it is you have your whole life ahead of you to grow, heal, and discover all the gifts that this disorder offers. You have a choice to make and what you choose and how you live through your disorder will determine whether or not you are positive and forward moving. Blessings for your journey through life. Hugs

I like that, not2sure. the art and creativity that pours out of me (especially during the hard times) are a gift, they're part of the emotional turmoil.

also, it could be worse. we could live in one of the poorer countries in the world, and still be bi-polar.

This is true, ans nots2sure lots odd us dont haany creaviry anymore so oir lives are evven more yukky.

{Positive thinking doesnt get you anywhere when you are depressed. No amount of volinteer work makes you happy when you are depressed. And if you are depressed 8 -11 months out of the year nothing matters.

I lived life with BPI Aspergers Dispraxia etc etc and never knew. Just lived it fought it did it. Dont let the illness/specialness become you. You are much more can do much more. Yes creativity 150 poems, a novel, two plays, acting,college etc. WE ARE SPECIAL SEIZE THE DAY AND SHAKE IT REALL HARD.Mad and Glad No Fear No Limits No Shame

your creativity doesn't just dry up and float off into the ether. it's like riding a bike, or any other task: it takes practice.

resist that urge to get frsutrated and quit when something you produce doesn't look like it should. keep going, and with enough time you can become quite profecient.

Yes, I know life is hard with bipolar & it doesn't seem fair that it should be so hard! But think about it this way: the fact that you are young with your whole life ahead of you & you have your diagnosis & have accepted it can be a huge advantage. I would love to get back all of the years in my teens, early & mid twenties I wasted on denial, self medicating & totally dysfunctional self-sabotaging behavior. I didn't even really accept my bipolar diagnosis until the age of 28 & begin to actually take my treatment seriously. If I had done so when I was younger, then maybe I could be at a much better place in life now. You are already miles ahead of many of us just by being in the acceptance stage at such a young age. All best!

It kills me when I let it kill me, which is never.

I look at the BP as an extra experience God has given me. It's like I have lived 4 or 5 extra lives more than anyone else...at least with all the modd changes it feels that way. We are special becaue we feel something that no one else ever will, and it's quite amazing.

I try and not let Bipolar define me. I define myself not my diisease.