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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So I'm on this date back in September and everything's going fine, then she asks me why i'm on Disability...and I say "I have Bipolar Disorder", she says she has heard of that and we continue our comversation. The next day I e.mail her and tell her I had a great time and she e.mails me back and says she had a great time too. I ask her if she'd like to go on another date and she responds she's too busy at the moment. I hav'ent seen her since!! I bet if I'd said I had Heart Defects or some other Physical Ailment we'd still be dating. Does BP carry such a stigma? Do they think were 'Mental'?
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Yeah, some judgemental people do think we're mental.
I once dated a guy that told me he had herpes. Now, 25% of the american adult population has herpes. So, it didnt' seem like a big deal to me. But before I had sex, I researched the hell out of it on the computer.
I am willing to bet she researched BP and read up on Vincent Van Gogh, the greatest of BP1's and a couple others who in their day didn't have the luxery of anti convulsants, and got freaked out. Sorry to say. But you know what, she doesn't deserve someone as honest and willing to be open as you.
You will find someone who could care less about your BP. When things get tough, come here to DS and bitch it out. We get it!
What i learned is that i was desperate to talk to someone and thata i instead needed to learn to express my concerns about myself to someone safe, not to someone i just met.
I do not advertise that i am on disability unless it's to some grant agency of some sort. It's noone's business how I get money.
Not wanting to talk about my BP to my dates is one reason why i got on DS and one reason why i joined www.meetup.com and the bipolar group. It's with these people that i can share that side of my life with.
Peace.
People do have stereotypes. Bipolar is crazy, disability is loser. We know that is not true. The only way to break through that is to let them see who you are first. No one has a right to this information straight out of the gate. Boundaries.
Most want to be wined and dined not me a picnic on the living room floor with a fir or just a good movie on the tube..
Most want to know they will end up with some rich person who will take care of them finacially. While i ended up with my husband doing that he was working at Burger king when I met him and I was fine with that!!!!
Most want at least a 1carat diamond ring not me... i just git my ring 14 years later and its not a diamond but a Lab Created Green Saphire... Diamonds while he could of afforded to buy pone knows I hate them and all gems that come from slave labor!!
You will find a REAL NICE REALISTIC GIRL give it time.
BTW If I was not with my husband the only other one would be my best friend of 18 years who is on disability and ALSO HAS BP. Akk I need is a roof over my head and to be treated like a real person.
You will get there. Just don't say you are disability you could say you do freelance in whatever hobby you have.
I am a stained glass artist which is true I take orders on commission which is also true and I get paid... Its just not often they don't need to know that!!!
P.S. Before being diagnosed I had no trouble with the ladies. ( I think the fancy car and vacations helped though!)
I'll tell her she's a cold hearted Bitch for you if you want....
I wouldn't tell someone until you have built a relationship with them first, but that's just me.