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How many ppl have lost friendships due to Bi polar

Disturbed420
Disturbed420
I have found over the years, I have had a hard time keeping a lot of my friendships. I have my 2 closer bestfriends but other than that, most of my friends I have or have had or pretty distant. I seem to feel left out of the loop of social interaction with ppl. I believe it has to a lot to do with the fact that I right ppl off, I isolate myself from the world half the time. I am always afraid of what others think (I have been trying to improve on that) it's a hard cycle to break. I thought once I had a child ( who is now almost a yr) I would be able to make new friends or feel more like I fit in, but I don't. I feel soo different from others. I don't tell a lot of ppl about my illness, its not like the strike of conversation, but if it does get brought up. No one GETS IT at all!!! It sucks, I rarly get invited to events or phone calls.

I am trying to build new friendships and meet new ppl and change myself for the better. I am a stay at home mother and I am having a hard time with that as well. I am trying to think positive and look at the bigger picture but it's very hard. I am sick of feeling like things won't change and being envious of everyone around me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I isolate as well, I rarely talk to my brother and sisters, I talk to my mom about once a week and even isolate myself from my wife and kids. Thank god they love me and know that I eventually come around and get 'normal' again. I find it very difficult to go to family functions as i find them to be too much to handle.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds all too familiar. I'm down to a couple true friends who have known me since I was a teenager. I never like to be around family or social gatherings when I'm down because I have nothing to say or laugh about. But I'm the life of the party when I'm on my upswing.

That's when people call me or want to hang with me, then I get triggered or feel used and cut them out of my life.

I know I must confuse the hell out of people. Very sad.
china70
china70
Ive have quickly learned who your real friends are? I can totally relate to your story and the others who have replied. I have isolated myself due to the fact i feel inadedquate and i tend to worry what people think of me. I dont really like to socialize because of this. I have found that people tend to judge you as crazy once they know you have a mental illness. The stigma is hard to accept from people but i gotta remember those people are ignorant to our illness. I just feel like the im an outsider in this world except when i visit ds it makes me feel im not alone and people here understand how you feel and what your going through.
deleted_user
deleted_user
This happens to me as well. Over the years I have lost touch with all of my friends, To rest iof framily I am a mentally ill person i GUESS I GEt WHAT i Deserve I wish this hell was over
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow, you posted this about six weeks ago and it's still floating around. Know why? Because we all feel the same way. I kept thinking you were writing my story. Especially when you get to the end with "I am sick of feeling like things won't change and being envious of everyone around me." That's my ending statement, too. ~Peace~
Disturbed420
Disturbed420
I am quite suprised myself in a way. Usually the topic's I put up don't seems to last long at all. This topic seems to hit home with a lot of ppl in here. So I am quite glad that I did bring it up. I am having a hard time still wrapping my head around the whole thing. In a way I made this happen, cause I shut ppl away. But in another sense it's because I tend to get right quiet and awkward with ppl. Especially if it ppl I see from highschool over 10yrs ago or family that I rarly see. I don't go to bars or clubs, because I can't drink much and it seems like the thing to do with most. If you don't then you just don't fit it.

I have nevr felt like I have fit in, just a drifter in crowd trying to find my place in the world.
Disturbed420
Disturbed420
Most ppl just don't get it plan and simple. Stigma is everywhere. I can't stand it. I command ppl that can use this illness to their advantage. Think positively about it etc
I am having a hard time dealing with that and have that mind frame. Maybe the day I feel at eaze with this I will feel able to think positive about it.
As it stands my partner or call him what you will. Hasn't been supportive in the least lately. When I reach out to him about how I am feeling lately, he seems to just blow me off or ignore it. Tells me I complain too much, or I am always complaining or talk to your friends. blah blah. I do get my complaining moments, but fuck who doesn't. Are relationship is just another story all together.

I don't feel like I can have a normal functioning relationship with anybody. Who can or would want to deal with this crap. I know I wouldn't .
deleted_user
deleted_user
I also can relate to much of what everyone is posting. I am heartbroken and sick over my boyfriend breaking up with me and I am pregnant with his baby now and don't know what I'm going to do. All my life I've ruined relationships with friends, relatives, co-workers, everyone. My 9 year marriage fell apart due to my behavior as well. People just can't handle the mood swings and all the crap I do...I just want to get better so I stop hurting people I love :-(
carers1
carers1
i can also relate to all you guys, i find it so hard on many things but i do also isolate myself, i have a couple of friends, the first 1 is a very good friend i used to be able to drop anything and run to her when she needed me but now i find it so hard, i only leave the house when i have to, her daughter has luceamer cancer and i should be there for her but i cant because if im having a bad spell she will notice and worrie an i think she has enough on her plate than to worrie about me. My other friend i cant run away from she walks to school with me every day, she sees right through me i cant lie or lock my self away or she would hunt me down till she was satisfied with the outcome but she also busy most of the time. My husband dont understand he thinks this will all go away he wont even come to any of my appointments with me.
carers1
carers1
sorry had to stop there i was rambeling .
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know how you feel,my family have christening and weddings and don't invite me,they even talk to me on the phone and don't tell me that their son got wed the day be fore ,it hurts me very very much.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Still i have my little staffy pup to look after.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i am in the same boat. every best friend i have had i have done something to ruin the friendship, i cant keep a boyfriend either. i feel so alone.
roseypeach
roseypeach
oh wow. You are not alone. You hear? I've felt that way my whole life, and as far as friends go, sure I've got a couple I can really call true friends, but no one else. Even my own kids have alienated me from their lives. My daughter bless her heart, she knows what I deal with and go through and we have gotten much closer. My eldest son is now heavily involved with the church and all of a sudden I'm not fit to be a Christian because of my past? What? I thought God was about forgiveness and family loving and caring about each other. Apparently I was wrong. I've changed a lot and I've grown and learned how to handle my bp a lot better, but when I get accused of things I haven't done its mightly hard to stay optomistic.
jimlucky1
jimlucky1
Ditto,and bump
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