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 need a best friend, or a group of friends, and/or a boyfriend. I need to be social. I used to be wild and hung out with the wrong crowd and did stupid things... but I'm out of that phase and I'm lonely. I live at home with parents and two siblings, I have a few good friends which one just moved to the next state with roomies and a boyfriend, another lives close by but she's a busy salsa teacher with a hot bf, my buddy Zane just got fired and is busy building himself up his own business, my friend in the next town has an adult job as an editor for the city paper and she is quite flaky though I love her. So that leaves me, on winter break, with nothing to do and I feel so unmotivated I just watch TV all the time. But even before this winter break I've always been very lonely. I get so worked up most nights that I have to shed a tear. I am a very likable person, I just don't have close friends I hang out with all the time and I wish I did. Badly. I just want to go dancing! I love to dance. I've been checking my Facebook all day (on my new MacBook) and checking my phone and now coming on Daily Strength just hoping to talk to someone. So I guess I'm just saying hi, hi. That's it I guess.
You know, I think there is.
As we've learnt from our data, this time of year (at least in the northern hemisphere) is not always the happiest.
Your mood may have a tendency to be low. Your health could be ropey (just think about all those coughs and sneezes which spread diseases). And the spring, let alone the summer, can seem a long way off.
The thing is though, it's pretty likely that you have responsibilities.
Stuff you have to do. Places you have to go. People who depend on you. That type of thing.
So how do you do cope when you're feeling below par but still have mountains to move?
Let's face it, the mountains are staying right where they are. But that needn't necessarily mean slumping at their foot in a state of giving-upness.
Maybe you could get up to base camp? No more, no less. But from there, your mission will be much easier when you're feeling more up to it.
Doing what you can makes sense. Doing too much is impossible. Doing absolutely nothing may just make you feel worse.
So if it all seems a bit much today, be kind to yourself.
Make a little steady progress if you can. Then pitch your tent.
OK, it's time to record your Friday score at Moodscope. Just click below:
You guys should really do Moodscope, the guy has good things to say.