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.
First of all, I know that being 28 means I am still in my youth so :p
When I was a teen back in high school, I somehow convinced my mother (also bipolar) to let me ride ON our vehicle instead of in it!! We had a van and I would jump on the hood, hold on, and tell her, "Let's GOOOO!" and she would take off up our driveway that was about 1/8 of a mile long. Our gravel driveway. This actually happened several times for a couple of weeks in my invincible youth. It was fun until I told her she was not going fast enough! She accelerated faster and I had actually had no problem holding on....until she turned without slowing down and launched me through the air. I only remember my grip slipping and me flying (I enjoyed flying, lol) but then I woke up in bed. My small, skinny mother apparently used her mega-mom adrenaline strength to pick my 160-170lb body and haul me inside and threw me on my bed. When I woke up the first thing she said was, "Are you alright?! Don't tell your father!" And I actually told her I wanted to try again but that she shouldn't turn so fast....while I was still in bed barely able to move. My father still doesn't know.
Several of my "I am invincible" stories end with pain and sometimes getting knocked unconsciousness. HAHA! The sad part? I sometimes think that I can still do those things and be alright as long as I do it "right"
TL;DR - My mom threw me off a van and knocked me out!!
When I was a teen back in high school, I somehow convinced my mother (also bipolar) to let me ride ON our vehicle instead of in it!! We had a van and I would jump on the hood, hold on, and tell her, "Let's GOOOO!" and she would take off up our driveway that was about 1/8 of a mile long. Our gravel driveway. This actually happened several times for a couple of weeks in my invincible youth. It was fun until I told her she was not going fast enough! She accelerated faster and I had actually had no problem holding on....until she turned without slowing down and launched me through the air. I only remember my grip slipping and me flying (I enjoyed flying, lol) but then I woke up in bed. My small, skinny mother apparently used her mega-mom adrenaline strength to pick my 160-170lb body and haul me inside and threw me on my bed. When I woke up the first thing she said was, "Are you alright?! Don't tell your father!" And I actually told her I wanted to try again but that she shouldn't turn so fast....while I was still in bed barely able to move. My father still doesn't know.
Several of my "I am invincible" stories end with pain and sometimes getting knocked unconsciousness. HAHA! The sad part? I sometimes think that I can still do those things and be alright as long as I do it "right"
TL;DR - My mom threw me off a van and knocked me out!!
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Life has been really hard this past year. I'm really feeling down and alone. I can't talk to my family about my depression and anxiety their not very understanding about it. It's really hitting me since my mother passed a few months ago, plus stress from having to eventually move. Also having my niece coming around who suffers bipolar and refuses to take medication for it. Its been...
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
If I repeated some of my youthful crazy times..my reputation on DS would be sullied forever !
Once I was drop kicked off a trampoline (backyard wrestling with friends as a teen) but managed to land on my feet as I landed and slid back several inches......Like a movie super hero.
I have been called a ninja on several friends on several different occasions....I am a ninja. I have a profile picture...but you can't see it...because I'm a ninja.
From 12 years old and on I was on a roll of if it's risky I wanna try it
I always think they are cheap thrills...
When I saw the movie " Bennie And Joon "
When Johnny Deep was sitting up in that tree...too funny !
I also sat on top of a Mail Box..when I slipped and fell, that was my first Concussion
I went to the lake with my father and other relatives recently. My father often asks people to him up when he is just getting out of his chair/couch. He road with me on a big inter-tube thing while my uncle (whom my father tortured when they were young) drove his boat. Yeah, he made extra sure that we were NOT going to stay on that thing. He slung us out so hard that my father literally skipped across the water like a stone!!!