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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Chuggernaught
Chuggernaught
The hardest thing about being bipolar to the ones we love is, in my mind, the unpredictability. Being as multifaceted in the mood department as we are, you can never guarantee any one of them. Just when things seem stable and fine, our brains throw us and our loved ones for a loop. To be married one of us is a feat not for the faint of heart. I commend all the loved ones and spouses who put up with us simply because they care. Now I'm going to cry... or throw a lamp.. You never know :D
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deleted_user
You are awesome Chuggs. And so right on.
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chuggs, whatever you do, don't go on a serious cleanse and a fast all at the same time(Hint)...you might end up wandering down the middle of the freeway, naked!
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deleted_user
oh chuggs, i just love your posts. i've been with my bf for 3 years. we would like to get married one day too. but not sure anymore. he's now suffering from anxiety attacks and me with my bp and other shit, one day i'll be fine, then he's not and other days he's fine and i'm not. we can never balance it out where we are both having a good day. but it just seems like we are on different rollarcoasters and going in different paths latley. he has been my biggest support, but somedays i just want to bash his face in. how nice is that???? anyways, have a nice day all.daisy
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I like the statement "multifaceted in the mood department". Almost makes it sound like desireable state to be in.
cheldear
cheldear
Chugg, you are so funny.

I am working on the behavioral component of my disorder right now, because I tend to have other personal issues in my relationships. Like, I allow myself to be completely lost in the other person, and of course, I tend to be "bipolar" in everything I do... meaning, I am either very into work, and have no personal life, or I am not working and am very depressed. Balance is very hard for me.

Along with my disorder comes a host of self-loathing, etc which I am working on. I have made so many mistakes in my relationships, and have done some things I am horrifically NOT proud of. I am hoping that I will learn better behaviors that will allow me to have a successful relationship.
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I did a poem last year about the people that love us.The shit we forget we give them too.I must have written it during a buzzy slight mania.I'd forgotten it until now.

The Observant Listener

Countless moans and problems
That we as BPs understand
But
Make some room for the listener
When they try to hold your hand

As you recollect each of your woes
You edit where you've been
In truth we were all too fucked to be
The onlooker at the scene

The witnesses that saw your inner child's tormented face

Were they themselves of tortured brow ?

Don't map your fall from grace.

Spare a tear for the listener
As you beat yourself with words
They were friends , family and partners
Your guardians..
NOT flightless birds.

Yeah 'fuck them all !'
Yeah, you are tall
Yet.
You remember
Nothing of what they went through as you took the stand
Like Siegfried in his No Man's Land.

Countless ways of being able to say
How crap inside you feel..Try
Spare a thought for the listener..

"It'll be okay"

For Real