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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I used to get switched to anger so quickly.Cos of my experiences.Like us all, I suppose.
Then I'd hate myself soon after.
I never knew that I'd reach a stage where I'd be able to keep the heat inside.People get angry.It's harder for us...I hated it if my anger was always linked to BP.Sometimes it's right to be angry.
I have better results now as I slow it down and try to think of a better way to clearly and slowly tell people why I was vexed up.
That's taken nearly a decade.
How do you view anger ... expressing yourself justifiably. .? ..or is it the BP showing?
Then I'd hate myself soon after.
I never knew that I'd reach a stage where I'd be able to keep the heat inside.People get angry.It's harder for us...I hated it if my anger was always linked to BP.Sometimes it's right to be angry.
I have better results now as I slow it down and try to think of a better way to clearly and slowly tell people why I was vexed up.
That's taken nearly a decade.
How do you view anger ... expressing yourself justifiably. .? ..or is it the BP showing?
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I also totalled my car with my bare fists during the same manic phase. So apparantly that rage is part of our broad emotion spectrum.
I have since learned to deal with it in an 'adult' way, before it gets out of control. Though sometimes I don't feel angry and one little thing will happen in a store and I completely lose it. I don't know where that comes from. I have to run to my car as I'm so embarassed.
That's odd but good.
I do sit-ups til i just cant sit-up no more - even if still angry - i cant move to do anything about it...you have to calm eventually..
On another front, I have a friend who isn't BP and she gets pissed off all the time about the dumbest shit imaginable. If I express irritation with somebody's lameness, she thinks I'm being agressive, but she's turned heads in public from her snippy fits with service people (a woman in a cafe gave her coffee that had some grounds in it, how tragic).
People are so selective in how they judge emotions; once they know you have BP they will look at your every move thru that filter. I think that if you do feel your right, you have to explain yourself to people. You can even say "ok, maybe I'm overreacting, but here's where you're wrong...x, y and z." That way they can judge your emotions yet they still have to face the facts if they're wrong.
Then again, sometimes you just have to walk away. I've learned that's the best thing; step away before exploding, gather your thoughts and then discuss it when you're calmer. But I don't think that dismissing all your emotions outright is really helpful. Yes, we get extreme feelings but it doesn't mean that all of them are meaningless. And plus, everyone can feel things even if they're wrong. Even non-BP's get angry unjustifiably.
Don't get angry Zsa.
xxx