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.
By no means, I find it wonderful now that we have a crisis board for people to display their cries for help. But now that we have one for people to post their Humor, fun and games, and off topic stuff, really whats left for the general discussion? How many times can we post that lithium makes me groggy or that I lack a sex drive, or that I have too much of one? And now that I think of it, what is the topic that we are allegedly off of when post scrutinized material on the main board?
-A side note, this rambling post is actually suppose to be viewed as satirical and ironic, not an actual rant :D Although now that I think of it, does that mean that this post is off topic and should be bumped to humor? Also, what is off topic anyway.......
-A side note, this rambling post is actually suppose to be viewed as satirical and ironic, not an actual rant :D Although now that I think of it, does that mean that this post is off topic and should be bumped to humor? Also, what is off topic anyway.......
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
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Wow, it's the middle of the week already!Today is our 11 year anniversary, so we're going out to a nice dinner. I'm losing a lot of sleep these days, hence a wonky schedule and uncomfortable feelings. But I know it will pass, eventually.I hope all of you have a peaceful day, and may good things come your way!
That's it!!! We need to move it...
wrong board people :-P
Lou2 you were censured? by whom? I've looked for the thread but can't see it.
re the crisis board it has a slightly different role. We did have a large number of suicide posts and a number of people were uncomfortable with this stuff being on the main board. So as long as posts are answered there it's probably ok? The ideal would be that no one posts there because no one is in crisis..but that will not happen. At times it will be busier than others.
It's likely that DS boards will work in a slightly different but simpler way in the future which will take us away from the having lots of little side boards..but I've only got a rough idea at the moment of how it will work.
At work I sometimes riot, break up the furniture, pull out the cabling. Then I realise I'm a home worker.
hrrrrmph!! TRIGGER!! ::lol::
i do think you should check numbers though.
not of mother's day week&end...
but of regular weeks...
of crisis posts...
and of replies...
i think there is a huge decrease in both w/r/t the new board.
but. actual numbers could prove me wrong.
been done before.
once.
i think.
mebbe.
could happen.
xoxo.
On Ryst's "help me get off some of these things" (or sth like that) thread I thought a comment a community leader (you) made could be taken as a criticism of comments proceeding it (including mine)
Yes, I am paranoid, sure...but still...I thought it pretty odd & uncalled for. What's the harm? Isn't that the point of a group like this...we were just trying to encourage, sympathise & help.
I'm not here as some expert, I'm involved in greeting new members, some "technical support", liaising between the community and DS Management, keeping the peace. That's it I think. I thought that was clear from the outset?
YES. absolutely.
and. in addition. when the board is intermittently DEAD.
such as a couple hours ago.
why should we not post funny things to it to keep it alive...?
it keeps people here...
and then when people actually come looking for help...
or advice...
or a community...
we are still here...
silly as we are...
i think the word we who are speaking up here are looking for is:
SELF-LIMITING
i like having you and nobody around...
so long as we can directly talk to you if we have a problem...
with you (hahaha)...
or more likely other things/people...
but all this division of property and rules and limitations...
GEESH.
can we all take a breather...?
who asked for it?
and after that who was asked about it?
seriously i don't think we have enough traffic for all of this.
and why can't we just be a community...
instead of a bunch of fragmented loosely tied together boards...?
but blah blah blah...
or something.
xx.
funny how things can niggle
We added one temporary further area because
1. people didn't want that stuff on the board
2. we were getting so many they were getting lost
3. I had a distinct impression that we were getting a domino effect..I know we had the Mother's Day suggestion which is obviously a trigger for some but in those particular cases it probably wasn't.
If the crisis board isn't used or causes problems it can be withdrawn, things are not set in stone.