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.
was going to post "New Journal" again, but then I realize it's jsut as easy to post it right here so here it is..
It's 4:30 in the morning and I just had a 2 hour conversation with a friend about life and love. This person is someone who grew up with a different life in many ways, yet I notice that the older we get the less the everthing matters. The true thing we all seek is happiness. What makes it is what the problem is. This is where we stray and falter in how we treat on another. We turn into compulsive liars. We get obsessed to attention. We become Fanatics of singular beliefs. We become drug addicts. These things and so much more are the results of the attempt at happiness failing in some way.
I wrote a poem but wont post it here just yet, however the line I like the most out of it is "You can't even judge the cover of a book from behind a computer monitor.."
It's 4:30 in the morning and I just had a 2 hour conversation with a friend about life and love. This person is someone who grew up with a different life in many ways, yet I notice that the older we get the less the everthing matters. The true thing we all seek is happiness. What makes it is what the problem is. This is where we stray and falter in how we treat on another. We turn into compulsive liars. We get obsessed to attention. We become Fanatics of singular beliefs. We become drug addicts. These things and so much more are the results of the attempt at happiness failing in some way.
I wrote a poem but wont post it here just yet, however the line I like the most out of it is "You can't even judge the cover of a book from behind a computer monitor.."
We join 12 step groups, perform rituals, go to church, adopt positive thinking -- all in attempts to slave off the inevitable "bad" things that may come our way.
I am amazed at the number of "friends" that have stopped calling me afraid that my bad luck may somehow rub off on them (?) or just not wanting to admit that life can take these turns.
What I also cannot stand is when friends can't allow me to have negative ramblings -- why must I force myself to fake positivity and put a sunny outlook on what is going on when that is not where I am right now?
Suffering is a part of life -- not all of it, but a part of it. Yes, we all want happiness, but without the dark how can we have the light?