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.
I am having a hard time. I order pizza every few nights and pop. I eat too much. It always gives me diarrhea (sorry for the TMI). I had recently lost 12 pounds but I have probably put it back on with this recent bad habit. I have also been cutting. Not hard core (I am a wuss). Like cutting myself with a dull kitchen knife. Just enough to draw blood. Idk wth is going on with me. Or maybe I do. I hate myself. I am a failure. A BIG FAT failure. I work for barely more than minimum wage. I am treated like crap. I am talked down to and yelled at. I am not allowed to take breaks or a lunch. I even get treated like I've done something wrong when I try to make myself lunch and the phone rings. One boss tells me to let it ring and another person I work with gets huffy and stomps over to my desk and answers it like it is HER duty. And also, the agency I work for deals with child welfare and it is DOWNRIGHT DEPRESSING. THE things that I hear about are AWFUL. it is very triggering at times because I was raised by abusive parents. I was not neglected. I had every"thing" that I needed. But there was a lot of abuse in my home, both to us kids as well as my mother. My mother was also abusive to us kids. She is still mentally abusive. So I'm sitting here, feeling too full from too much pizza and watching my cuts bleed. Aren't I just a treat!?
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Hi All.... It's great to see all of the new people joining the site... I'm loving it!!...smileI'm not sure if people are aware that if you don't have Bipolar Disorder but have a loved one who has the disorder we do have a board for people to go to in order to share their experiences and seek friendship, support or adviseIt's the Friends and Family of Bipolar Board.... I hope you'll take a...
Secondly and this shouldn't even need saying, you know you shouldn't be eating junk like pizza especially several times a week. You know what your health concerns are and what type of healthy food you should be putting in your body. Foods that your stomach can process more easily so you don't cause yourself more pain.
Thirdly the "barely cutting" needs to stop. You're an educated woman. You know that you can learn and use other coping skills to deal with the stress and anxiety and all the crap that comes with mental illness....add medical issues and it just compounds everything. But there are many safe coping skills that Therapists and Pdocs teach us to deal with it.
Lastly the job your doing, the job you chose is a very important job. Its a very stressful job that will never be without stress. But it is also an incredibly important job...and generally people only choose it because they have a drive to help kids, or this type of work is what they want to do with their life. If you're not all in on this job, you need to look for another one. This is one of those careers where you either excel at it or you fail.
I hope that you find some peace and perhaps a career that is less stressful for you.
kat