today i wrote another message to a friend and it is a good feeling i'd like to remember here...
HOW DO FRIENDS AND FAMILY REACT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE A MOOD DISORDER; THAT IS A LOADED QUESTION. I KNOW THAT IT MUST BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE BUT FOR EACH OF US IT PROBABLY FEELS SOME WHAT THE SAME... "ISOLATING".
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A OUTGOING AND FRIENDLY KIND OF PERSON. MOST PEOPLE WHO MET/MEET ME WOULD SAY THAT THEY REALLY LIKE ME AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT MIND HAVING ME AS A FRIEND. THE CATCH IS NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT I DON'T WISH / HAVE MANY FRIENDS. SO IN A WAY YOU MAY SAY I HAVE CHOSEN TO ISOLATE MYSELF.
EMOTIONALLY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAFER THAT WAY.
I WAS IN THE MILITARY WHEN I WAS FIRST DIAGNOISED WITH BI-POLAR. "WEAPONS AND CRAZY PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK MAKE A GOOD COMBINATION." MY BOSSES (CHAIN OF COMMAND) COULD NOT UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND MY DISABILITY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SEE IT. IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IN A CAST FROM MY NECK DOWN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A PROBLEM; THEY JUST COULD NOT IMAGINE A CAST FROM THE NECK UP. MENTAL HEALTH IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY IN TODAYS MILITARY AND MY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT THAT I WAS NO LONGER FIT TO BE A SOILDER.
AS FAR AS MY FAMILY, IT WAS EAISER FOR THEM TO ACCEPT. MY FATHER, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE HAD BEEN DIAGNOISED BI-POLAR (DEPRESSIVE). ALL MY SIBLINGS HAD GROWN UP UNDERSTANG THE WORLD OF PSYCHATRIC LIFE AND DEALING WITH MOOD DISORDER. I'VE NEVER BEEN SHUNNED BY THEM BUT THEY ARE PROTECTIVE OF THEIR FAMILIES EXPOSIER TO THE SITUATION AS WELL.
SO I GUESS THAT IT LEAVES ME WHERE I ALWAYS WAS MOST COMFORTABLE, ISOLATED, AND SOMETIMES ALONE.
WHEN I LEFT THE MILITARY THOUGH I FOUND A GREAT SUPPORT NETWORK THROUGH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND FORMER SOILDERS WITH MOOD DISORDERS (SOME WORSE THAN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH). AND JUST RECENTLY I FOUND THIS WEBSITE "DAILY STRENGTH" YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT. THERE I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THE DAILY CHALLENGES OF LIFE ARE EAISER SOMETIMES THAN OTHERS AND THAT I AM WHO I AM AND DON'T HAVE TO BE ANY THING ELSE.
NORMAL LIFE MUST BE HARD ENOUGH, AT LEAST I HAVE PILLS (AND OTHERS LIKE ME) TO HELP ME THROUGH EACH DAY. LOL ...TRS
HOW DO FRIENDS AND FAMILY REACT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE A MOOD DISORDER; THAT IS A LOADED QUESTION. I KNOW THAT IT MUST BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE BUT FOR EACH OF US IT PROBABLY FEELS SOME WHAT THE SAME... "ISOLATING".
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A OUTGOING AND FRIENDLY KIND OF PERSON. MOST PEOPLE WHO MET/MEET ME WOULD SAY THAT THEY REALLY LIKE ME AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT MIND HAVING ME AS A FRIEND. THE CATCH IS NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT I DON'T WISH / HAVE MANY FRIENDS. SO IN A WAY YOU MAY SAY I HAVE CHOSEN TO ISOLATE MYSELF.
EMOTIONALLY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAFER THAT WAY.
I WAS IN THE MILITARY WHEN I WAS FIRST DIAGNOISED WITH BI-POLAR. "WEAPONS AND CRAZY PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK MAKE A GOOD COMBINATION." MY BOSSES (CHAIN OF COMMAND) COULD NOT UNDERSTAND OR COMPREHEND MY DISABILITY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SEE IT. IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IN A CAST FROM MY NECK DOWN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A PROBLEM; THEY JUST COULD NOT IMAGINE A CAST FROM THE NECK UP. MENTAL HEALTH IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY IN TODAYS MILITARY AND MY CHAIN OF COMMAND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT THAT I WAS NO LONGER FIT TO BE A SOILDER.
AS FAR AS MY FAMILY, IT WAS EAISER FOR THEM TO ACCEPT. MY FATHER, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE HAD BEEN DIAGNOISED BI-POLAR (DEPRESSIVE). ALL MY SIBLINGS HAD GROWN UP UNDERSTANG THE WORLD OF PSYCHATRIC LIFE AND DEALING WITH MOOD DISORDER. I'VE NEVER BEEN SHUNNED BY THEM BUT THEY ARE PROTECTIVE OF THEIR FAMILIES EXPOSIER TO THE SITUATION AS WELL.
SO I GUESS THAT IT LEAVES ME WHERE I ALWAYS WAS MOST COMFORTABLE, ISOLATED, AND SOMETIMES ALONE.
WHEN I LEFT THE MILITARY THOUGH I FOUND A GREAT SUPPORT NETWORK THROUGH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND FORMER SOILDERS WITH MOOD DISORDERS (SOME WORSE THAN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH). AND JUST RECENTLY I FOUND THIS WEBSITE "DAILY STRENGTH" YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT. THERE I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THE DAILY CHALLENGES OF LIFE ARE EAISER SOMETIMES THAN OTHERS AND THAT I AM WHO I AM AND DON'T HAVE TO BE ANY THING ELSE.
NORMAL LIFE MUST BE HARD ENOUGH, AT LEAST I HAVE PILLS (AND OTHERS LIKE ME) TO HELP ME THROUGH EACH DAY. LOL ...TRS
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