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Struggling With Lack of Identity
Jun 12, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 9
I would love to know what you and your pdoc come up with if you don't feel uncomfortable sharing. I have to schedule some time with my therapist soon. I cancelled last week due to "weather." We can cancel online through Kaiser, but they require a reason. With only 3 reasons available in their drop-down menu, weather was the closest I could come...
Struggling With Lack of Identity
Jun 12, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 9
I still walk around in this body that's mine, but this mind is not. This mind is controlled by some other source that decides who I'm going to be when I wake up. And when I battle with my husband I don't know if it's real or if I'm manic or I'm depressed. Crap. Do I stand up for what I just said or stand down and apologize? Was i...
Struggling With Lack of Identity
Jun 11, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 9
Thank you so much for your responses. Your comments do help. It's so true about looking back at my life and feeling that some portion is one part of my disorder and another portion is another part of my disorder, etc...no longer MY LIFE or just ME. This seeps into my day-to-day life, too. A perfect recent example is a conversation between my husband a...
Struggling With Lack of Identity
Jun 10, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 9
I'm a 50-year old female diagnosed BP1 nine years ago. I've been bipolar all my life and continue to struggle. Each mood swing is another reminder that I don't have a solid identity, or at least a solid grasp of a baseline understanding of who I am - ME - the person underneath the illness. I feel like a mix of crazy-happy-out-of-control and sad...
Husband Feels Neglected
May 27, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 6
Thank you all for your advice and kind help. I am still learning how to work with my illness and my husband. It's a daily challenge. If I could remember that I am not responsible for my husband's happiness, it would sure help. I won't give up my family, but I will continue to pray for my loved ones, all of them, and count my blessings while ...
Husband Feels Neglected
May 24, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 6
P.S. He did attend the NAMI Family to Family class several years ago. It helped tremendously.
Husband Feels Neglected
May 24, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 6
Thank you for your answer. I've had that feeling ever since we got married. He has a hard time understanding that. I'm trying to get him to go to a Christian counselor - any counselor would be good - he sees a VA psychiatrist who just prescribes and refills meds - but he is resistant, saying he has seen several in the past (he has, a long time ago) ...
Husband Feels Neglected
May 24, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 6
My husband feels neglected and is blaming it on the time I spend on "family functions" with my mom and my sister's family. We do celebrate each person's birthday (there is a total of 7-12 birthday celebrations per year), Catholic rites of passage for the two boys, Mother's Day, and the major Holidays - Christmas and Thanksgiving. This...
What about weather
May 20, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 8
Sorry about the typo in my prior memo. Also, the folks who dislike sun and summer have what is called "reverse seasonal affective disorder," or "SAD."
What about weather
May 19, 2010 in the Bipolar Disorder Community - 8
I have to agree with Xila31. My worst time of year is Summer, followed by early Fall, late Spring and last Winter. Late Summer is dangerous for me but it starts in about June. I love dark, grey, cloudy weather, rain included. I throw open the blinds when it's gray and rainy and cloudy and shut everything up tight when the sun it shot and bright. Can'...