The Eyes Have It

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I've noticed with pictures of my family members I can tell by the look in their eyes regardless of their facial expression which pictures were taken before they had Bipolar Disorder and after because there's just this look there of... I don't know I guess deadening sorrow.  I was wondering if anyone else noticed this with people they were around who have an inner conflict going on such as that and/or also thought that a person's eyes give away stuff like that or not.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

When I was 15 and first started going through what I believe was a manic phase, I tried to reach out for help as I was suddenly acting unlike myself and brought up how I'd been hallucinating off and on my entire life and all that and people told me to get my head out of my *** and thought I was seeking attention.  It gave me a really bad complex because I thought everything that was happening was normal but I was suffering more and more every day.  It wasn't until seven years later I met someone who had Bipolar Disorder and described some of my symptoms and he pointed me out to the proper help.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

Now that I think about it I remember something called the "1,000 yard stare" that soldiers get when they've been in combat for a while where it looks like the life has just been drained out of them in a major way.  I find it interesting that stress from something like that or major trauma or from a mental illness can cause the eyes to look different.

[tor61]

I went with the family for some photos.  After 20 shots the only one we could use was the first.  All the rest I looked too sad and I was not even having an episode.  Just a habit.  Yet there are occasional photos when I look really happy.  Often not with the kids who I adore but leave me buggered.

[LetaB]

  Do you have any idea how funny that sounds? You've got two paper cups shoved up your nose and your fiance hates the pic because your EYES look creepy? You stick with that girl. She's a keeper.
  And I like that intensity in your eyes. Maybe it just feels like home.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

It wasn't the water cooler cups that she had a problem with, it was just my eyes she thought looked like something was really going wrong with me.  I liked it anyway regardless. ;)

[Bluetwo]

Photo looks great!
Don't change it!

Your quite creative....never thought using water cooler cups.....
Just be You.

"Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles.  Why should we all dress after the same fashion?  The frost never paints my windows twice alike."  ~Lydia Maria Child