Comments on: Bipolar Support Groups – The Benefits http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/ Coming to Grips with Bipolar Disorder Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-5614 Geoff Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:48:12 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-5614 Charlotte- email me and I'll try and make it make sense to you. I have a family history of bi-polar on my mother's side, yet a self-aware empathetic family history on my father's side, so I've been working to hone these skills that I feel I've been gifted with. We (anyone with bi-polar) have all been given a gift to be someone extraordinary, but because of current society, we are simply ahead of our time. It's our duty to have the confidence to lead others with our crazy ideas, and learn the ability to sell ideas to other people (get sales experience! It helps). We have the ability to link creative ideas with logical explanations on how the hell we got there. We have the ability to think on our feet, and evaluate every part of what's going on right in front of us; yet if we cannot forsee a reasonable immediate future to work toward, we lose sight of the now and feel lost altogether. This makes the teens and early twenties such perilous times, as our immediate futures are never quite available all the time. I came to a self-realizing point a few months ago, and my brain has been a stormcloud of new ideas, morals, and lessons ever since. The dust finally settled yesterday when I went bowling alone and played keno, as I gamble time to time. On a whim, I decided to guess numbers at random instead of going with my normal set of numbers. In between frames, I glanced up to see if my numbers were played, and my initial thought was "damn! I changed my numbers, I don't know if I've won or not"; but my afterthought was, "Well, it's more exciting that I don't know if I've won or not; sometimes it's best to not have the answers right away"- and at that thought I smiled, and felt very at ease. If we knew everything, the thrill of living would go away, and life would be too easy. It is our struggles that keep us moving, so never fear. Anyone who wants continued advice or needs someone to listen to them, please send me an email. Geoff! Charlotte- email me and I'll try and make it make sense to you.

I have a family history of bi-polar on my mother's side, yet a self-aware empathetic family history on my father's side, so I've been working to hone these skills that I feel I've been gifted with. We (anyone with bi-polar) have all been given a gift to be someone extraordinary, but because of current society, we are simply ahead of our time. It's our duty to have the confidence to lead others with our crazy ideas, and learn the ability to sell ideas to other people (get sales experience! It helps).

We have the ability to link creative ideas with logical explanations on how the hell we got there. We have the ability to think on our feet, and evaluate every part of what's going on right in front of us; yet if we cannot forsee a reasonable immediate future to work toward, we lose sight of the now and feel lost altogether. This makes the teens and early twenties such perilous times, as our immediate futures are never quite available all the time.

I came to a self-realizing point a few months ago, and my brain has been a stormcloud of new ideas, morals, and lessons ever since. The dust finally settled yesterday when I went bowling alone and played keno, as I gamble time to time. On a whim, I decided to guess numbers at random instead of going with my normal set of numbers. In between frames, I glanced up to see if my numbers were played, and my initial thought was "damn! I changed my numbers, I don't know if I've won or not"; but my afterthought was, "Well, it's more exciting that I don't know if I've won or not; sometimes it's best to not have the answers right away"- and at that thought I smiled, and felt very at ease. If we knew everything, the thrill of living would go away, and life would be too easy.

It is our struggles that keep us moving, so never fear.

Anyone who wants continued advice or needs someone to listen to them, please send me an email.

Geoff!

]]> By: charlotte http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-5126 charlotte Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:38:07 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-5126 Hi, I'm an 18 year old girl who's been told she's exibiting many symptoms of bipolar by a friend. Including: extreme uncontrollable mood swings, impulsive obsessive behavior, feeling hyper and 'wired' for periods of time (tripping over my words or not talking sense or noticing strange things like word sounds, having too much energy or too many thoughts) I also feel extremely irritated as if I don't want to be touched. Also on the downs: I feel sometimes so bad that I'm suicidal and cry for no reason, feel guilty about things I know aren't my fault, reckless things like driving like i don't care, self harming, anger, feeling tired a lot, frustrated, helpless and despairing. I've had counciling for depression until recently when things improved, but i know it wont last. I told my doctor and she acted like i was lying and said that my counciler would have been able to tell. I dont know what to do:'( I feel like everything ive been feeling finaly makes sense. I'd like to know your opinion. I need help:/ X Hi, I'm an 18 year old girl who's been told she's exibiting many symptoms of bipolar by a friend. Including: extreme uncontrollable mood swings, impulsive obsessive behavior, feeling hyper and 'wired' for periods of time (tripping over my words or not talking sense or noticing strange things like word sounds, having too much energy or too many thoughts) I also feel extremely irritated as if I don't want to be touched. Also on the downs: I feel sometimes so bad that I'm suicidal and cry for no reason, feel guilty about things I know aren't my fault, reckless things like driving like i don't care, self harming, anger, feeling tired a lot, frustrated, helpless and despairing. I've had counciling for depression until recently when things improved, but i know it wont last. I told my doctor and she acted like i was lying and said that my counciler would have been able to tell. I dont know what to do:'( I feel like everything ive been feeling finaly makes sense. I'd like to know your opinion. I need help:/ X

]]> By: maggie http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-4213 maggie Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:58:09 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-4213 james you sound like a COMPLETE JERK to me. james you sound like a COMPLETE JERK to me.

]]> By: Serge http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-2372 Serge Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:28:18 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-2372 have you checked out http://www.mdjunction.com/bipolar ? it looks like a great support group (but i'm not a member so i'm not sure.....). have you checked out http://www.mdjunction.com/bipolar ?
it looks like a great support group (but i'm not a member so i'm not sure…..).

]]> By: peggy brown http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-2149 peggy brown Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:17:14 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-2149 i had a brother in law that killed himself thursday night after spending 30 plus years in the military he went to the hospital and told them he felt suicidal they give him some pills and sent him home 2 hours later he shot and killed himself what has this goverment turned into they could care less about the soldiers that have fought for country i had a brother in law that killed himself thursday night after spending 30 plus years in the military he went to the hospital and told them he felt suicidal they give him some pills and sent him home 2 hours later he shot and killed himself what has this goverment turned into they could care less about the soldiers that have fought for country

]]> By: Anonymous http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-2141 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:37:40 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-2141 "it is caused intentionally by the species to create a vast part of the population that is disoriented and consequently absorbs all the skull resonance of the misdirected comments of the normal people" This is a WACKY theory.... if you knew someone who has Bipolar you would know it is not INTENTIONAL.. You haven't got a CLUE!!! Not to sound nasty...but reaseach it more and not even then could you understand it... "it is caused intentionally by the species to create a vast part of the population that is disoriented and consequently absorbs all the skull resonance of the misdirected comments of the normal people"

This is a WACKY theory…. if you knew someone who has Bipolar you would know it is not INTENTIONAL.. You haven't got a CLUE!!! Not to sound nasty…but reaseach it more and not even then could you understand it…

]]> By: james batek http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-support-groups/#comment-365 james batek Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:20:47 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=256#comment-365 i have a theory about mental illness. it is caused intentionally by the species to create a vast part of the population that is disoriented and consequently absorbs all the skull resonance of the misdirected comments of the normal people. in this way language is kept from escaping into the environment where other species might decode it and form a counter measure. any population has a distribution of individual susceptibility to dislodgement. all the species needs to do is set a condition with a precise threashold and the population will separate into a disoriented, mentally ill part, and a normal healthy part. you can read more about my theory at my blog, http://gettingyourbusiness.blogspot.com the technorati.com tag cloud there, the mental illness tag, goes to this technorati.com page: http://technorati.com/tag/mental%20illness?from=http://gettingyourbusiness.blogspot.com&sub=tr_tagcloud_t_js i have a theory about mental illness. it is caused intentionally by the species to create a vast part of the population that is disoriented and consequently absorbs all the skull resonance of the misdirected comments of the normal people. in this way language is kept from escaping into the environment where other species might decode it and form a counter measure. any population has a distribution of individual susceptibility to dislodgement. all the species needs to do is set a condition with a precise threashold and the population will separate into a disoriented, mentally ill part, and a normal healthy part. you can read more about my theory at my blog, http://gettingyourbusiness.blogspot.com
the technorati.com tag cloud there, the mental illness tag, goes to this technorati.com page:
http://technorati.com/tag/mental%20illness?from=http://gettingyourbusiness.blogspot.com&sub=tr_tagcloud_t_js

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