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 Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:25 pm
Just one question:
Does your bipolar affect your relationships?
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:06 am
Nope. My friends and other people I am in a relationship with have learned to deal with it, as have I.
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Some Lesser Demon Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:07 am
Well, I don't think my GF understand quite yet, but she deals with it. I am very careful to treat her like a queen, so I don't b***h at her all too much.
My mom and I don't get along at all. When I am really depressive she sits there and antagonizes me til I explode on her and throw a bowl at her head.
She's crazy too.
My friends deal, and most of them understand which is cool.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:23 pm
Homan. =\ The problem with being bipolar and trying to get along with other people is that they don't really understand. My friends are cool, and they don't mind much (unless they're lying to me XD), but my mom just aggravates me. @_@ It's like she tries to piss me off. XD She's hard to get along with, but I really try.
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:23 pm
Some Lesser Demon Well, I don't think my GF understand quite yet, but she deals with it. I am very careful to treat her like a queen, so I don't b***h at her all too much. My mom and I don't get along at all. When I am really depressive she sits there and antagonizes me til I explode on her and throw a bowl at her head. She's crazy too. My friends deal, and most of them understand which is cool. Suicidal Tendancies Homan. =\ The problem with being bipolar and trying to get along with other people is that they don't really understand. My friends are cool, and they don't mind much (unless they're lying to me XD), but my mom just aggravates me. @_@ It's like she tries to piss me off. XD She's hard to get along with, but I really try. I think we're all sufferes of BMS: Bored Mother Syndrome. Our mom's get bored and start nothering us. Mine is an immature, self-centered, inconsiderate, know it all that really knows nothing. I mean NO Street smarts/common sence. And she picks and picks at me whenever anyone is over. When I have company she won't go away and if I ask her to go away my friends have to leave. Then, she complains about me never being home. Yeah.. Any of your mom's like that?
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:39 am
DarkPyro07 I think we're all sufferes of BMS: Bored Mother Syndrome. Our mom's get bored and start nothering us. Mine is an immature, self-centered, inconsiderate, know it all that really knows nothing. I mean NO Street smarts/common sence. And she picks and picks at me whenever anyone is over. When I have company she won't go away and if I ask her to go away my friends have to leave. Then, she complains about me never being home. Yeah.. Any of your mom's like that?
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:01 pm
I'm pretty sure my boyfriend has learned to deal with it quite well in the last year and a half. Since he's usually the one who invokes my ups and downs, he knows when they happen. And somehow, he's learned how to deal with it. He knows how to cheer me up, when I need it, and he knows how to settle me down, when that's what I need. I don't know how he does it, but he does a pretty good job. There are some times when he just can't handle it and we end up screaming at each other, but it all ends up good.
My friends haven't learned quite as well, because they just don't understand why sometimes I'm hyper as hell and bouncing off the walls and the next I'm all mopey because of something that happened the day before. I've tried to explain that they just have to wait a few minutes, but they still don't understand. Oh well... they'll come around eventually, I suppose.
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:15 pm
My fiance is incredibly understanding. Well, he'd have to be; we've known each other since kindergarten, which coincidentally is when I first started having depressive episodes. If he's known me for that long, been patient through 15 1/2 years' worth of mood swings, and still wants to marry me... well... he's a ******** saint. heart
My mom... I can't figure her out. She gives the silent treatment when she's mad, and I got it pretty much all of last year. eek There's times I'm very, very glad that she's seven miles away.
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:09 pm
YES.
Being bipolar has affected my relationships with people bigtime. In both good ways and bad. About half my family's bipolar, so it's brought us closer. We're more open about stuff and all support eachother. But it also makes it hard sometimes. When I'm on an emotional bender or feel messed up because of the bipolar, I'm often afraid to talk to my family about it, even though they're always very understanding about it.
As for boyfriend/girlfriend stuff, either it wrecks it or makes it stronger for me. Some people I'm with can't deal with the dramatic changes in my attitude. Others have been really understanding, which makes me trust them and feel so much closer with them.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:54 am
I don't think it is the bp itself that affects the relationship it is the way the person handles it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:59 am
Suicidal Tendancies DarkPyro07 I think we're all sufferes of BMS: Bored Mother Syndrome. Our mom's get bored and start nothering us. Mine is an immature, self-centered, inconsiderate, know it all that really knows nothing. I mean NO Street smarts/common sence. And she picks and picks at me whenever anyone is over. When I have company she won't go away and if I ask her to go away my friends have to leave. Then, she complains about me never being home. Yeah.. Any of your mom's like that? It's cool to here someone with supportive smart parent(s). I have heard many stories of people that have bp being shut out not helped. good for you biggrin
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