Mania aftermath

How do you cope with the devastation caused by episodes? I hate myself.

Someone please respond.

Personally, I just go back and act like it never happened, but I really wouldn't describe mine as "devastation". What exactly happens during yours?

Been through five separate severe manic episodes and the best thing I've done is go back and find the people that care about me regardless of what happened or the weird stuff I've said and/or done. Everyone else I kinda cast off not worth trying to explain myself to them but I know it's hard if they were close to you, if that's what you're facing, hard to lose some of the relationships I've had with people. but oh well life is too short to worry about what others think about you (me, if this doesn't apply to you) but that's been the hardest part for me, thinking about what others are thinking, which seems to prolong my recovery.

Anyways sorry if I strayed from your question I highly recommend the outdoors with a good book, Journal, camera, sketch book, bring a friend maybe or go alone bring you best friend the dog if you have. Go for a drive and sit by a lake or river watch the water go by bring a fishing pole if you like doing that. Hike, look for cool rocks, plants, animals bring a nature field guide and geek out and identify stuff. May sound dumb or what lots of people say but it can really work. Leave your phone if you can just don't get lost lol. My phone has been my enemy pre, during, and after on many occasions. Something to be said for the poison of screens. All the time at least just saying.

If you're not the outdoors type or don't have access to these thongs, live in a fairly populated area, go to the mall or something get a soft pretzel and walk around just check stuff out got to a library things like that have helped me in the past.

Could always get a kitten if you like or have always wanted a cat. Talk about taking your mind off stuff there's a little fuzz ball rubbing against your leg and sitting on you that wants your attention and pretty much will always love having you around. No. Matter. What.

If none of these things sound like fun or are doable, facing depression and don't have the will to get going seek professional help get around people that care about you make them drive you to the mall or the river

Thanks for writing this I'm not having the best day today came on here hoping to write something to free my mind up hope this can help a little. Oh yea helping other people or trying to can help yourself sometimes, takes your mind off what you have going on

Good luck time fixes most everything just be patient and don't beat yourself up sorry for the long reply.

1) Deal as quickly as possible with any awkwardness with other people who may have been involved.

2) Try not to make it worse.

3) Carry on with whatever is needed to be done that day/whatever should've gotten done when headjunk kicked into overdrive.

4) Self care as soon as everything is ironed out.

As someone who has bipolar and has learned to hide it really well (not always a good thing), but I tend to isolate a lot in 3D. I go to this forum a lot and talk to members on here to hopefully get a word of support. I have had posts where no one responded and I didn't give up. Later and other times, when I posted I would get little bits of replies. It helps but you can't depend on the replies because lots of us have our own thing going on and sometimes just reading about other's struggles keeps us going too, because we know we are not alone in this journey.

I've lost friends and I've felt such remorse and regret and they are gone, out of my life, but for me, time has healed and I've been blessed in that I've found wonderful new friends out there, online and in 3D. What hurts me when a fellow sufferer may be going through a tough time, is that they cut themselves off from any contact with me and I feel like I'm the one who is abandoned. I feel let go as if I didn't matter. So, that is something I take into consideration, "how would I feel if...?" Don't let go so easily, perhaps they are waiting on you. Do it for you. I hurt so much if my friend would ever stop talking to me because of their disorder (which I have too), so it's hard to always be understanding and we need to remind ourselves of this. I hope in what I've written I've only been supportive because that was my intention. I don't want to give up on my loved ones, and I don't want them to give up on me either, because it really hurts my heart.