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Hello bipolar forum,

I first posted on the gambling addiction blog but felt like writing about my life-long struggles with something called bipolar disorder. My official diagnosis, for which I am compensated by the US Veterans Administration (100% rated) and Social Security Disability, is bipolar I (rapid-cycling) with possible psychotic features. Most of the time I'm severely depressed with periods of wild mania that is ameliorated with medication. With the exception of my prescribed meds ...

Greetings everyone,

- Edit: Talks about family issues, may trigger

Sorry to be so annoying, but it's stronger than I am. I need feedback in regards to a discussion I just had an hour ago with my dad.

I had a "fix" (I stop being aware of the passage of time, concious of what is going around) while taking the shower, for 20 minutes. The walls in the bathroom were very wet and water had ...

You people are obsessed with ideas : I should help people in other people's threads.
Who made that rule? Your elementary school teacher? Your mom?

Humans help others, so they can survive as a race,
you help others to help yourself, :selfish motivation

you are as selfish as I am, (but most of nons love to deny that and tell they are very nice unlike pds)
and it annoys the hell out of me when ...

For a couple of years now, at least once a day, in social situations such as a teacher calling on me in class or a guy i like talking to me, I blush severely to the point where I am almost purple, neck to tip of the ears like i ran a marathon. It kind of feels like I am extremely embarrassed. I try taking deep breaths but it doesn't work! How do I fix ...

I don't want to hear "law of attraction," or "it's all in your head" - neither of those two explanations are satisfactory.

Why is it that when I'm extremely depressed and fear that a "loved one" is about to abandon me that I don't hear from them for WEEKS? The abandonment manifests itself. This has happened COUNTLESS times.

When I'm super elated and everything is going well in my life, I hear from them almost ...

Since I have been trying to come to grips on my addiction. As I look at my triggers I am noticing what gives me cravings as some experiences will not leave my mind and remind me of the times I had. Its scary because it makes me fantasize about sex. I feel bad about it later but I need to work on getting these out of my head. ...

Before I start explaining things I'd thought I would give a little background info.

I have been in multiple relationships in the past couple of years (the longest lasting two months). All relationships were broken up by me (due in large part also of my fear of losing people I like, due to being ignored by friends for the greater part of my childhood, that I push people away before they can push me away). ...

I was wondering if anybody in here has sleep issues. In the last 8 years I've had DSPS (Delyad sleeping phase syndrome)- I usually fall asleep around 4 am and wake up at about 12 pm. Treatments through the years just bitterly failed. Lately, my sleep scheduale is getting more erratic.

So, has anybody in here got sleep issues? Was wondering about it.

The sheer mental power its taking me just to write this is crushing me but Im at a cross roads in my life, and I just cant seem to get the answer on my own fast enough.
First, my story. Ive always been a bit socially off. While others were socializing I was just watching them and trying to understand why they did what they did. Though I understand so much about why people do ...

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