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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday
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Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!
I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!
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For me the answer is sort of yes. I've known I've had it for about a decade now, and at first I was terrible at recognizing when I was getting "out of whack". Over time though, especially after I got some therapy, I became a lot better at recognizing when I was being manic/depressed. For instance, whenever I write a particularly fiery post here on P99 I usually come back a few minutes or a few hours later and go "oh man, I was totally a jerk there and now that I think about it I am feeling rather high energy". On my best days I realize it before I even hit the post button, and I wait a few hours until I'm feeling less passionate.
When that happens, whether it's here or somewhere more important like work, I do try and apologize or edit my post to be less caustic or something. I don't mention the bipolar though: it's human nature to see people with mental illness differently, and I'd rather my co-workers think I'm a jerk sometimes then think of me as crazy.