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Originally Posted by perpetuallysad
I have to beg to differ with you on that one Byz. I think that for me, as I cannot speak for anyone else, I've never known anyone else who's admitted to mental illness and was in treatment. So a lot of the things I do, I have wondered about and many of the things make me feel much, much weirder than I probably am. Mostly because I feel so alone and disconnected. Sometimes just having another person say "I do that too!" can greatly reduce the amount of stress I put on myself to appear more normal, because for good or bad, having one other person in the world to relate to helps me feel better. I believe its a human characteristic to look for people who are similar to you.
Now, I will agree that trying to fit yourself into ANY mold, whether that be of a mentally ill person, or anyone else, you can obviously head down a bad path of trying to mimic someone else.
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Thank you!! I almost didn't come back here after Byz posted that. I thought this was a forum for support and to find people who can relate, and after I read that I felt like I was being told I wasn't trying hard enough to improve my situation. I don't start seeing my new therapist for another 2 weeks and it's been quite awhile since I've been in therapy, and never for these issues. BUT I have managed to recover from anorexia and I've kept trying new meds for 18 years to get my bipolar under control. So I am working on getting "better". I'm not trying to fit into any mold, I just want to be the best "me" I can be, and finding others who can relate and maybe give advice on how they've overcome these issues is helpful to me.
If I'm not welcome here, then I hope you all will tell me. Sorry to distract anyone from their recovery, it was not/is not intended.
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From the movie The Hours: "If I were thinking clearly, Leonard, I would tell you that I wrestle alone in the dark, in the deep dark, and that only I can know. Only I can understand my condition. You live with the threat, you tell me you live with the threat of my extinction. Leonard, I live with it too."