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Originally Posted by greylove
I am so sorry......this is a terrible post that doesn't really seem to belong here, but came to my mind as I read StarryNite's response to Innerzone.....(I wish I knew how to quote parts, or cut and paste) about Hollywood, the movie 'Shutter island" and the stigma attached to having bipolar......my husband's "dumb joke" is doing nothing to help me move out of the depression I'm settling back into.
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Dunno. Doesn't bother me! You know, sometimes there's just something random and unrelated that makes things seem "off topic", then there are those that flow from the give and take of the conversation. Yours seems the latter to me.
My ex made "jokes" like that, greylove. Soooo not funny. Hear you and feel for you.
(25 year history, and he only said he "couldn't deal with the mood swings anymore" upon it having a
name. 
)
It's like you talk about the frustration of the ignorance, StarryNight. It's hard, but more understandable to have to deal with that with the general public. But like what greylove brings up, we kind of expect that those who know us would be more understanding. They've
seen our suffering! It's not just some abstract concept(!)
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Originally Posted by canineserenity
The very structure and rigidity that I think I hate also keeps me functioning. It makes me get up, put one foot in front of the other, and be productive. I don't make good use of the free time I have.
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Yup. Here too. Especially the getting up in the morning part.
StarryNight, you said in your response to canine serenity that it's hard to believe that change can ever happen. Soooo can relate. BUT! I recently *did* have huge (and positive) changes. They really can happen. But I'd never have believed it in a million years just a few months ago that it could either. In fact, even
hearing myself saying this makes me want to roll my eyes
and swat myself. CANNOT believe I'm saying it you know? When just a few months ago I'd want to slap a person spouting such pollyanna-ish crap. Turns out it's not crap.
Wishing the same revelation for you.
