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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0
Not silly at all! I'm having the same thought patterns, and when I doubt my dx, I read my journal... I am trying to put myself out there and offer support, but at the same time there's this doubt, like what do YOU know? You quit your meds AND are symptom free, nobody's gonna take you seriously, you're not 1 of them...
So yeah, I'm kinda lost, don't quite fit anywhere, and miss the dramatics that has been my life for 12yrs, yes, even the depressions. It's like idk who I am without the drama... STRANGE...
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Trippin, I don't think being bipolar (or having bipolar) should be our identity, even though it seems to be so dominant in our awareness of ourselves, and colours almost everything we do.
Being out of an episode, feeling stable, and struggling for employment and passion is yet another part of living with a bipolar life. You are not out of place, or a stranger to us. People who genuinely struggle with bipolar will be well aware of the cycles and not think you an outsider because of it.
It is the people who don't go through what we experience that have difficulty relating to us, and can't understand our perpetual changes. That too is part of the challenge of living with bipolar.
Praying for you.
