Yes, sjane23, being around healthy people is so important in this illness for me.

I really didn't expect someone to come right out with an honest expression of what the psychiatrist found as a cause of bipolar emergence because, well, some things are private. You seem to be very open about everything--I find that very admirable.

And, yes, the illness can be inherited, and I wonder, too, if it can also be exacerbated by experiences in life when one meets people who have problems in their families that are hidden---it always turns up, though, in actions--sooner or later. But that's another story.

Being kind and helpful, knowledgeable and sharing are so valuable for me.

I hope you are able to get beyond the past, too, and see it as something that happened, could cause lingering anxiety, but gives us strength in the long run.

I'll bet you are someone who is far stronger than those in society who never seek help or try to learn of their own inadequacies--so that they become gentle people,but then, that's part of the human condition, I guess.

Thank goodness for the good doctors who are compassionate and help us through
the negativity.

One reason I think that anonymity is important is that social forums have become (according to some reading I did on this) prime targets for con artists. I won't say anything more than that, but give that as a reason why I thought someone might not wish to discuss counsels with psychiatrists.

Hope your day is filled with goodness and contentment.

Genetic