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Originally Posted by dark_heart_x
I think us bipolar people are very sensitive to certain things. We are very self-destructive. We are excellent projectors of what we think is happening and it becomes real to us. That's the whole "paranoia" thing, you know? It's not just thinking "what if they don't like me." It's suddenly, and fully, believing: "well, obviously they don't like me because of ________." And paranoia is a powerful thing once it has you.
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I couldn't have said it better. This exactly! My "husband" is always on me about this. But I can't help it, when someone doesn't respond, I automatically think I've done something wrong, or they're mad at me, or something of the sort. I find that I end up pushing people away rather than drawing them nearer. Thank goodness my best friend is bipolar as well so he understands me a lot better.