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bipolar_bear said:I know we don't know each other but I can't help but reply to the pain you have expressed. Since I have joined you have been a continuous source of information and conviction. I am happily surprised to see a glimpse of the person within although it saddens me that it expresses your pain.

i hope that over time you can enjoy the entire spectrum that is you and not lose those weeks/months or whatever length you find yourself missing. All I can say is that my heart goes out to you. I hope that you become able to continue to see your pdoc to help you heal. For what it is worth I am here for you and care.

BTW I have ordered the book you reference in one of your posts "The Myth of Sanity" as I respect your opinions.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> it is taking all we can muster to politely say thank you for your thoughtful words as we're feeling a bit spinny (whoosh, whoa, no wheee) after reading. so....thank you.

it takes certain choices, depending upon disease/disorder, whether or not to reveal and in what fashion to do so. therapist returned last week and called last night. feedback was when more was being shared (irl, in therapy, with trusted folk) there was more softness to this hard, sharp shell that holds our pieces. point taken.

what fragile little egos [humans] have.....what is lighthearted and silly and fun or nothing more than passing thought, if even that, to others can be wounding to our core. we own that. doesn't change the feeling and the healing.

our pace, our terms. ours.