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May 07, 2013, 07:37 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Good topic 
I've done a lot of crazy things, some I don't regret, others I do.
What came to mind, though, when I read your post, is a positive (believe it or not) that has come out of my past craziness and that is that I'm no doubt far less judgmental of others than I perhaps otherwise would be -as far as certain behaviors. I think there's not much room for political correctness with bipolar. Drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, and many etc.'s, well, I get it. I work in healthcare and come across people who struggle with these things (not necessarily due to bipolar, and for us as well, who knows, there may be multiple factors involved) and I do my best to show that I do not judge them. It's important -both with ourselves and towards others- to not judge harshly for these sorts of things. It's likely harder not to judge ourselves. Asking for forgiveness is one way to go. But I think what's done is done and, thankfully (and I'm very lucky in this), I survived, as have you.
Shame is such a terrible thing. I don't have any magical answers, except to try to be gentle with yourself, perhaps think how you would treat others like yourself --you probably wouldn't judge others as harshly, maybe try to think of yourself as deserving of forgiveness and understanding. You survived, you have a whole future ahead of you.
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