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Originally Posted by intergalactictraveler
dark_heart_x,
My late friend was an anthropologist who was closely involved with Native American tribes, particularly the Lakota Sioux , used to tell me that if we, with our bipolar illness, had lived as part of a tribe, we would be honored, respected and taken care of.
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Yup, I believe it! Thanks for sharing that! It just validates my idea that us folks with bipolar are not the horrible mess that everyone thinks we are. We just don't fit into the box that our society has created.
We have other talents and gifts that we don't get to use. Maybe not everyone is supposed to work an 8-5 job, be in charge of paying the bills, doing the chores, and running the errands, and living in the fantasy white-picket fence world that everyone else strives for.
Same with all the other things. Autism, schizophrenia, ADD, anxiety, etc etc.... I mean, I think there is a reason people like us exist. It's just that part of culture has been pushed aside or something.
