Some comments:
- How I choose to name something has influence on what I consider I might do.
- I was not at the meeting that coined the term Bipolar Disorder.
- I am able to meet with myself.
- I can call it like I see it.
Thus, with these premises, I remake terms to tip me towards health.
Bipolar disorder.
Bipolar - two poles - extremes. Almost feel a need to race from one to the other to keep up with the idea.
Disorder - a mess.
If I say "I'm bipolar" it is like saying I have two poles, and I dash from one to the other. If I leave the poles, where am I? (Yes, DSM-V, I'm asking you).
So I thought: there's a unity
before the duality (classic Taoist idea). And since both poles are two of thousands of experiences in my one life, I want a term that connotes movement with unity.
A Mobius strip is a loop of ribbon with a half twist. This create a single side and a single edge.
Mobius can replace "bipolar."
What about "disorder." Disorder connotes a place or state, like a room in disorder. Something that has stopped or stands still. I experience my moods as quite active and fluid, moving from one feeling to another as I go through my daily actions. I'm enough a mess without invoking spirits of Messiness.
I considered lots of terms: Mobiusity, Mobius Zone or Mobius Area. I want to ride this single edge of experience in the middle of my living. What if I'm more active than passive in this processing of emotions. That's a type of Mode of behavior.
Voila—Mobius Mode !