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Old Jan 06, 2015, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Manic Trance View Post
The point here is, how do you guys continue to manage your condition once you start to feel better? I think it is really important for me to come on here, because interacting with other people who are bipolar is an important part of keeping it real for me, but now that I am feeling better I am not motivated to do this and things like mood tracking, etc... I feel that if I do not do this I'll just get deluged by another manic or depressive wave, so I Really want to stay vigilant about these ways of managing. But does anyone else have the experience of that being hardest when you are actually feeling OK? If so, how do you manage.
First of all MT it's great to hear that you're doing better. I know the feeling of wanting to keep it going, and I know the feeling of doubting whether I will. Unlike a lot of people (I think) I didn't discover PC when I was really struggling, so I don't have a lot experience w/coming here when I don't feel good. But I have been feeling like exercise, journaling, and the like are not as important now that I've been stable for over six months. I know that is self-sabotaging thinking and I'm trying my best to get past it. Meanwhile I keep coming to PC to cheer people on and get out of my own head, as Christina put it so well.

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