I am.
Facebook: I deleted everyone I thought would get annoyed when I go on some mania rant - I keep my stuff on public so anyone who loves me can check up and see how I am doing. I am out with my mental illness. I do think there have been times when my husband logged into my account after me and deleted some of my crazier stuff. I appreciate if/that he did this - but I also want him of all people to love me as I am and shove my crazy in the face of anybody who doesn't like it.
Youtube/Twitter/Newspapers or other online opinion media: These accounts are not connected to my fb account, and I go on their when I get my political mania rants. I occasionally get paranoid that the FBI are tapping me because of my aggressive stance against (for example) Congress last year when they shut down. Lol, but hopefully they will leave me alone and let me live out a long and happy life knowing I am harmless.
Overall: My illness can clearly be seen at times with my posts or how much time I spend on it if I have mania and get into an obsession on some subject. If I stop being involved in social media because of my illness, I will end up back where I was - agoraphobic. I have to continue stumbling through learning how to be me openly and without apology. At this point (on ss and never expecting to be well enough to rejoin the world) what else is there for me?
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BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL!
600 mg Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 30 mg Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 mg Trilafon (perphenazine)
Bipolar 1 - Borderline Personality Disorder - Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Eating Disorder
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