I saw my new t today and she kinda blew my mind. I have been so negative about having bipolar for many years. Today she suggested that maybe I use my compassionate voice towards bipolar. The second time I saw her, I designated blue as the color that represents depression and hot pink as the color of the clear minded, compassionate voice in my head. So I'm supposed to use this pink voice and come up with ways that bipolar has helped me and to see if I can get over my negativity towards the illness.

No therapist has ever told me to think about it this way. Being compassionate with bipolar. Seems like a tall order to think that way.

I'm going to be doing a cord cutting ceremony with the shaman I see later this week, and my therapist told me to envision all the negativity I have with bipolar and depression. Hopefully it'll help.