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Originally Posted by Row Jimmy
Wow, interesting question! I was just having this conversation with my CBT therapist the other day!
I think I'm still intelligent but I don't feel as sharp as I used to feel. Early in my treatment, I'd forget to pay bills and such but I'm getting better. Overall, I get frustrated now and then because my mind isn't as clear as it used to be. In a lot of ways, I think *being bipolar* takes its toll on the mind......what I mean is this - when I *think* about the fact that I'm BP, it sort of wears me down like a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is a conundrum - do we blame BP and accept it or do we fight our way through it and look for another avenue?
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Great post!
I think it depends on what end of the spectrum you are. For me, being closer to SZ than to normalcy, acceptance by seeing it as an integral/essential part of me and trying to integrate mania and depression further, is by far the best approach. Otherwise it will be (somewhat) like Pandora's (BP) Box: all evils, no hope.
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And our nature makes it likely for us to open that Box, over and over. Maybe less so or not for some.