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Old Apr 04, 2016, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bipolar Warrior View Post
I think your perception of reality is severely warped.
Easy now.

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Originally Posted by Bipolar Warrior View Post
The overwhelming majority of people will tell you that you're not well, because you're not. No one here is going to tell you that the way you feel is okay. You need help. Just because you think something is "normal" and how it's supposed to be, that doesn't mean you're right in thinking that. In my case, I was wrong: not everyone experiences those kinds of mood swings. In fact, it isn't normal at all, and once I accepted that, I could also accept that I needed help.
Who gets to decide what is "normal"? And is it really appropriate for people on this forum to be making that sort of diagnosis and assessment? Maybe the OP's condition and behavior is a reasonable adaptive response to her life. Also I think there is nothing to be gained from automatically labeling such a thing as an "illness". Not saying OP does not need help in some fashion, just not sure what.