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Old Jun 19, 2016, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow View Post
I work really hard to live actual reality.

Do you worry excessively about change?
It stifles me, yes. I'm scared. Just scared of mania.

If you could add one symptom to the ones listed in the DSM for BP, to have it better capture what we're experiencing, what would it be?
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