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Originally Posted by Naynay99
I'm sure it's frustrating when you feel like you just HAVE to have or do something RIGHT NOW, and a spouse or s/o crushes your brilliant plans. But it's good you have somebody there to be the voice of reason for you, and keep you from doing something impulsive that could have bad consequences.
I'm pretty sure it would really suck to crash into a deep depression and have to deal with your 2 car garage filled with 6 brand new cars that are being shat on by a flock of falcons, while a miniature donkey covered in clay watches in horror as he spins round and round in circles on a potters wheel...
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First... that is hilarious.
Second.. Your first sentence is exactly the point of my post I think. The years before I met my wife I made an absolute shambles of my life. If it was not for her common sense and persistence in tempering me.. I don't know. I fear the streets.
Also.. these examples very much foster the idea that BP is a spectrum disorder and can affect everybody differently depending on degree of mania as well as the situation they are in. I was frustrated with my first pyschologist because he said I couldn't be bipolar because I'd never spontaneously spent thousands of dollars on new cars, or flown off to Thailand for a sex vacation on a whim, etc. I didn't say it at the time... but there is NO WAY I ever could have done those things given my financial situation. (now that I know more about all of this.. I now know that I DID make a very expensive manic decision a long time ago.. quitting my doctorate on a whim, leaving my fiance to drive to California for a new job, blow everything and do nothing but surf and fish and ruin my career)