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Old Sep 06, 2017, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by UpDownAround View Post
If the snowflake fits...

We are all a little, or a lot, different. I never SH or have SI even when I am deep in the abyss. My survival instinct is too strong. At the other end, the worst I have gotten in 40 years is to be convinced I am immortal but know that no one will believe me and it needs to be a secret (maybe once a year). And sometimes I can see auras (quite often), which is really weird because I don't believe in them. But no matter where I am on the roller coaster, I have some thinking that is disturbing; impulses to destroy/vandalize things (I don't ever succumb, but they don't go away), sexual fantasies that would be okay with a willing partner (but that is not most people and I will leave it at that) and I can't ever seem to get past my social awkwardness even if I can think through how I should change. Also saying inappropriate things is not restricted to hypomania; that just makes it much worse. When untreated, I spend *much* more time depressed than hypomanic, like maybe 10:1.

Probably more than you wanted to know, but my point is that saying "type 2 bipolar" doesn't come close to saying all that. OTOH, I don't think there is a string of letters you can add that says it either, except maybe for the social awkwardness.

EDIT to add - I forgot about the issues of attention deficit (which is why I take straterra) and substance abuse (which is why I don't take a stimulant). And my hyperacusis, which has its own entry in the DSM...
LOL If the snow flake fits ... that's funny. And thank you for sharing some things about your thoughts.

Perhaps I should clarify some more. I do think we are all unique snowflakes. My Objection is turning every single random thought into a pathology, labeling it, and then prescribing a drug for it.

My neighbor has this hideous, obnoxious tree that she lets grow down to obstruct the sidewalk in front of her house. I have fantasies of taking a chain saw to it and cutting it down. Am actually going to do that? No. Do I need to be on Thorazine now? No. Am I going to turn into the Texas chain saw massacre lady. Nope.
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