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Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967
My primary source of friends is through my church and through the ymca where I work out. I also have my family. I have social anxiety so it was difficult to make friends but I persisted.
Interestingly, I am closer to some of the folks on here and I've only been active since April then I am to my irl friends of many years.
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I do better in forums for a couple of reasons. First is the reasonable expectation of anonymity. It allows me to be very open about everything including some topics I am hesitant to share with anyone who knows me. The second is that I have time to look over what I am saying before I press the button. I can even edit after posting. I can't blurt something out before I realize what I am saying. In this particular forum there is the additional aspect of knowing people share my perspective to some degree; no stigma about BP.
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|Up and down
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|Pink Floyd - Us and Them
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|bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD
|lamictal, straterra
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