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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I really need to stop being a chicken and go to DBSA. I would do NAMI, except their schedule is terrible and inconvenient. (Sometimes I wonder if I can complain about that... because I can imagine most people can't attend 1-2pm meetings during the week.) anyways, questions:
(1) how did you overcome your anxiety about going?
(2) did you ever get triggered? How many times? (No need to explain why.)
(3) are you expected to share? What do you think of people who don't share?
(4) did you share your diagnosis?
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I went to DBSA several times.
1 - The first time I went I was hypomanic. Next question...
2 - No
3 - The moderator said there is no expectation, but it was rare that anyone passed. The few times someone did, I felt compassion because I knew that meant they were uncomfortable.
4 - Yes, but see answer to question 1 - if the twinkling eyes and wide grin didn't give me away, the cat was pretty much out of the bag as soon as I started talking. Not only was I hypomanic, I had hypomania that was both expansive and euphoric which meant I had a great time telling everyone anything they wanted to know and several things they did not.