Has anyone else here who is bipolar ever reached out to someone else who is also bipolar, offering only support, but instead been drawn into a downward spiral? It's like desperately trying to save a drowning swimmer, but being drawn down with that person. My rapid cycling makes me especially vulnerable to situations like this, and I end up plummeting into the abyss in a heartbeat. That's what's happening to me tonight. I'm confused, lost, battered, and sinking fast. Are there any other rapid cyclers out there? I've never met any, and when the plunge is this fast and harsh, I just don't have strategies to cope with it. I'm hoping another rapid cycler has developed some ways to put the brakes on these freefalls. If you have, please share any ideas you have. I'm locked into a dangerous tango with another person who is bipolar and whom I tried to offer support to, but now I'm sinking so fast I can practically feel the intense pressure of the ocean depths. I've tried putting up poems to halt this and other strategies as well, but I'm losing this struggle. Cheshire Cat, who hates these crushing emotional waters
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"Nobody told me there'd be days like this/
Strange days indeed." -- John Lennon
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