A few of us thought it might be helpful to start a thread where we can each share our bipolar or other triggers, anything we are sensitive to and any suggestions we have for others to keep in mind as they respond to our posts in the bipolar forum. We are all different and require our own special blend of support. We hope that helping others to better unferstand us will set the stage for more empathetic and insightful responses.

Keep in mind that listing something as a trigger does not mean threads on that topic will not be posted. The goal is simply to help members craft more targeted and thoughtful responses when they reply directly to you. Additionally, we should all be responsible and use the trigger tags when posting widely recognized triggering responses.

I'm not sure if this will be a sticky at some point or not, but feel free to link to your response here in the future to help others better understand you. It might be valuable to reduce the number of times we have to explain our triggering scenarios to others as we converse.

Thanks in advance to everyone for your responses. I appreciate getting to know you all better.

ETA: This is not a guarantee that what you share will be viewed or remembered by all as they respond to you. That's not realistic and not the goal. Share if you like and put your best intent forward. That's all we can ask and hopefully we can all respond with kindness and understanding if anyone accidentally triggers someone.