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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
I do hope this thread isn't moved. If it must be, then I understand and am sure it might resonate elsewhere, as well.
I'll leave the topic of expectations as a broad one. As I wrote in the title, I'm interested in how expectations for yourself and/or ones from others affect your life, as a person with bipolar disorder.
I'm not sure what words crop up in your mind again and again during struggles with the illness, but for me, the top two are "frustration" and "expectations". If anyone wishes to share some of the main words that crop up in your mind, as a person with bipolar illness, please share. I'm curious about this.
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I try not to have them. I do have basic wishes,. Take meds right, eat, sleep, keep place cleanish, exercise, pray, not be so sick I have to go back to the hospital. I also wish for connection with others, to the extent that is possible for me.
I do tend to generally subscribe to the old timey AA/NA edict that more oftehn than not, expectations are just resentments that have not yet quite occurred. That fits for me.