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Old Mar 15, 2021, 02:03 PM
buddha1too buddha1too is offline
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Originally Posted by NaoSky View Post
Do you think how you were raised has affected the choices you have made during an episode or with coping with BD in general?
Wow! That's a loaded question. I'll be 60 in June. Back in the day, one didn't seek psychiatric help if one was true working class. The macho culture was very strong where I grew up, & my father kind of reinforced that with his, "Do you want me to give you something to really cry about?" attitude. Looking back at old report cards & college transcripts, the BD is readily apparent. A semester or two of straight 4.0's...followed by semesters of incompletes, or worse. I was all over the board, but my father attributed my lapses to laziness. It wasn't until I was commited to one of the old state hospitals in my early-20s that I was diagnosed & medicated. How much was the times I grew up in, versus the home environment I lived in ? They both contributed, IMO.
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*Beth*, NaoSky, RoxanneToto
Thanks for this!
*Beth*, RoxanneToto