During recent months, a couple of new members observed the lack of general topic threads here, relating to bipolar disorder. It is true that there are few, as this Bipolar Check-in thread dominates and is more like a journal/chat for many of us. Also, sometimes when a newbie posts an individual thread, it gets few or delayed responses. I wonder if that fact is why many newbies disappear quickly? With that in mind, I posted a couple general topic threads that my hopefully lure lurkers to post or newbies to maybe stay. They may not attract everyone, that's why I hope others here might consider adding one, too, if you wish. Over the years, I benefited greatly from reading bipolar topic responses and I could still.