Why are all manic depressives so awesome?

Really, why are we such a talented, passionate, compassionate group of people?

because someone has to take the title.... Who more suited than we?

when someone hurts the way that we do....

I know for me... when I see someone hurting, I just want to reach in and take that away from them. I know how much words hurt. how much carelessness hurts. and I don't want to hurt anyone else and make them feel the way that I do. I still mess up and end up hurting people... but I really don't mean to and I want to take away the pain that I caused them.

yup... we have all experienced mental pain/torture ... that's why we are so sensitive... we choose our words carefully and if somehow because of BP we hurt someone with our actions we are ready to apologize to them...

hmmm....
I f you are very lucky you may find out after the fact that the person you may have hurt is...bipower and, well, read the first post again.
Now this may seem a bit out of whack, but maybe the next step in the evolutionary chain...genuises are flawed. Not every bp is a genius and we tend to kill ourselves off a little more freuently than the "others" so its going to be a very long time before we are in the majority...haha, but it's coming

i am saying this second time... but i love the sense of humor some of us have.. lol...

I agree. The beauty of creation comes out of pain and suffering. Look, even having a baby you first must go through the pain before new life is revealed. You can't see and appreciate the beauty of the light unless you have walked through the darkest places.

I find it hard to believe that I'm so awesome,

but I guess that's the depression and anxiety talking.

It happens to be an awesome forum!

I agree with peg this is an awesome forum and I also agree that we see some of the darkest times so we are more able to relate and help others with their pain. Just how I sees it though.

We're awesome because we experience life with everything we have---we don't know any other way to do it! Not for us the dull grey shades and muted emotions, we see the world in vibrant colors and feel everything to the core. And yes, we suffer......oh, how we do suffer. But in a lot of ways, it's worth it.

Tortured soul? With the most fierce capacity to love people and other living beings? To find ecstacy in the simplest connection, a breeze flowing over your skin, the sun embracing you?
All that drama? Oh yeah thats me. I dont need an amusement park to feel alive. Its inside of me. When the ride is over, I retreat and do it all over again. Its not just about being alive its about living. Others not like us can learn from this magic.

Cause there has got to be a reason this condition exists. We're the explorers, the innovators, the leaders that society needs.

I appreciate the compliment I do and yet these days?

I fear my eccentric endurance is slipping!....and I want to write misery to back this claim up!...cos it's hitting me with such force!

...I'm never ready for the perfidy I experience when all the crap is not even crap no more?

like we must live between worlds and this is only achieved by dying alive at the far edges of this one!