Do you ever post nonsense on FB?

I let rip on fb if Im in a particularly ****** or hopeless mood. Gets me into trouble. But on the other hand they are my most liked posts? And I often get a lot of support. If Im being particularly depressive or saying something that might get me in trouble at work I limit it to my "close friends" but in saying that I havent posted anything regarding mental health for ages. Sometimes I regret it, other times Im fine with it, everyone knows I have bipolar so its not going to change anyones perception of me.

I will rarely post anything I do not mean whole heartedly in that moment. So its a bit of a rollarcoaster for my friends list at times haha. But as I said I havent even posted a status in months, I guess I lost interest.. and stopped doing interesting stuff to post about.

Dim still hiding in the closet about my bipolar. And as for my bpd - forget it!

ok this is going to sound funny and horrible at the same time but thanks to robin williams it is a fact now

mental illness is the new gay thing (as in let gay ppl marry each other all the cool ppl are supporting it and the system to get better )

so right now be proud u are mental ill just like the gays back in the late 90s mid 00 ............i would go to a crazy parade that would be alot of fun .....like a moving burning man going down the street .....tossing out medical referal forms and free check up/med coupons

personally i rather be called bat sh@t crazy then a normal person........crazy is the only thing keeping me sane in this world

I don't disagree with what you're saying.

I just don't know if I'm ready to own it yet like with a big tshirt logo that says IM BIPOLAR!

Haha - I could actually get into an industry manufacturing those

I pretty much adopt your strategy.

If I don't like it I won't look at it. And there's the restrictions that you can use too.

I've had some heated discussions and thought afterwards .... Yikes!

I don't find mine triggering. It's just false.

FB and mania story. Illustrates insanity. Not so much random posting. Before I remarried my husband, after I stopped drinking, before my diagnosis - was contacted by this guy I went to school with. I barely remembered him. But I was his first kiss and he convinced me he loved me for 20+ years. And it was meant to be. (This illustrates both predatory behavior AND my own flight from reality). So what did I do? Without telling anyone - quit my job, flew 2000 miles to a frozen tundra state I abhor with visions of living happily ever after tapping maple trees. I hate the cold, being sticky - so wow.
Obviously it did not work out. And how could I not know after that how abnormal that was?
I don't know about the rest of you, but I more often than not make emotional based decisions that defy all logic and reason. I try to remember that - but still make mistakes.
And it shows.
Hooligan - wish I could "come out" of the bipolar closet, but it's stuffed full of skeletons and I'm scared to let it all out. Yet wouldn't there be so much freedom in that?

I too am afraid of coming out of the bipolar closet entirely, although a few of my closest family and friends know. I also have made some entirely insane and sometimes rash emotional decisions. I think it is the nature of the beast.

As for fb, I try to only share neutral fb posts (mostly funny things my munchkins say) but as some have said, I start posting REALLY charismatic or political stuff sometimes when manic. Once when manic, I was tempted to post some very off the wall thoughts (because my thoughts, like most of us, can get very off the wall). I had enough reason to know they could be a little odd and called my mom. She was very worried about how manic I was and assured me that the posts would be insane. Thank goodness I called her and listened! Oftentimes, when I am even extremely manic, I can be talked down from my bizarre impulses because I still have self-awareness. Once that is gone, I am very much in trouble.

No I don't.

It's my FB, so I allow myself to be authentic.

I have absolutely no clue what the inside of the bipolar closet even looks like, so no reason to bite my tongue at all.


I get why you end up posting"nonsense" though, makes sense in your shoes. But it has to be tough at times, always wearing a mask so that your mom wont worry about you from so far away.

if u do make those shirts tell me i will grab a few

maybe i am bi polar buy me a drink ........or i am bi polar please give me a reason ......warning bi polar bug at your own risk

ladies shirt
i am bi polar ready for the best night of your life.......i am a bi polar dancer

and a cool thing about coming out as bi polar ...........ppl u do not like or do not want to be around u now have a reason to get up and leave .....everyone knows i am so over the years i used it to make the ppl i dislike stay away from me ...........i have not been in a fight in 20 years now all because ppl think i am crazy do not want to chance it

Omg I am just like this too.
I recently 'came out' on facebook (family and friends) that I am bipolar. My best friend from 10 years ago already told me I was, but then one psychiatrist told me PTSD while another is saying bipolar and borderline). I am so confused.

I hardly dare to post anything on FB anymore as I have written some things I regret now. This I did while I was hypomaniac. So I really dont want to do that again!

For some, they have no problem coming out and are quite comfortable with that. And I totally accept that.

I don't know. For me I still have this stereotype view that people will think I'm crazy. Personally, I'm not sure that it would be liberating for me. I feel as if it would almost be putting me into a mold, if you know what I mean.

And then I think other people will have these aha moments and say to themselves so that's why she is the way she is.

And as for disclosure at work? Never again. Once bitten, a million times shy!

I go on posting sprees when I'm manic, but usually go back and delete it later. Not usually anything too embarrassing, but just posting or sharing even 5 things in 15 minutes can be a little much.

I think, at times, I've also done the rapid succession posting thing