Does anyone with bipolar disorder feel unsatisfied? Like especially with affection? It's like everyday I'm so hungry for love. It's probably part of my disorder but is this normal?

[Trippin2.0]

Never saw hungry for love listed as a symptom But thinking about it, I can understand why one would be.


Bipolar can often times be isolating, one can feel or literally be all alone. One can feel or literally be completely misunderstood.


So while I do not share this affliction of finding myself hungry for love, I really do see how it could be a byproduct of this disorder, and therefore normal.

[Sunshiney87]

YES! That's exactly how I am

[wiretwister]

I feel alone in a room full of people

[jacky8807]

Its not apart of the disorder but it could be apart of the coping mechanisms you have developed or like the other poster said it could be a byproduct of the isolating that can occur with depression
Or it could have nothing to do with the disorder
It could be your childhood it could be a million things.
I hope you have all the love you are craving!

[Crazy Hitch]

Hi Taylor

Yes.

I long for true friendships.

But I don't have any.

I think it has more to do with my borderline though.

So I'm resolved to being contempt with the love and understanding from my husband and the love I have for my two kids.

[QUOTE=Trippin2.0;4177252]Never saw hungry for love listed as a symptom But thinking about it, I can understand why one would be.


Bipolar can often times be isolating, one can feel or literally be all alone. One can feel or literally be completely misunderstood.


So while I do not share this affliction of finding myself hungry for love, I really do see how it could be a byproduct of this disorder, and therefore
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Thanks for understanding or at least trying to. Maybe you're right, it probably a by product of the disorder. I do feel incredibly alone. No one understands me in my life. They just tolerate me if that.

[memson]

I find I am hungry to affection when in or coming out of depression. If I'm in hypo then I'm lusting for love which is entirely different!
I also believe that the med's that keep us alive deaden our emotions, particularly in the area of romance and intimacy. Although not all relationships are sexual in nature the principle pleasure centre of the brain is the same.
Sometimes I have to 'think' instead of 'feel'. For example, I know how I should be feeling right now so I have think myself into the appropriate reaction. It sucks. It just plain sucks. But, this is the coping mechanism that I've had to develop.