[MusicLover82]

Is anyone else like me and after you've had a really bad day mood-wise or real-world wise or BOTH, you feel like calling someone to whine? I talk to my parents every day after work almost.

Overall, I handle my illness pretty well, but I'm a hypochondriac (physically as well as psychologically) and I'm also very verbally expressive. Which leads me to think I'm maybe too whiny.

I think I need to learn how to start putting on my "big girl panties" and deal with my illness and stop expecting other people to say the right thing or reassure me (which is my OCD compulsion, btw). I also want to find more peace of mind and nobody else can give that to me.

And I also need to stop feeling the need to go back to see the pdoc early after just a couple bad days in a row. It's not like he's going to just change my meds for a few bad days out of a couple weeks.

Some different things I can try so I can avoid wearing out my family and friends? Maybe journaling more, talking to myself more (in private, just talking through my thoughts and expressing myself), go for more walks, be more creative by doing more music of my own, listening to music more, tapping into my faith and reading up on subjects of faith, and maybe reading up on good coping strategies with bipolar, anxiety, or OCD.

Any other ideas? Thanks!

[Anxiousvalkyrie]

I'm the complete opposite of this. I feel terrible guilt about other people having to deal with my illness so I tend to bottle it up inside all the time, which I know isn't good for me. Very few people even know about my Dx. I prefer to keep a facade up and I'm pretty good at it. Usually people have no idea about the war raging in my head. One day this is really going to screw me over. I think it's good to talk to people about it (even if I can't take my own advise) Journaling might be good for you too. I've tried doing that but I get paranoid about having my thoughts written down where someone might find them.

[Lookn4mylife]

I'm like anxious in that barely no one knows of my disorders with the exception of a few. I don't want to be looked at differently or judged. Maybe I've fooled myself into believing that I front well, but as it stands in my mind now, I can be at the precipice of a cliff in my mind, spinning out of control, faces changes in front of me, and I will do my damness to pull off "normal" until I'm alone again. It may or may not be the healthiest, but with the help of therapy I've learned to "ground" myself. If I wouldnt have learned this technique, I may be without a job by this point.

[pirilin]

Whine to the mirrow. I do it. Most proven method of keeping friends and family for bigger and better times.