have you ever thought about meeting someone from the BP forum in real life and maybe hanging out? (This is all in theory. I'm not encouraging anything. lol. )

Feel free to say if you haven't made friends with anybody on here. We're all here to support each other and I'm sure a lot of us are willing to be your friend! Just say the magic words

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I have made fb friends with some people from here and I would like to meet them in real life. We text each other and stuff, so that's cool

[scatterbrained04]

Yeah, I'd be cool to have some real life friends with BP. Hell, it'd be cool to have friends, period.

I agree.

Most of my friends have moved away after college, and I don't bother talking to them because they're so busy with their personal lives. (They've basically "moved on".) I just have social anxiety and for some reason feel awkward about approaching them (or anyone for that matter).

I'd love real life BP friends too.

[ezogyo]

Always wanted to meet someone here but impossible to meet anyone here from where I am located:/ Would be great to find online buddies
Currently I'm going through low mood, I'm not that interesting and sociable anymore fyi. I too have social anxiety due to my low mood which is driving away friends I've made in my uni.

[Treyfrancis21]

I don't know about meeting people IRL, but I am hoping to gain some friends through my membership in the forums.

I'm your Huckleberry. I crave the camaraderie of the mad. Over the past 25 years I've unintentionally alienated so many dear friends, so I desperately need to replenish my supply of dear friends to alienate.

[Unrigged64072835]

It would be nice to meet some friends IRL but it involves going to groups across town and late at night. If I would leave the house on my own and drive I probably would meet some new friends. Heck, I'd catch up with the ones I have.

[p00dlez]

I have only had one person on here who said they would be my friend and I don't know if they would really want to meet me. They probably don't know me well enough to really want to meet me. Anyway I would like to have lots of friends. I don't have any IRL, its just me, my grown boys, and my husband and nobody else.

[OctobersBlackRose]

It'd be cool.to meet BP friends IRL, or even have a friend, currently I have no friends, just have a hard time connecting with people, idk if it's social anxiety or something more than that. But it'd be cool to have some.friends.

[~Christina]

One of my friends here on PC is now living with my husband and I

i imagine this forum as a real place.

when i post (or read other posts), I like to think that we're all sitting together round a table chatting.

(is that strange?)

[boogiesmash]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

have you ever thought about meeting someone from the BP forum in real life and maybe hanging out? (This is all in theory. I'm not encouraging anything. lol. )

Feel free to say if you haven't made friends with anybody on here. We're all here to support each other and I'm sure a lot of us are willing to be your friend! Just say the magic words

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I have made fb friends with some people from here and I would like to meet them in real life. We text each other and stuff, so that's cool

Buys blue a beer :beer: I got facebook, wtf?!?!?!? lol

[mtnannie]

I have too much anxiety about losing people when they find out how much my bp impacts our friendship. I'd need a friend who wouldn't mind not hearing from me for many weeks when I'm depressed, and likes to shop with a manic person when I'm like that. Doesn't happen often but enough to have friends take it personally. Also I'm agorophobic, so I can only go certain places or stay at home.

I have one friend who has a son who has bp and she even sometimes gets short, but we can talk about it. It would be neat to have a friend from anywhere who has bp, but what if we cycled each other? I'm afraid to be a friend to someone who has bp. Hell, I'm afraid to have a friend.....

[scatterbrained04]

Originally Posted by boogiesmash

Buys blue a beer I got facebook, wtf?!?!?!? lol

I thought the same thing

[xRavenx]

I kind of look at this as group therapy, but in a more anonymous way. Yes, it would be cool to meet others with BP in real life. A lot of my friends have moved away or are busy with their lives (married with kids), and I'm not. I don't really have any friends with BP, come to think of it. A few of my friends with unipolar depression understand to an extent what I go through, but they do not understand the mania. It would be nice to be friends with people who know based on personal experience. Plus, I just like meeting new people.

I have a good friend that I text with all the time from pc. She's no longer on. She just found it too triggering. But we text everyday. We're pretty good friends.

[fairydustgirl]

I met one IRL and we dated for about a year and I have been friends with another for over 2 years...one day we plan to get together and hang out, just life keeps getting in the way.

[jpb4815]

I would love to meet some other people with BP, I have a few friends that I PM with whish has been really helpful during this period of my life. I would love some facebook friends or even friends I can text so I can talk to people that relate to what I am going through. My IRL friends are supportive but the just don't get it sometimes.

[Yours_Truly]

I'd love to have some friends in IRL, someone who wouldn't judge me, at least not too much, but I'm not BP, only little ole MDD. Am I allowed to post in this forum?

[bioChE]

Originally Posted by Yours_Truly

I'd love to have some friends in IRL, someone who wouldn't judge me, at least not too much, but I'm not BP, only little ole MDD. Am I allowed to post in this forum?

Heck yeah, we can use all the input. No issues with someone diagnosed unipolar in here.

[99fairies]

I would love to have texting buddy from this community

[luvyrself]

Originally Posted by Lefty the Salesman

I'm your Huckleberry. I crave the camaraderie of the mad. Over the past 25 years I've unintentionally alienated so many dear friends, so I desperately need to replenish my supply of dear friends to alienate.

--- so, so funny, but also so true!

[luvyrself]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

have you ever thought about meeting someone from the BP forum in real life and maybe hanging out? (This is all in theory. I'm not encouraging anything. lol. )

Feel free to say if you haven't made friends with anybody on here. We're all here to support each other and I'm sure a lot of us are willing to be your friend! Just say the magic words

I have made fb friends with some people from here and I would like to meet them in real life. We text each other and stuff, so that's cool

Response-- I have thought about this many times, because i have moved and the local support groups are too small, too far away, not specified bipolar. Hearing the question what,s manic was pretty discouraging. having someone to help us notice moodswings could,be really helpful beside having the support.---
I wonder if they would set up a section for friendships and starting groups by town on the main forum page. They could have a section for online friendships and a category for in person meetups. I think posting the potential in person frienships would be tricky tho. Groups would be safer.
Thanks for mentioning this. Who volunteers to approach them to post categories for this on the website?

[Bluegirl1226]

I would love to meet someone from this forum. I'm like someone on here who said it would be cool just to have a friend period.