Bipolar Questions Version 4

Ironing clothes, though I'll admit that I avoid it as much as I can, to my husband's disappointment and frustration. I hate ironing!!!!

Q: What is your favorite chore (personal or household) that you more than willingly do?

bringing out the recycling, get to go outside

Q: Favorite fruit?

plums, but barely get them much anymore

I did a lot as a kid, used to live next to someone who ran a fresh fruit stall.

if it was possible to take a trip to the moon, would you want to go?. why or why not

I think I'd like to go. I've always wanted to see the dark side of the moon for myself.

Q. What is your favorite type of weather?

65-73 and sunny with a nice gentle breeze

Do you worry about what happens to you when you get older?

yes in some respects, but I try my best to plan those years

examples: I've planned my funeral and what I want done with my body, and I've also made it clear that I don't want to move to a nursing home unless it's absolutely essential (it's not that I'm against nursing homes, i've seen people I know treated terribly their)
I guess I also worry about my body too (like the physical changes), and also if I'll get dimentia. I would hate to think that one day I couldn't do my quizzes because my memory's just gone

if you had 1 super power, what would you want it to be

I have way more than one superpower.

Do you believe in extraterrestials.

It is hard not to believe. The universe is simply far too vast to think we are the only higher life form that ever existed. Why else would we need a Space Force unit?

Who is/was the most influential person in your life?

I guess I'll say my mother, but she wasn't a major influence. In many ways no one was, if that makes any sense. That's not to say I don't admire many people, but I sort of believe I've mostly walked my route on my own, learning along the way.

What decision in life (you're willing to share) was your greatest one?

yes it makes a lot of sense.

likewise here too

best decision for me was not to follow my parents to africa because the abuse would have been even worse

what do you look for in a good day. what for you makes it "good"

No bad interactions with other people. Minimal anxiety. Productivity was high. Nothing physical or mental health related interfered with what I was doing. Good weather and getting outside for a while helps too.

Do you put your winter/summer clothes away when the seasons change, or do they stay out all year long?

I don't have space so I have to swap every season. I miss my big closet at my old house that held everything year round.

How did you choose your screen name?

A: Well, funny story -- it's not as creative as you think. When I was in high school (10+ years ago) I took 4 years of Latin. I used this as my Latin name and it kinda stuck. People lots of times think it's Brent(US) as in, Brent from the USA, but no. It's a gimmicky form of my name that can be declined in Latin (hence the -us ending).

Q: What is your favorite soda?

I'm not a huge soda fan (I lean towards unsweetened iced teas of various types), but occasionally a soda hits the spot. I steer clear of sugar, so I usually buy diet versions. I think I like Coke Zero or Cherry Coke Zero (not Pepsi colas), diet root beer (any brand), and diet ginger ale equally. It depends on my mood. Sometimes I enjoy diet lemon or orangeade or seltzer with either lemon/lime or Mandarin orange essence. I also like frapuccino drinks and smoothies.

Q: Do you like to cook? If so, what do you like to cook most? Or bake?

I'm not a big fan of cooking or baking, but every now and then I have fun baking cookies.

Q: Do you have any current obsessions?

looking up wait times for rides at amusement parks (though I guess that's been with me for ages)

the UK theme park season started at the weekend, wooohoo
question:

if you could choose between looking after a child, and looking after a pet, which would you choose

I wouldn't want to choose; I love both. Realistically I can look after a pet better than I could manage a child but if I could have anything in the world I'd have both.

What do you do to distract yourself when you are sad?

I don't mind being sad. It's frustration, rage or anxiety that i hate. Sadness is a relief.

If you have a pet, do you like it when they snore? I love when my little dog snores!

None of my parrots ever really snored, but I guess it's possible. Many parrots make a crunchy crunchy sound (as I call it) when they are just falling asleep. That's a lovely sound because it is one of contentment I used to tell my husband that we should have recorded it and added it to my sound machine.

Sometimes parrots make noises when they dream. That can be cute, but if it's a bad dream it can almost sound like crying. That has scared me in the past.

Q: Do you have any form of what is considered a figurative "security blanket"? What or who is it?

Totally, absolutely, 100% my husband.

What do you do to fall asleep (besides medication) ?
-tv, radio etc?

TV. ID. 3 hrs timer. No medication other than L-Tryptophan. OTC.
The main character is always silent. The others whisper.
Even the commercials seem to have a lower volume.
Besides, I've seen so many that they're mostly repeats to me.
1/2 peanut butter jar helps too.

Do you have a roll model.

no.

never really around anyone long enough for that
what is the best part of each day for you

logging on here and checking on my friends

I guess it's one thing I live for

when was your last manic episode. what happened?

From mid to late May of last year I had a severe manic episode with psychosis. My husband and I were on a vacation in Portugal. It started with hypomania and intermittent anxiety features, then progressed to full blown. It was at its worst on our way home in airports. Airports are highly triggering for me. I had a visual hallucination where the digital signs in London Heathrow were showing that time stopped and that I would never get to our gate. Then I thought a woman infected my pen with anthrax. I was panicking and washing my hands over and over and wanted to throw out my courier bag, but my husband wouldn't let me. We almost missed our plane back to the US and my husband was afraid I wouldn't be allowed on the plane, but luckily I was. On the plane, my husband was crying. Then when we reached the US, the customs was hell and I was ranting loudly with people staring at me. I refused to stand in line. I waited at the top of the line for hubby to reach me, ranting things about the stupidity of the people that came up with the customs procedures and telling the people in line that when they got to the top they'd have to give a stool sample. Yup! This was not my worst episode. I've had much lesser episodes since then, but nothing note-worthy.

Q: What type of bipolar episode was your worst?

depressions are always the worst for me

they are so intense

not sure intense covers it, or a word has actually been in existance to describe how it makes me feel.

question: do you like dessert with your meals?. if so what do you have usually