Bipolar Questions Version 5

I can't choose between wizard of oz or lion king

growing up, wizard of oz played a huge roll when I came home from school, I grabbed my video of it and watched it (sometimes more than once a night)

lion king's one of those films that are just feel good. the songs alone really set a good atmosphere for the rest of the day

and I've seen it so many times (probably just as much as wizard of oz)
question: if you were tasked to cook for a dinner party, what would you personally like to see on the menu?

There was this incredible chicken dish I got from Martha Stewart years ago and then lost, tragically. It has a balsamic marinade, roasted corn, roasted peppers, some other stuff. It is really colorful and delicious. Wish I could find that.

Watching any good shows lately?

Only bears on youtube. I want to try to find some good shows to watch

Read any good books lately?

Reading one by Steven Coll about the years in the CIA that led up to 9/11. We totally screwed that whole thing up. Big-time. Politicians, American ones, anyway, can be such morons.

have you ever? (or would you ever), visit disneyland in california

No, but my parents did take my siblings and me to Disney World in Florida when we were kids (1979?) I think I also went there again as a teen, with just my parents (1987?), when visiting my brother who was in that area in the navy. We live on the east coast of the US. I have been to Southern California and lived in the Bay Area for a couple years in the past, but had no desire to visit Disneyland there.

Q: What hobbies/activities give you the most pleasure in life, nowadays?

surfing the internet, listening to music, watching tv, basically the same as it's always been.

question: how often do you go out without really caring about what you look like?, and has anyone ever commented?

I never care what I look like. I look in a mirror maybe once a month or so.

Have you ever made your own ice cream? It's super fun!

Absolutely! I have one of the old-fashioned types of ice cream makers (giant bucket you fill with ice and salt with metal cylinder that turns by a motor). I've made fresh strawberry ice cream a number of times, pistachio gelato a few times, and recently, caramelized banana ice cream. They were all wonderful, though I did prefer one of the two pistachio gelato recipes over the other. I will make others. The beautiful thing about the banana ice cream and gelato is that they require comparatively little milk fat and yet are still very creamy and indulgent.

Q: What is something that you're not doing that you think you should push yourself to do?

relax.

I'm so bad at it- always anxious, or thinking about something, or what ever.

was their ever a time in your life that you had a clear life plan and goals? (regardless if they are now not able to happen)

Yes. Most of it.

Have you ever been sailing?

Yes I have

Have you ever been on a sea cruise?

Nope. Have rafted and canoed amd kayaked a bunch of rivers, though.

What is your favorite kind of music?

Piano music if I had to only choose one kind of music

A) I have done. And sometimes they have commented. Or given me a ''funny'' look.

How dare they I look how I am supposed to look, a lovely, grizzly bear

Q) What is your favourite thing to cook?

Yes

Have you gotten a haircut or do you have quarantine hair?

what is the worst symptom?

mixed episodes

Have you gotten a haircut or do you have quarantine hair? My curls are getting out of control

I cut my own with a number 1. Easy.

How do you cope with your pain when you see things like this 75 year-old being assaulted by the Buffalo cops, now with a serious head injury?

I do not know

Are you ever unpleasantly amazed by some people’s (negative) predictability?

Yes. And that was quite catty . I do not like being “right’ about the darker side of human nature. And I am not always right, for which I am grateful.

If you had to read all of Freud’s works or Jung’s works, which would you read? Or both? Definitely both for me

I went to school with Jung's grandkids. I huess I would go with him.

Do you find it hard to read being bipolar?

Sometimes, but not always. It depends on what is going on in my head. Sometimes medications have played a part, but not all. It can also depend on if what is written keeps my attention. There is some fluff out there, or stuff I'm just not in the mood for. If I'm extremely interested in something, I can hyperfocus and get through pages and pages, even memorizing a good deal of it.

Q: What time do you start getting tired in the evening? What time do you usually fall asleep?

My sleep is very unpredictable. I woke up today at 7, felt great for 2 hours, became quickly exhausted for zero reason. Slept badly 'til 1. Wanted and needed to write, had tea, within an hour, totally wiped again. Back to bed--could not keep eyes open. Up again at 415, tried to watch a movie, back to bed again for 30 lousy minutes.

If You are American, what tools are you using to try not to completely freak out and be in a rage and crying all the time over what is happening in our nation now?

I’m not American but I’m trying to use some tools not to freak out over a few things. Sorry this prolly isn’t helpful (feel free to ignore it)

Name one strategy which helps with anxiety And/or anger