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Default Jun 25, 2021 at 12:38 PM
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gummies or cookies, depending on what's around

how many hours a day would you say you spend online
 

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Default Jun 25, 2021 at 03:03 PM
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Oh that’s tough, now that I started kindle books I’m reading online all the time,…mmm….4-5 hours a day?

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you forgot to leave a question, so I will leave one..
do you know anyone else who is bipolar? (not on here, face to face)
 
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Yes, I do know someone with BD. I feel very comfortable with her, as if we're from the same planet.

Would you enjoy a magic show?

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you forgot to leave a question, so I will leave one..
do you know anyone else who is bipolar? (not on here, face to face)
Yes. I have a few family members who have the disorder. Also, I met some people through a local DBSA (Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance) meeting I used to go to. Also met a few during inpatient/IOP and AA meetings that I kept in touch with, to a degree. I don't know anyone with the disorder in the new country I'm living in.

What has been one of the harder aspects of living with bipolar disorder?
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The hardest thing for me was being unable to engage with my children during depressive episodes. They’re grown now, and I live with so much guilt and regret.

What coping skill helps you the most?
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Yes, I do know someone with BD. I feel very comfortable with her, as if we're from the same planet.

Would you enjoy a magic show?

I would love to see a magic show and perhaps be asked to pick in a card during the card trick.. they always facinate me. I see them done on tv and I'm like wow
magicians are great. I don't know if you've ever heard of dynamo, but he's awesome at what he does- and he goes round doing magic for celebreties and members of the pubblic.
 
 
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The hardest thing for me was being unable to engage with my children during depressive episodes. They’re grown now, and I live with so much guilt and regret.

What coping skill helps you the most?


listening to music, I think. I am just so invested in keeping my music current, discovering new artists, and even listening to stuff from around the world. music goes where ever I go...

question: how do you feel about being hugged/ touched, by the people that know you?. do you find it an invasion of your privacy and something you can't handle, or do you find it comforting and a much needed support?
 
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listening to music, I think. I am just so invested in keeping my music current, discovering new artists, and even listening to stuff from around the world. music goes where ever I go...

question: how do you feel about being hugged/ touched, by the people that know you?. do you find it an invasion of your privacy and something you can't handle, or do you find it comforting and a much needed support?
I like physical affection. I suppose mostly from my husband. I always loved hugging and kissing my mother, too. [Best hug in the world!] And my pets. As for other family members, I don't mind it, but the rest of my family aren't'/weren't very huggy kissy types. I'm otherwise not, either. Not because I don't like it, but more how I was raised (customs). In my husband's country, it's more common to give the stereotypical central European kisses on both cheeks. Again, I don't really mind it, but generally don't initiate.

Was there ever a point in your life (or bipolar experience) when you felt your behavior was very strange or peculiar?
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sure, borrowing a camera when I was mannic to take 50 pictures (no more, no less) of my naked bottom and uploading to facebook

strange behaviour indeed for someone with BDD

do you remember what you were feeling when you were signing up here?. or what you were thinking about
 
 
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Default Jun 26, 2021 at 09:38 PM
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I was in a very bad mixed episode, looking for anything that might help me calm down and stumbled on this board. It helped a lot to have people in my life who understood why I was acting the way I was.

What is an unusual fact that you know?

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Hmm... humans have the most painful birth process of any natural animal? This is because our heads are too damn big especially compared the relative narrowness of the birth canal.

Ever have a strange pet? Even if it was just like a worm you found for a day.

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Hmm... humans have the most painful birth process of any natural animal? This is because our heads are too damn big especially compared the relative narrowness of the birth canal.

Ever have a strange pet? Even if it was just like a worm you found for a day.
It was just about a day, only, but I thought I'd keep a blowfish as a pet. They're cute! I even put a makeshift diaper on it because...you know. Obviously it died being out of water. We caught it in the Barnegat Bay. I think I was only 4 or 5 years old.

What was your very first pet? And how old were you?
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I was around 5, I had 2 mice.... harvey and zack. harvey ended up getting his tail caught in a door, and I don't know what happened to zack...
do you use disney plus?. would you want to if you don't?
 
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Got Disney plus have watched a few things but tbh I can't be bothered with sitting down watching films/documentaries etc. Attention span not great these days.

Have you been watching Euro 2020? If so what's your thoughts on it.... if not have you started watching Wimbledon if so what's your thoughts? If neither appeal to you will you be watching the Olympics in Tokyo?

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Default Jun 29, 2021 at 06:09 PM
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I’ve never understood the point of watching any sport. When I was younger I loved playing various sports including rugby when I was at the U, but watching, no. No plans to watch any of it.

Do you like going to the movies or do you prefer to watch movies at home?

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I’ve never understood the point of watching any sport. When I was younger I loved playing various sports including rugby when I was at the U, but watching, no. No plans to watch any of it.

Do you like going to the movies or do you prefer to watch movies at home?


also not a sports fan, the only thing I will watch is the grand national horse racing

when my grandfather was alive, we'd place bets on the national just for fun

so now the day of the national doubles as a day to remember him, too

to answer your question, I've done both.

but prefer waiting for the dvd

my question: do you have any special traditions or memories that you still carry out, even though the person who started it or used to do it with you is no longer here? (like me and the national)
 
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When I lived with my grandma and we got thunderstorms, we would turn everything off (basically pretend we have no power) and go outside, sometimes dance in the rain until the storm either passes or it gets dangerous. I still do that, just alone now.

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Default Jul 01, 2021 at 04:09 AM
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Special tradition: when I was a young child my Dad took me and my great grandmother to see a Major League Baseball game every year. To this day I still go to a MLB game each year in memory of grandma.

What's your favorite weather?
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rain, it's good for my mood!

question: do you ever have those days where you just sit their wondering.. where did it all go wrong?. why is life so ****ed up
 
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