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NegativeLookBehind, in Reminder: Climbing out of a hole takes strength
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That pit is not nearly deep or jagged enough

ickplant,
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True story, I think most of us would agree.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
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Where are the spikes and hookers on the bottom

Steveanonymous, in Not the best idea
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BOOKSELLER HONDA SAN!!

Eheran, in Oops

So much white, so little content.

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TheControlled, in Bipolar Community Weekly Checkin May 19-25 - How Are You Doing?

I’ve realized I’m in the middle of a cunningly deceptive depression and that has engulfed me before I knew it and feel powerless to stop it. When I got suspended from work, possibly being terminated, a few days ago, it’s spiralled out hand now.

ickplant,
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I’m so sorry to hear that! Depression can indeed be sneaky and take over before you realize what’s happening. And troubles at work can certainly make it worse. I sincerely hope things start looking up for you. If you are on meds, can you get them adjusted?

TheControlled, (edited )

Thank for taking to me. Makes me feel not as alone or failed.

Im going to try ketamine treatment. There are a bunch of options where I am and I’m at the end of my rope.

ickplant, in Bipolar Community Weekly Checkin May 19-25 - How Are You Doing?
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Thank you for posting this, @Zerlyna! I’ve been so busy and totally ignoring my lemmy duties.

Zerlyna,
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No worries that’s why I’m backup. :)

DarkNightoftheSoul, in Bipolar Community Weekly Checkin May 19-25 - How Are You Doing?
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Has it been a week already? Daggum.

Maybe found a more betterer job than pizza slangin. Tryin not to get my hopes up on that too much, will update if it works out.

ickplant,
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I’m holding my fingers crossed for you!

Zerlyna,
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It flies doesn’t it? I’m hoping this week goes by as fast, I need the three day weekend badly myself.

Zerlyna, in Bipolar Community Check-In May 12-18: How Are You Doing?
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I slept last night straight thru for the first time at home in… I can’t remember. (Hotel sleeping is the bomb but unsustainable). My brain is mush but won’t stop. My body is exhausted. I don’t know what I did to sleep last night but I hope to replicate it tonight. Still kicking ass and taking names at work so there’s that.

BrerChicken, in Is there a point where therapy holds you back?

Your therapist should be helping YOU make that realization. They actually have an ethical obligation not to make recommendations like that, as far as I’m concerned.

But friends are definitely supposed to tell one another what they’re seeing, that’s what friends are for!

thews, in Is there a point where therapy holds you back?

Sometimes when my wife has to deal with hard decisions about family things, I listen but then have to tell her I’m not sure what would be the best way to handle it is. I recommend her to ask her therapist because her therapist was a social worker and has dealt with some of the situations she chooses to face.
I can be overly cautious and not want to offer any thoughts that might lead to a bad outcome.
Sometimes we explore chatgpt for answers together, but it can be awful for that. I’m glad you have a friend to talk about an insecurity with.

I’ve had lots of bad advice from friends or family that I have to just ignore, and that can eventually make me want to stop talking to people about those issues. I am a little too stoic and lean on thinking I should just toughen up.

If you have a partner it’s definitely important to be able to talk to them in a deep way, if they are short and it seems off, it might be good to see if you can extract what really might be making them act that way. Everyone has their scars.

Chee_Koala, in Is there a point where therapy holds you back?

This might be more about opening up to close people for the first time since a while and feelings that go with that, and less about any therapist or external help holding you back. It’ll always be different to discuss with close people, because they have a different place in your life compared to the psych, who is conveniently outside of it. I think this can co-exist happily.

ShunkW, in Is there a point where therapy holds you back?

Therapy is great, but a good social support system helps as well. They have different effects and neither is perfect. I’d recommend using both, especially if you have some good people in your life willing to listen and offer sound advice.

Pronell, (edited ) in Is there a point where therapy holds you back?

“Save it for Tuesday” is a shit attitude in my opinion. A little more constructive would be “I’m glad you opened up to me and here’s what I think but that also sounds like something to discuss with your therapist.”

I can’t offer any other good advice as I’ve only seen a therapist once but I’d assume it’s possible to get as much as you can out of one person and then find someone else who can help you grow further.

(Just realized this is the bipolar group and I’m depressive and anxious but not bipolar, fwiw.)

DirkMcCallahan, in That checks out

The severity of my cursing is always inversely proportional to whatever it is that I’m raging about.

ShunkW, in That checks out

I spilled a beer the other night while manic, and I literally just yelled at the top of my lungs at it. As if it had done something wrong. I was responsible for spilling it. That’s when I really know I’m manic, the outbursts of rage.

I’m glad I was at home alone at the time lol. Fortunately I think my episode has ended after like 3 weeks.

some_guy,

Combining alcohol with racing thoughts and reduced inhibition is risky. I’m not judging, I drink to self-medicate.

ShunkW,

Oh yeah. It’s not a good idea at all. I use alcohol to deal with my severe anxiety as well. It’s a bad cycle that I know I need to deal with better. But when you’re having a panic attack and you know alcohol will solve it quickly

Zerlyna,
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The rage is the worst with me too.

anakin78z, in Bipolar Community Check-In May 12-18: How Are You Doing?
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Dealing with a lot of expensive crap in my life, but it’s nice and sunny out, and I’m feeling pretty OK overall.

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