i can't get over it, mellow out, learn to live with it, take a chill pill, calm down, deal with it, or change the way you want me to change. it takes a huge amount of will just to survive this illness. mania takes away my reasoning. depression makes my life pointless.
if you tell me to change my behavior when i'm in a mood swing, i won't believe that i can, or even hear you. my brain is telling me something different than you're telling me. people with bipolar disorder have a civil war going on in their brains--this war is between the real person and the ill person. and sometimes the ill person wins.
but i am here and i want to listen to you. learn as much as you can about this illness and then ask me questions. then we can communicate better.
our relationship means so much. i promise to do all that i can to manage this illness.
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