Comments on: Interview with Bipolar Disorder http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:33:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rich Wallace http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Rich Wallace Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:27:39 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-989 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Blog Post: Interview With Bipolar Disorder | The Bipolar Spouse http://bit.ly/MDb4O #bipolar #mentalhealth</span></span> Blog Post: Interview With Bipolar Disorder | The Bipolar Spouse http://bit.ly/MDb4O #bipolar #mentalhealth

]]> By: Anna http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Anna Sun, 16 May 2010 00:48:43 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-762 It makes me so happy to read about a spouse so loving and supportive of his wife. I've read many other sites where the spouse bitches about the bipolar one, and in many ways portrays them as a selfish child-like creature. Reading you words about supporting your wife, I am happy in silent tears that people like you do exist and I hope someday to find that kind of person for me. It makes me so happy to read about a spouse so loving and supportive of his wife. I’ve read many other sites where the spouse bitches about the bipolar one, and in many ways portrays them as a selfish child-like creature. Reading you words about supporting your wife, I am happy in silent tears that people like you do exist and I hope someday to find that kind of person for me.

]]> By: Rich Wallace http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Rich Wallace Tue, 11 May 2010 18:05:58 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-739 Anna, the hope is to remind yourself and truly believe that YOU are not the source of the evil. You are also not the illness, the illness is a part of you, but don't let it define who you really are. Anna, the hope is to remind yourself and truly believe that YOU are not the source of the evil. You are also not the illness, the illness is a part of you, but don't let it define who you really are.

]]> By: anna http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-736 anna Tue, 11 May 2010 15:17:18 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-736 Though this is well written and extremely true...it made me so sick to my stomach. I stuggle everyday trying to make sense of it all and (I am bipolar)butterbean above says bp comes from hell...though I agree it makes me sad because doesn't that mean I come from hell too. This post is a trigger for me and though creative and well written it angers me.I don't want to be seen as evil, I have trouble enough believing god would love someone like me..and then I read that comment and wow it hurts. Though this is well written and extremely true…it made me so sick to my stomach. I stuggle everyday trying to make sense of it all and (I am bipolar)butterbean above says bp comes from hell…though I agree it makes me sad because doesn’t that mean I come from hell too. This post is a trigger for me and though creative and well written it angers me.I don’t want to be seen as evil, I have trouble enough believing god would love someone like me..and then I read that comment and wow it hurts.

]]> By: Paul Hurwood http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Paul Hurwood Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:42:39 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-990 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @wallaceaz: Earlier on thebipolarspouse.com: Interview With Bipolar Disorder -- http://bit.ly/4EsSoV - Great Read</span></span> RT @wallaceaz: Earlier on thebipolarspouse.com: Interview With Bipolar Disorder — http://bit.ly/4EsSoV – Great Read

]]> By: Rich Wallace http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Rich Wallace Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:36:35 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-991 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Earlier on thebipolarspouse.com: Interview With Bipolar Disorder -- http://bit.ly/4EsSoV</span></span> Earlier on thebipolarspouse.com: Interview With Bipolar Disorder — http://bit.ly/4EsSoV

]]> By: Rich Wallace http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Rich Wallace Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:28:46 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-32 Thank you, BB! It was actually a bit chilling to go back and read this one after I had posted it. I almost took this one down but glad that I didn't when it was all said and done. Thank you, BB! It was actually a bit chilling to go back and read this one after I had posted it. I almost took this one down but glad that I didn't when it was all said and done.

]]> By: ButterBean http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-31 ButterBean Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:19:53 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-31 Awareness in every moment is key yet exhausting, but just know it will get better with time and you will get better at it; it gets easier the more practice you get. We may not know when things will get better, but we can count on change in life above everything else. What goes up must come down and what is down must go up - nothing is more true in that than the Bipolar life. Do not beat yourself up when you lost one of your battles as you go through what you are going through and deal with triggers. Know your triggers well - avoid when possible, but when not, develop coping skills and learn cognitive behavoral methods that help you lessen the trigger's affect on you. Develop your personal Shield - The Tammy Armor - and always put your personal wellness and health first, protect it as if it were your child. You are no good to others if you don't take good care of yourself, especially with Bipolar. Tammy; Stay strong, keep working, and do not lose hope in the future of goodness and wellness... it is there waiting your arrival. And you will arrive; just in time. :) God Bless! Awareness in every moment is key yet exhausting, but just know it will get better with time and you will get better at it; it gets easier the more practice you get. We may not know when things will get better, but we can count on change in life above everything else. What goes up must come down and what is down must go up – nothing is more true in that than the Bipolar life. Do not beat yourself up when you lost one of your battles as you go through what you are going through and deal with triggers. Know your triggers well – avoid when possible, but when not, develop coping skills and learn cognitive behavoral methods that help you lessen the trigger's affect on you. Develop your personal Shield – The Tammy Armor – and always put your personal wellness and health first, protect it as if it were your child. You are no good to others if you don't take good care of yourself, especially with Bipolar.

Tammy; Stay strong, keep working, and do not lose hope in the future of goodness and wellness… it is there waiting your arrival. And you will arrive; just in time. :) God Bless!

]]> By: ButterBean http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-30 ButterBean Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:19:09 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-30 There were other factors, as I later understood, that led to the demise of my union and I do believe it was all in God's plan and purpose for my life. With my ex-husband, I would never have known God in my life as he did everything to discourage it including attacking my intelligence. Not to downplay the complete chaos my divorce threw me into for many years after, in which I am thankful I survived which included foreclosures, suicide attempts, drug use, and other behaviors I would rather not admit to online, but the upside is now well worth it all. I grew ten-fold. I have remarried, I am managing Bipolar effectively with alternative treatments and no pharmaceuticals, I am working parttime again, I am following God's plan for my life in starting a new ministry nonprofit for African orphans with the help and support of my husband Carl, and I travel to Kenya on short-term missions which amazing. Carl and I have educated ourselves on my disease (we call it a battle between Well-Brain Bobbi & Sick-Brain Bobbi - Carl says, "A Bobbi divided against itself can not stand!" LOL Which Bobbi is talking... I always must be aware of this. There were other factors, as I later understood, that led to the demise of my union and I do believe it was all in God's plan and purpose for my life. With my ex-husband, I would never have known God in my life as he did everything to discourage it including attacking my intelligence. Not to downplay the complete chaos my divorce threw me into for many years after, in which I am thankful I survived which included foreclosures, suicide attempts, drug use, and other behaviors I would rather not admit to online, but the upside is now well worth it all. I grew ten-fold. I have remarried, I am managing Bipolar effectively with alternative treatments and no pharmaceuticals, I am working parttime again, I am following God's plan for my life in starting a new ministry nonprofit for African orphans with the help and support of my husband Carl, and I travel to Kenya on short-term missions which amazing. Carl and I have educated ourselves on my disease (we call it a battle between Well-Brain Bobbi & Sick-Brain Bobbi – Carl says, "A Bobbi divided against itself can not stand!" LOL Which Bobbi is talking… I always must be aware of this.

]]> By: ButterBean http://thebipolarspouse.com/2009/10/08/interview-with-bipolar-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-29 ButterBean Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:18:07 +0000 http://thebipolarspouse.com/?p=189#comment-29 We seperated, but 6 months later I "partly" woke from the mania to the realization it was all a false reality (with no memory of most of the time I was lost in it including no memory of moving out of our house), but when I told my ex-husband I wanted to try again and come back, he said he was happier without me and no longer loved me. My world came to an abrupt hault that consisted of a deep black hole to live in, only coming out when I was manic thanks to drinking, drugging, and sex - all of which were my new medications. I wanted to die and I did everything I could to make that happen, but God would not allow it. I had to live through the pain and once I thought it was over, a new pain took it's place. Finally getting the right diagnosis started me on a path to wellness and recovery, but I had to walk through more fire to get there; even while knowing I wanted better - still I would do worse. Divorce and Bipolar all at the same time - two worlds colliding - about killed me. But I made it - AND SO CAN YOU TAMMY! We seperated, but 6 months later I "partly" woke from the mania to the realization it was all a false reality (with no memory of most of the time I was lost in it including no memory of moving out of our house), but when I told my ex-husband I wanted to try again and come back, he said he was happier without me and no longer loved me. My world came to an abrupt hault that consisted of a deep black hole to live in, only coming out when I was manic thanks to drinking, drugging, and sex – all of which were my new medications. I wanted to die and I did everything I could to make that happen, but God would not allow it. I had to live through the pain and once I thought it was over, a new pain took it's place. Finally getting the right diagnosis started me on a path to wellness and recovery, but I had to walk through more fire to get there; even while knowing I wanted better – still I would do worse. Divorce and Bipolar all at the same time – two worlds colliding – about killed me. But I made it – AND SO CAN YOU TAMMY!

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