Let`s talk about Bipolar

Hello @ClockFace @Dimity , @Captain24 , @Kyle1 , @PolarOpposite , @tyme

soo good to see you here @ClockFace

very good tips my friend

my husband love playing music nice and loud

today my husband says he is having a bipolar day @Dimity

@ClockFace I hope you're going OK. Sorry I didn't reply in this thread. I lost track... I've had a lot going on these last 2-3 weeks and I know from other posts you've had even more happening. Someone close to me also has significant pain issues and it's hard to see the struggle and be unable to help.

@Shaz51 I hope Mr shaz hasn't had any more "bipolar days".

Wishing you both a good week. I'm hoping for a better one myself.

@ClockFace @Strawberrypink

Hi guys and welcome to the forum!

Anxiety can be a tricky one, as I find that treating the symptoms may not be getting at the underlying cause of anxiety. It goes without saying that tackling the root cause is the long term fix for anxiety. I think talking to people in your life who can support you on your journey is the way to go. Once you verbalise it, you start to take power over it and with support you’ll have a much better shot at managing your anxiety.

In the moment, breathing exercises helped me a lot. Mindfulness exercises are great too - a quick google will give you a heap of options and you can pick the ones that work for you.

In the medium term exercise is key to fight anxiety. Not only will the endorphins lift your mood, but over time it might just help to build some confidence in yourself.

Getting back to basic self care is also a good starting point. Get out of bed at the same time everyday, get outside in the sun often, eat well and exercise, make yourself a healthy routine.

Hopefully some of these tips help 🙂

@PolarOpposite

Yeah anxiety is rough. I have a lot of it for a lot of reasons

Sadly those around me are not overly supportive, especially if they need to change or it would impact their lifes, like restrict the need for me to drive to be before 10am. Even me working from home due to anxiety is an issue.

I do realise I need to address my anxieties but they seem to think that the all at once approach is the only way and I just see that as to overwhelming. To an extent I find the idea of dealing with any anxiety at the moment overwhelming.

I find breathing excercises helpful, but short lived, mainly because I get rid of one anxiety to be bombarded with many others.

For instance lots of people, like a crowd in a shopping centre does me in. I try breathing but there are so many people and the anxiety just comes in wave after wave.

I do agree with excercise and routines. Since the stuff with my sister started my routines have been destroyed. I have been trying to get back into them but one thing or another has put a halt to them. Currently Im recovering from spinal surgery so thats stopping me, was supposed to be 2 days recovery but still in a fair bit of pain 5 days on.

I have decided that once I am back moving properly Illbe getting back into my routines. My routines have my self care activities, chores and excercise along with breathing times. My exceercise was short walks multiple times a day because it was too painful to walk far, hopefully with this procedure I can change that and walk a decent distance and spend more time doing breathing excerces.

@tonys @LeChuck

Here is the perfect place to talk about bipolar.

You are welcome!

Meggle

Thanks @Oaktree!

No problem @LeChuck

Glad that I could point you in the right direction. I love the forums but I find finding threads almost impossible. I find my old ones by going to my profile but other than that I don’t know how to search for them. This could use some improvement.

Meggle

Hi @Oaktree @LeChuck and other Bi porarites Thankyou for the invite.

I better start in the confessional. I only know a tiny bit about B P. And while I have unusual wiring upstairs, I don't have B P . But my friend Le Chuck is here and he a wise fella, very measured, so I kinda follow him a bit. hope thats not all too honest. anyway I'll

send this and a listen to the posts, and get an insight. Cheers folks.

tonys moonbase 1

Hi @Shaz51 Boy o boy, my social computor skills are hopeless. When I first saw this and sent you a post about a week ago. . . or more , I thought I was In the "have a cuppa thread"

Makes me wonder where my socks in the coffee cup post went. Opps.

anyway. hope all is good with you and I'll make a dash for the fire exit. . . tonys mb 1

@Oaktree, I think the search for the perfect thread continues. I don't think @tonys and I have landed in the right place for us yet 🙂 we just wanted a place to chat rubbish, I don't want to disrupt the bipolar support that's going on here! But thank you so much! I know this is here now if I ever need it which is so good because I will at some point.

Sorry for the disruption to all you lovely people supporting each other here!

LeChuck x