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What I have been writing lately on BlueBoard and elsewhere seems to have changed slightly, just as my own journey to greater understanding of my bipolar has changed and evolved.
I seem to have moved from primarily questioning and trying to understand the manifestation of my bipolar, through to actively trying to define and document wellnessstrategies and copingmechanisms that are making a genuine difference in my life.
As always, I welcome anyone else's input. Please, feel free to share those tools in your toolboxes, those weapons in your armoury, those A-HA moments of epiphany that have enlightened and informed your understanding.
What works for you? It can be as simple as counting to 10 in a crowded room, or as complex as challenging the very core parts of your world view.
In response to: Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies
BimbamCasual Contributor
Re: The Importance Of Challenging Depression
Find what you say about getting involved a very uplifting move that will help with depressive mood
episodes. Congratulations on your success however small or large - a real achievemant. Bimbam
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BimbamCasual Contributor
Re: General Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies
I have mainly unipolar with too many lows but your coping mechanisms encompass this. By trying various therapies one gets to know what will work and what does not. Thanks for all your hard earned wisdom. We are not alone or have to be when trying to cope with day to day mood swings. Keep posting. We are eager listeners. Bimbam
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SilenusSenior Contributor
Re: Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies
Thank you so much for your kind words @Bimbam
We all have different conditions and mental health issues, and we each find very individual ways of surviving and coping and making the most of it all...
There are universal challenges, and there are amazing similarities in our life journeys. By sharing our experiences, even if they don't feel important, or even if we discount the underlying grit and determination needed to get there, we help to inspire others, and to share what worked and what didn't, so that we can all try to improve the quality of our lives...
I love the challenges of my life. Sometimes they are way too much for me, and I collapse in a heap. Other times, everything is so very easy and I am on top of it. In the grand scheme there is balance. It is only when I get caught up in the pain and trouble of the moment, tipped to an extreme by my bipolar mood swings, that life loses that balance, and I struggle hugely to cope.
Balance. That is key... hard to achieve, but well worth the effort... 🙂
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JEFFREY53New Contributor
Re: Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies
After so many years realising that my depression has caused a lot of relationship issues, at the time it felt so believable what I was feeling but now understand that it was the symptoms that were distorting my emotions no wonder the first wife left. Am I being too hard on myself?
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KurraSenior Contributor
Re: Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies
It's possible you are being too hard on yourself @JEFFREY53. Given the opportunity most of us would go back and rewrite the history books of our individual lives. As this is not possible I believe your emotions distorted by your depression probably had a lot to do with the breakdown of your relationship.
We can't change our past but we can change our future. Learn the lessons that you can from this experience and move forward just one step at a time. I do hope your depression is improving. Hugzzz
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