Comments on: Bipolar Disorder Drama http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-disorder-drama/ by Julie A. Fast Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Judy http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-disorder-drama/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Judy Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:22:00 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2008/05/29/bipolar-disorder-drama/#comment-977 I love what you said about avoiding drama in your life. This helps me so much. I used to think that being the life and soul of the party, experiencing drama and relating it ad infinitum to others was proving somehow that I was more interesting and worth knowing. Now I realise that I was making myself ill. A friend of mine is constantly in a state of drama. She never puts more than 1 gallon of fuel in her car, and carries on driving til she runs out so she can regale us with her stories of what happened and how dizzy she is. She never deals with anything until late on the day of a deadline and then runs out of printer ink, or can't get through on the phone. As friends, we try to point out when she is being self destructive but it becomes exhausting as she refused to listen. I have to limit contact with her, and never, never, try to solve her problems - she doesn't want them solved she wants drama. I am learning how to recognise these people before I let them into my life and love that I can read how you cope, to validate what I am doing. I love what you said about avoiding drama in your life. This helps me so much. I used to think that being the life and soul of the party, experiencing drama and relating it ad infinitum to others was proving somehow that I was more interesting and worth knowing. Now I realise that I was making myself ill.

A friend of mine is constantly in a state of drama. She never puts more than 1 gallon of fuel in her car, and carries on driving til she runs out so she can regale us with her stories of what happened and how dizzy she is.

She never deals with anything until late on the day of a deadline and then runs out of printer ink, or can’t get through on the phone.

As friends, we try to point out when she is being self destructive but it becomes exhausting as she refused to listen. I have to limit contact with her, and never, never, try to solve her problems – she doesn’t want them solved she wants drama.

I am learning how to recognise these people before I let them into my life and love that I can read how you cope, to validate what I am doing.

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