Here they are!
- Dating
- Unrealistic deadlines
- Troublesome people
- Moods of others
- Sleep disturbances such as a party next to my house
- Travel
I don’t date. I give myself time to get things done- this is always a challenge. I say goodbye instead of hello to people who want to make me miserable. I gauge the moods of others and don’t provoke or even comment on their moods if I don’t have to. I have a noise machine, a humidifier and meds to sleep if I need them. I plan for travel way, way in advance.
Having bipolar disorder is like having a child you have to take care of 24 hours a day.
But….. I am mentally healthy.
Julie
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I love this one.
At one time, (and there is still a tendencey for me to still do this), I used to see troublesome people as a challenge. “They just need to be understood/helped/listened to/loved” etc. Of course I believed I was the one to do all that. I thought it would make more people like me. I know now that this was part of the delusional side of me. It just used to drain me.
I used to seem to attract people who told me all their problems and then felt drained after they had gone. I thought I had helped them solve their problems. No. Now I realise that some people will always have problems. Some people just want to complain to a willing ear. No matter what I said/say to these people, they will come back with more problems and drain me some more.
i am so glad to hear that you gauge other people’s moods and try not to engage with them.
This has been a huge learning experience for me. At one time I would always blame others for my moods, tiredness, whatever, but then I realised I could do something about it. I can take myself away from difficult situations/people. I have the choice. I can set myself a healthy timetable and give myself better wellbeing.
Now I need to deal with the guilt that people seem to want to load onto me for not doing for them what I did in the past.