The Much Ado About Nothing Twitter account is quietly killin’ it with its dope bios.
I love this SO MUCH except the “bi-polar grey” one. MY DISEASE IS NOT FUNNY.
So I’ve told you before about my livescribe pen which not only records the lecture as i take notes, but also will let me upload my notes onto my computer and onto the web (lecture and all) so I can access it anywhere. It has made grad school so much easier.
I suffer from low concentration due to my bipolar and PTSD and OMG I LOVE THIS THING. Just wanted to pass it on in case it could help anyone else (through this link you get 15% off). I’d try looking at the refurbished pens first. I just bought a 4gb refurbished (I lost my 8gb one b/c I suck) for $80 and I can’t wait until I unearth it from my mess of a house since school started today and I’m scared to not have it for my classes since my concentration is so poor. Maybe I’ll find it today, but then again, maybe not. I CAN’T RISK IT, but lord knows I’m ripping my house apart to find the damn thing.
My grades have gone up SO MUCH because I can go home and listen to the lecture and go over my notes. It’s fucking amazing. I love this thing. (I know I sound like an ad, but good god damn I found something that works - it’s like striking gold.)
Please Tell Certain People To Shut Up
I’m fucking tired of seeing jokes made about Bipolar disorder. “I hate having Bipolar disorder, its so awesome!” Seriously? That’s not what being Bipolar is. Just because you’re happy one second and sad the next doesn’t give you the right to say things like “omgeee! I’m so Bipolar!” You wouldn’t be saying that shit if you had it. I have Bipolar disorder and its a fucking nightmare. Being so depressed you’re on the verge of ending it when you bounce right up and get your hopes high. But then in a few weeks, or days, or months, you get slammed back down again. And also getting your hopes up, thinking you’re cured, when its really just hypomania. Do you even fucking know what mania is? Just please, PLEASE, at least TRY to learn a few facts about it before you tell the whole fucking world how “Bipolar” you are. It doesn’t mean you fucking change your mind a lot. It doesn’t mean you’re moody. It doesn’t mean you cry at happy things. Its a fucking chemical imbalance and people with it have a hard enough fucking time without trying to ignore shitheads like people who make shithead comments.
Bipolar Disorder resources master post
Here’s a master post for information and resources on the topic of Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar disorder - symptom list
- Help Guide A site containing articles to help understand, help numbers, “tool kits”, and self help.
- Mental Help A site that has basic information, resources, articles, and a list of books that might be helpful.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- FacingUs Clubhouse Wellness Tracker, Wellness Book, Crisis Planning, Etc.
- The balanced mind is a website that provides information for parents and family of children with bipolar disorder.
- The black dog institute has some great resources for depression and bipolar disorder.
- Here is a description of mania and hypomania from The black dog institute.
- Here is a webpage that explains hypomania and it’s symptoms.
- Bipolar racing thoughts
- Bipolar Support tumblr
- Bipolar disorder and study
- Bipolar Owl
-Kat
Keep referring to the weather as bipolar.
Just dont be surprised if I haul off and slap the fire shit out of you. If you are my friend that means you know me. You should know I find that offensive.
Although I can see the feebleminded rationale, I do not take kindly to the poor use of a mental disorder as an adjective for the fucking temperature outside.
Please, continue with your desensitizing of such disorders and helping perpetuate some of the stigma behind them.
Fuckin’ jabroni.
USE MERCURIAL INSTEAD FFS. IT’S AN APPROPRIATE WORD
“I think everyone’s a little Bipolar.”
This phrase irks me to no end. People call the weather bipolar if it rains and then stops suddenly. People assume Bipolar Disorder is up, down, up, down, all within seconds.
And I’m sorry, but even if you have rapid cycling Bipolar, it usually doesn’t go that fast.
So what they really mean is that everyone experiences some aspects, very mild aspects, of symptoms of changes in mood. People can be sad, then laugh in the same day. That does not make them Bipolar, that makes them human.
Individuals with Bipolar Disorder, no matter which type, suffer from severe mood cycling. Severe highs and lows. Did I mention severe? Sometimes an episode can last a year. Same with mania. Do I really need to go on?
For some people, mania can evolve into full-blown psychosis.
A lot of the time, individuals in a depressive episode can barely get out of bed, and it takes too much energy to get in the shower, brush your teeth, tie shoes, or put makeup on, let alone leave the house or do anything. Those are just some examples.
So please, tell me more about your ignorant opinion about how “everyone’s a little Bipolar”. What you mean is that everyone has ups and downs. But there is a difference between everyday mild vicissitudes and the severity of an actual illness.
So now I’m in a mixed manic state
and I was on the radio avoiding my house for 6.5 hours. I almost broke down on the way home (Sadie needed to eat) and my way of avoiding the cops is apparently driving 5 under the speed limit. (I was on automatic when I came out of the almost crying binge.) Now I’m home and lonely and I fucking want to crawl into a ball and die but I’d much rather be distracted but no one’s on healthful chat wanting to talk bipolar stuff. FUCK.
