I have no problem telling someone that I'm bipolar. It is a part of who I am and always will be. It has it's flaws and it benefits. It allows me to experience things that no other person will ever know. I am creative because of it. I'm proud of my battle scars too. It has intergrated itself into my personality to the point in which I don't know what is it or I. Therefore shouldn't I be proud of who I am if I'm being treated and who I am now is just who I will always be?
2006-08-28 14:52:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I've been bipolar probably more years than you've been alive. I wouldn't say I was "proud" because that infers you feel a certain superiority over others who aren't bipolar. I have no problem telling people that I have this disorder--in the proper context and setting. I'm not going to tell someone on a first date or in a mixed social setting where I don't know everyone because it's not appropriate and it's not germane to the general conversation.
Naturally, like many bipolars I enjoy the highs and have even come to respect some of the worse lows I've experienced. They have made me a stronger person and led me to experiences I wouldn't have tried othewise. But that doesn't give me the right to let my disorder take over to the point I don't know what is it or I as you put it. I admit, I didn't quite understand what you meant by that, but I think I got the gist.
I don't think bipolars can afford to be proud of their disorder if they allow it to hurt others. You know as well as I do, that in either phase we can say or do hurtful things without realizing the impact on others. Sometimes we just don't get it--why should they be mad at us or crying or whatever when they should have known we didn't mean it that way.
The older you get as a bipolar the more you'll realize what a responsibility you have and how you need to use it for your own good and those around you.
End of sermon.
2006-08-28 19:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by goldie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 00:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am also proud. I can't imagine being any other way. I like having life interesting. All the up and downs are just part of my fulfilling life that I have created and enjoy very much.
2006-08-28 15:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by leslieguelker0517 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not proud to be bi-polar just because the diagnoses limits my job options. And I do not identify myself as BEING bi-polar I have simply been Diagnosed as having bipolar.
2006-08-28 16:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As long as you're not too manic or too depressed, which is what being bipolar is, then more power to you. But I doubt that's the case...
2006-08-28 14:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by nurseTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have OCD and don't mind people knowing. It has given me an eye for detail, and a wide range of abilities, I've come to realize most people don't possess.
So, good for you!
2006-08-28 15:21:01 · answer #6 · answered by charley128 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be proud of whatever you like.
2006-08-28 14:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I'm not bipolar. But good for you for not hiding who you are!
2006-08-28 14:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by REDHED4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly heteropolar here, so I wouldn't know.
2006-08-28 14:57:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-28 14:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋