QOTW 8/26 What part of your life ?

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QOTW 8/26 What part of your life ?
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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 3:46pm

Bipolar affects many parts of a persons life, but what part/s does it affect the most in your life?


For me it is work, considering I am on disability. I want very much to return to work.


Tina

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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 4:01pm
My marriage...(& overall self-esteem)
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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 4:18pm

I second wonderbread there. I also don't keep very many friends around long term....I tend to "drive" them away with them not knowing which "me" they are going to be dealing with at any one time.

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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 4:23pm

Bipolar affects many parts of a persons life, but what part/s does it affect the most in your life?


For me its my family life.

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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 6:06pm

I will have to agree with morgaine_v, txknight, & wonderbread77.


I use all my energy and that for work and have nothing left for home life.


I don't keep many friends or a social life either due to very low self-esteem.



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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 7:15pm

It's hard to choose just one because it affects everything in my life.

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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 8:04pm

I have a hard time choosing just one area also, because I feel like being bipolar affects everything in my life. I am unable to work at this point because of it, which affects our finances, which affects my marriage, the anxiety over what will happen financially if I become manic really bothers my husband, when I am depressed I dont keep up with the house and take care of the kids the way I should which affects my marriage also and the kids health and well being and my own health and well being. So its kinda a little of everything affecting everything else.

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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 9:03pm
I am the bread winner with my DH being a sahd/full time student. Work is very trying just to make it through a 12 hour shift. By the time I make it home I have no energy for my children. As for my DH, communication has always been an issue so I don't know if he feels neglected or not. This is all very exhausting........
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Sun, 08-26-2007 - 10:35pm

Bipolar affects many parts of a persons life, but what part/s does it affect the most in your life?


My personal life. If I'm not feeling in top form then I find it hard to do daily living. Laundry doesn't get done, bills are put off, etc. I need things structured around me and when the house goes down hill then the hole just becomes deeper and deeper. The task of getting things to livable is just unreachable.


With work, I'm only there for a set period of time. If I'm really unhappy then I can change where I work.


I know I'm good at my job. I can pull out documentation to prove it. With my personal life there isn't anything in writing to fall back on. It's all a judgement call at home.



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Mon, 08-27-2007 - 5:18am

For me, it would be school. I was in school last fall, and will be in a new school this fall, and last fall I missed a few days because of it. I wonder if the situation would've been different if the prof wasn't the world's biggest b*tch?

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Mon, 08-27-2007 - 10:08am

I know for me bipolar affects every part of my life also. It has messed up things with me and my dd at times. I would be to depressed to discipline her at times when she needed it. I let her grow up too fast because I was ill. In one way I see positives about it and in other ways I see negatives. I did my best and I don't think I was the worst mom, I just know I could have done better if I didn't have bipolar. I was a single mom so that didn't help either.


School has been hard for me to get through too. I started the community college in 1991 and I am now just almost getting done. I have 5 more classes to take and then I am done. Two of the classes I am taking this semester, which I start tomorrow. I get nervous everytime I start a semester wondering if I will have to withdrawal due to my illness.


I would love to go back to work, but honestly, I think I need to accept things the way they are and try to find contentment and peace with not working. I feel some times like a big failure because I don't work. But if I have a hard time with just going to school part time how would I work.


I know my relationship has also been hard due to the bipolar. Some things have been because of my bf but it takes two. We have our ups and downs but we keep hanging in there.


Just getting motivated to do house chores can kill me. Some days I can do it and some days I am not able to. My bf gets upset with me about this some times but he tries to understand and we both do the housework.


Then there is exercising I need to be doing everyday....ugh. I was doing ok but with the joint and muscle pain it can be hard and then me getting sick this past 3 weeks I haven't exercised at all. I need to get back to it as soon as I feel a little better.


Thanks everyone for sharing.


Tina

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