Bad things happen for a reason , they make you stronger and wiser.
Hello,
Let me introduce myself again.
I am stadsmanneke (city fellow) from Belgium.
I have what is called Bipolar Disease Type 1.
Formerly better known as Manic-Depression.
I love it, so nobody has to feel
sorry for. For me it's a bless !
I really don't care to talk about it,
because most people think it's taboe.
A lot of people are simply scared of this,
scared from the unknown.
They think it's weird and start a conversion about usually what I call "stupidity's".
Offering a drink and start talking about the weather.
However, these disease lifts your emotions up (Mania),
which is the best feeling ever and knocks you down
again which is the worst feeling ever.
It's not easy to handle it but by understanding it ,
you know what you can expect and it becomes easier to deal with it.
One can only accept it , so litteral you "go with the flow".
This is the best example for me to state, there are 2 opposite sides in me.
Which are in everyone of us ! Contradixtion of life.
By making them work together instead of fighting you can achieve a lot of more.
But ok, so far this psychologic / philosophic approach.
Now , when I wanted to talk about this "nasty beast" , nobody could respond to me because
they simply didn't understand (couldn't feel or imagine it) what it was.
So I contacted a self-therapy group with people in the same situation,
the group is called upsendowns ( www.upsendowns.be ).
It was a big relief not to have to carry this by myself.
Since then I am doing great, even in my down depressed moments.
Just lieing in the couch and when I'm able to try to do something I wanna do.
( If you wanna support a depressed person, never tell him : just do something you like,
and you will feel better ! It's the biggest mistake you can make ! Cause he's not able to !)
Anyway : Here's my proposition :
Could we make a spot / place / tag where those who want can support eachother, communicate and talk about their feelings.
Probably with some kind of anonymity (sign up?) because of the personal character of it,
so there is a possibility to exchange experiënces.
Off course allowing doctors, nurses etc. , so both sides can share their experience / expertise.
to make a platform for modern psychiatric and the both side working together for helping.
Meme of the "Gesundheidsklinik" from the movie Patch Adams.
I am sure I'm not the only one with "something on my mind".
Could be a big help for a lot of people , struggling with their lives,
participating in social media-group is easier than going out and seek for help.
Also it's bigger and easier to find : "the right click / match"
Project : Home of the weird ! lmao rolf
Greetings