Question:
Hi Jen, Try writing my wife, Gale. She a bipolar poet, tho she mainly writes about abuse and PTSD. She enjoys corresponding with other unconventional poets. Check out her web page at: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1671/ Her email address is on that page. N.V.
Response:
Jen, It is a slow process learning to live with this illness. You have to adjust so much of the time. Only really good friends can understand why one day you might want to go "party hearty" and the next day would like to run your car off of a cliff (much stay in the room with the windows dark and not answer the telephone). I, too, love to write poetry. I also play the piano and violin. Sports (tennis) are fairly good and usually comfortable ways to channel mania (if not psychotic). You really need to talk with a shrink about that aspect. Only you will know when psychosis is lerking its ugly head. I have no idea how old you are – so I don’t know alot of things that I could say without knowing that. I am in my thirties and have known about this illness since I was 23. It has virtually enhanced and almost destroyed my life. It just depends on the day and the time. I would say, however, that I have experienced many more aspects of life than most people I know. For that I am very grateful. It has been up and down – and with that has gone beautiful, beautiful days and black as hell ones. Looking back – for the most part – it has been worth the torment. I am manic now (though not psychotic) and can say that. No so, when I am depressed. I look forward to hearing from you.
Response:
Hi. My name is Jen. I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder last year. This year has been the most difficult year of my life, between the moodswings and trying to figure out what is psychosis and what isn’t. I am currently writing a book as well as poetry. Would like to make some Bipolar writing friends who I can talk to about literature, writing, and Bipolar Disorder. I’m also interested in finding people who are musicially inclined because I’ve always wanted to get into music and would like to find out about it. The only friends I have are on the internet. I haven’t been able to make any new friends since I have moved and I have difficulty making them anyway because I don’t trust people. Especially since the last "Freinds" I had would tell me that I was "Thinking too loud." I’m really trying to get back into the mode that the world can be a normal place to live in, that it doesn’t have to be psychotic. Please respond. Sincerely, Jen
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