You can try to help but don't at the expense of your own health.

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Lesson learned.

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What Stage of Grief Are You In?

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a word on closure

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It wasn't easy, but I did it

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Dear discarded SO’s

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Whelp, there it is... after 6+wks gone...

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This hits and was posted by a bipolar man online

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I got so angry after my SO’s episode and the hurtful things he said that I just scribbled my feelings out on the paper in black pencil. When I calmed down, I started coloring in the empty spaces.

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A poem I wrote about recent discard

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Thank you

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I think I got bipolar disorder itself in a screenshot.

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Why are they so cold during manic episodes... Im having a rough day.

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Why are some of them so heartless

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toxicity and divinity

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Gaslighting is still abuse.

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I feel like many of us in this group can understand this feeling

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This is us. We won’t allow more hurt. Say it with me!

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This seems to really fit here. Had no clue how to flair.

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The Bipolar Mind (Series 1), Me, Acrylic on Canvas, 2022

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Yup, happens to be my m.o. even medicated.

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I bought this 2 years ago when my DH was diagnosed. He was not interested at all. Now, 2 years, lots of med changes and therapy later, he asked if we could sit down and work through the book together so we could gain even more stability. It does get better y’all!

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Fears of a bipolar person

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Does anyone else deal with this rapid switch type of thing?

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Some of you here may need to see this

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Honestly... I was entirely unaware of my narcissism, until I completely destroyed a relationship and had no one to blame but myself. the consequences of my own actions came around, and knocked me out... I had no choice but to figure out how to better myself, to prevent that from happening again

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This might be old news to some of you, but reading this book (as the partner with BP2) was really helpful in gaining insight to my partner’s experience. Honestly very useful for both partners!

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I just wanted to share this photo

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It robs us all.

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The stages of grief losing a BP SO. I recommend skipping the trying to find meaning part under bargaining in our case. It will never make sense to us.

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Hmmm... idk about this one. Thoughts?

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Partner's Bipolar Reflected in His Mail Habits (he and I got a laugh out of this today)

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Just so you hear it from the experts themselves - there is no reasoning when manic

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The key to healing? Puppies. Can't tell you how much she's helped me deal with the abuse and ghosting

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Why are they so cold during their maniac episode? I feel defeated.

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Why do they turn so cold so quick? I’m the blue text.

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I miss my partner and I miss when he was nice to me.

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welp.

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It looks good, hope this one helps someone who is struggling. Check it out. Saw it at Barnes and noble today.

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💫 💫💫💫

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How am I supposed to just give up on her. Everyone’s saying these are just “words” but I KNEW her. Completely. It was just me and her and that was more than enough. This was right before the discard. She wrote more sweets/notes and it’s too much.

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Heartbreak

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Typical conversation with bipolar spouse......

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2 hours later he comes home and tells me he isn’t in love, lost attraction, quit his job and leaves abroad in 2 weeks to work on an army base in the middle of nowhere as that’s his “dream”. The night before he was telling me he wanted to propose and all he wants is to get better for us and himself.

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23F bipolar and my 25M bf is also bipolar. I was having a bad two days up all night and he said the perfect things to me during this time. Thought I should share.

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Life is too short. Learn to let go

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he broke me with his words

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I’ve taken to drawing in an attempt to release the emotions that come from being in a relationship with a wonderful but challenging person diagnosed as bipolar. What other out-of-the-box things do people do to cope?

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2 month anniversary since my bipolar SO committed suicide and this art piece was delivered today.

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My partner with bipolar 1 and psychotic features mother posted this after I had to call the police for his behavior during psychosis. I now have an order of protection. 😔

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My unmedicated, bipolar husband shot himself in front of me and our children. I don’t know where to go from here.

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She attacked me again.

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TFW You can’t tell if your BP-SO rude remarks/tendencies are actually part of their core personality traits or the red flags to prepare for a depressive episode. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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going through old messages and found this 2 weeks before our break up

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SO was spending time with family after months of hypomania and me being their only caregiver, on top of working full time and doing everything around the house. This is me checking in with their mom. Who can relate?

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Gaslighting- told me to “go read my book” how do you remember you’re not the problem with an expert gaslighter? 😞 I bought it to help us.

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Living with a condition

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Fuck this illness

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Date night with bae.

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i get texts like this during an episode and it’s really hard to understand so many things, why do i read this and not take it serious? what’s going to happen in a week when he pretends he loves me again ? why do i accept this ? why do i want to be with this person? why can’t i let go.

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What are you guys thoughts on support animal for bipolar individuals? Our new possible support animal

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The Possibility That I'll Never Hear From Him Again After Sending This. I have to accept that possible outcome.

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Helpful diagram for those who struggle to understand the differences in bipolar types/moods

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Bipolar wife attacked me early this morning

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He’s still manic and unmedicated, as far as I know. What the hell does he want from me?

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(M29) Text From My Ex Gf (F29)

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Called him at 5:30 am

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Is this boundary too harsh?

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This is what I want to say when a depressive episode starts & Im ghosted:

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When you find a screenshot you thought you deleted. “Spot reserved next to me for a couple decades”...I still wonder where this man went. Can’t believe it really, a part of me wishes this is all a nightmare and I’ll wake up soon.

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Favorite quotes from manic so?

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Post Break up

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Partially the fault of 7 month ongoing manic discard. Fuck this illness fr

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This is what he says to me after a month of no contact

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Crosspost

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If you can’t express your emotions but you can tell how intense your emotions are sometimes the best thing to do is say you need to talk. My fiance made this back in the day I updated it and now I want you guys to use it if you need. {20 Female Type 1}

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Does this look familiar?

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Trauma from SO

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Don’t know what to say.. ex partner with BPD2 responded this after I we had normal conversation for the past nights. Picked stuff from her place and left a closure note since she never wanted to hear me.

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The truth is....

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Why Even Send Me This When I Said Don't Reach Out Unless He's Serious About Treatment?

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How do y'all do it?

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I haven't heard from him (34M BP2) for a while now. I miss him, and I have no one to talk about it.

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Been 5 months since breakup

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Does anyone else’s BPSO project onto them like this, calling you all sorts of things that don’t make sense like telling you you’re crazy and what not? Or is this just him and his abusive behavior?

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Why do they go from 0 to 100 real quick? All I wanted was space

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A blessing in disguise!!! Trying to be randomly appreciative of my ex BPSO. Guess not 😭

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all of the apologizing doesn’t mean shit. this is the 5th time he has broken up with me out of the blue

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Ended relationship. Made a drawing. Need some support, detail in comment.

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Personality disorder chart - does anyone feel their partner fits into almost all categories at different times?

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Anyone else see this on HONY? Broke my heart.

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Well looks like it’s official...my Bi SO husband is really leaving me

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Before / After

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When you’re a daily bipolarSO venter so no one responds...😂

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Love my SO, but ugh sometimes this is hard. Thank you for the reminder.

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An update from my ex soon to be husband

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Anyone know anything about this medication. When my partner broke up with me she had just gone off them and she had been on the for 4 years

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Some days are hard

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Does anyone else wonder if your partner might have borderline instead?

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Reading our old conversations

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Trying to plan a simple date. Living in this constant state of confusion is really getting to me. Can anyone relate to this?

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What a bipolar SO did to me

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If you can't handle me at my worst... (aka the realest gif ever)

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And one month later- I'm the worst person he's ever met. Life as a bipolar SO. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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Thoughts?

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Should i hold on to hope that he’ll come around or should i let go since he’s ignoring me?

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An update from my SO...it’s official

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Do they not understand how much their language hurts us?

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What's the craziest thing your so has said/done in an episode?

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A bit of an augmented flashback from one of the last things she sent me, after the mania ramped up

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Happened Monday 2 hours after he was “normal”. Said he’s not been in love for a while but nothing indicated that at all. Even told my mom he found a home for us. Then he quits job and moves but says this...

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I Made it clear less than a week ago we can’t be friends

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BPSO claimed that emotional abuse was simply a symptom of bipolar and, ergo, I left because of his disorder. I find it hard to believe that you can clinically be an asshole. This was years ago and I am still struggling to move on from the abuse. Was his abuse him or his bipolar?

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Left 3 weeks ago and moved country to the middle of nowhere to “find himself”. Said he might want to reconcile in 6 months when he’s back. I’ve been NC. What would you response?

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I often regret my responses to his mania.. especially when it's another random break up

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Marriage is a puzzle for two... mental illness can make it hard.

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This is what makes the hard days easier.

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