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Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder - Banyan BocaI am Bipolar TooBipolar Disorder and Phantom: It is a big problemBipolar disorder and the ghost is a big problem. I did not realize the magnitude of this problem until I saw the number of comments in my recent YouTube video, "Ghosting and Bipolar Disorder: Why We Do It". What's Ghosting? The role played in BipolarGhosting is a contemporary term used for when a person completely cuts all communication with a friend or romantic couple by not responding to texts, ignoring calls and acting as if the person no longer exists. It is done without a reason or an explanation of the person who does it. One day they are part of your life, and the next day they disappear from it without notice. It negatively impacts friendships and romantic relationships. Phantom is made by many of us, especially during . "I'm guilty of this when I'm hip-handed and in a negative mood and I'm super sensitive and I get easily hurt or angry with people and instead of confronting them, just the ghosts when they try to contact me." ~Xoxofmw, YouTube commenter "I'm guilty of this when I'm hip-handed and in a negative mood and I'm super sensitive and I get easily hurt or angry with people and instead of confronting them, just the ghosts when they try to contact me." ~Xoxofmw, YouTube commenter Why people with bipolar disorder in the incentive? Those who live with bipolar disorder definitely have a problem with ghost people. It doesn't matter if it's someone we're dating or friends with. Unfortunately, sometimes we're even ghosting our relatives. I've done it and yes, I've ghosted people. Why? I feel more comfortable to cut all communication with someone else when I'm fighting with high and low. Second, when I'm dating someone, he's always present. That makes me keep someone else away when they get too close. Third, the stigma of mental illness causes serious anxiety in those of us who live with bipolar disorder. Although a person with whom we are romantically involved may not be showing signs of rejecting us due to bipolar, we feel that it is inevitable that at some point it will happen. "I only do this in a low episode. I see it as protecting friends from me by dragging them down to my level. Besides, in all honesty, I can't deal with the suffocated feeling while at the bottom and I just want to be left on my own. It's easier that way. ~ Claire, YouTube commentator "I only do this in a low episode. I see it as protecting friends from me by dragging them down to my level. Besides, in all honesty, I can't deal with the suffocated feeling while at the bottom and I just want to be left on my own. It's easier that way. Claire, YouTube commentator is another important reason for the ghost as well. Those of us with bipolar disorder subconsciously believe that we are, which makes us act in the ghost. Stress and pressure to explain the reasons for getting away creates anxiety; it is where the ghost comes into play. "I do it a lot. I stop answering phone calls and texts, and avoid any form of communication with friends and family. In my mind, I don't stop loving them or taking care of them. I feel overwhelmed and feel the need to create a distance between them and me to calm down. Now, unfortunately, this can take a couple of days to a couple of weeks." - Katia, YouTube commenter "I do it a lot. I stop answering phone calls and texts, and avoid any form of communication with friends and family. In my mind, I don't stop loving them or taking care of them. I feel overwhelmed and feel the need to create a distance between them and me to calm down. Now, unfortunately, this can take a couple of days to a couple of weeks." ~ Katia, YouTube commenter The Affect Ghost has over others Over the years, I realized that, regardless of what is happening in my life, the ghost is painful for another person. I've been on both sides of ghosts, and it's very harmful and causes extreme insecurity. "I just lost a friend who deals with bipolar. He just cut me. I tried and tried. Treated with the ups and dealing with my own depression and insecurity, it was very difficult. ~ Embree, YouTube commenter "I just lost a friend who deals with bipolar. He just cut me. I tried and tried. Treated with the ups and dealing with my own depression and insecurity, it was very difficult. ~ Embree, YouTube commenter Bipolar disorder is not an excuse to hurt someone else. Although we deal with anxiety and depression and take us to many of us, we remain responsible for how our behavior negatively affects friends, family and romantic partners. There are people who care about us, and deserve a proper answer, although it is difficult for those of us who live with bipolar disorder to do so sometimes. This is something I'm working on too because I'm severely fighting with the opening that leads me to ghost other individuals. My ex, who is getting well with depression and very positive about his progress, left me as I have bipolar 2 and isolates me from time to time. He doesn't like it since he shoots it. So he broke up with me and told me I can't give him what he needs. ~ Chaz, YouTube commenter My ex, who is getting well with depression and very positive about his progress, left me as I have bipolar 2 and isolates me from time to time. He doesn't like it since he shoots it. So he broke up with me and told me I can't give him what he needs. ~ Chaz, YouTube commentator Self-consciousness is essential when it comes to behaviors like the ghost. Many people with bipolar disorder don't even realize that this is a problem. Creating strong relationships without openness and communication is impossible. Recognizing the problem is the first step for self-consciousness and learning how to communicate properly with others to prevent someone from hurting or feeling ignored by someone who cares. "When I feel like isolating, "seeing" people around me, my friends in recovery. This way I'm not alone, but I'm not talking about ME, I'm checking on them. It seems to help! - BipolarLightningBug, YouTube commenter "When I feel like isolating, "seeing" people around me, my friends in recovery. This way I'm not alone, but I'm not talking about ME, I'm checking on them. It seems to help! ~ BipolarLightningBug, YouTube commenter And you? How has it affected you to be ghosted by someone with bipolar disorder? And if living with bipolar disorder and ghosting others has been part of your life, why do you do it? Also, helpful suggestions on how to end this type of behavior are welcome. APA ReferenceBlum, H. (2019, 28 January). Bipolar disorder and ghosts: It's a big problem, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2021, March 11 from https://www.healthyplace.com/living-with-bipolar-blog/2019/1/bipolar-disorder-and-ghosting-its-a-big-problem Author: Hannah BlumHannah Blum is the bipolar disorder program HealthyPlace YouTube. Look at her and you can also find Hannah in, and . WOW! All this is unquestionably unbeatable and very generous to say the first. About 30 years ago I don't know anything about the police until a few months. The fact that living together has been an NGO for more than 3 weeks now, considering the VERIENTAL DAILY COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE DAY COMMITTED TO A VERY ABRUPT HAS RAISED RED FLAGS ON SO MANY LEVELS. After having taken all these photos/experiences at a time to commit suicide, I'm not so sure of this what I want my life to be in a working relationship and worrying about the fact that anything is or will be okay as if I had to consider my state of mind. In response to Anonymous (not verified) I am going through a similar situation... I've talked to a pharmacist and counselor to get a better understanding of this disorder. I guess the best thing I can do is to educate myself... while I'm relieved I'm not alone, I'm sorry to see so many people going through similar situations. I see the woman I care about, not the disease, but sometimes I wonder what it means... when she's with me, the world will melt. When she cuts the communication, the mind wonders for her safety... she assures me, as others have mentioned, that she has strong feelings for me and goes nowhere... it still doesn't make it less comfortable. I sent her support messages, hoping her day will go well, and filled her with little fun things that would normally laugh and enjoy... At least she knows that I'm still here, but it's not easy to turn my mind off when I hear absolutely nothing back... In response to Anonymous (unverified)I have also been ghosted recently by a 4-year-old boyfriend who is depressive maniac. He invented a BS story and gave me 2 weeks to get out of his house. I've been ghosted since. No calls or messages from him. I'm glad to see that I'm not alone and that other people have experienced the same. I've learned from other people who've been saying she's not with me anymore. I didn't get an explanation about anything. I know he's been drinking a lot and he's been smoking weed. Over the years I've seen the mood changes and now it's in that depressive state. I hate to be treated like I don't exist anymore. It is very painful and difficult not to take it personally, especially because we never fought and did everything for it. I wish I had ghosted. I've been in a relationship with someone with bipolar personality disorder and OCD since the summer, and I've been trying to get out of it almost all the time. I realized it was an early mistake, but she managed to keep me in it with threats, fear, obligation and guilt, and frankly, she scares me. I've tried to talk to her honestly and she's just having a panic attack. I've tried to take a break and some space, and she felt abandoned and hurt in the ERs. I wish I could escape this. I would have sent a message, pulling out the coward and done a long time ago if I didn't know where I live, but I can't risk it coming up and I'm crazy, and I don't want your life falling apart or hurting. In response to Anonymous (not verified) You'll probably never see him but I hope you do... You have to break up with her. Gentlely nice and then no more communication. Take it from an OG. I'm here because they gave me this article after looking for a ghost. I also object to ghosts, so I thought I'd read it. The man he was running into terror with. I could not take the fire and the fury and that was me in all my glory of a manic episode. He was crushed. He also threw all my drop-out buttons without wanting to run without a word saying he couldn't hang would have been better. For me. For me I'm saying in this case I got hurt, but I'm fine. Sometimes hurting you is all you can do to get through the painful moment that takes emotional pain and makes it physical and you've heard the old sticks and stones they say. Give me a physical and emotional injury someday. The pain of the body is more tolerable then the pain of the mind that is a non-sure quote who. Again; You can't keep anyone safe. You can't live your romantic life so you don't hurt yourself! I have friends who love me and care for me and help me. I hope you do too. Maybe I'll do it on your therapist. The security of other people is not their responsibility. You can't be responsible for someone else's mental health. Every day you take a girl, they run her watch too. You're stealing time from a woman. We don't have as much time as men. A 45-year-old man is handsome; a silver fox. A woman if she has a little gray omg! He put it in grass. She looks old. Your times up! You think you're doing him a favor, but you're not. I appreciate the feeling You're kinder then the man who ran away while I was on the phone.. Somewhere in the middle of you two guys is what they call "the golden place." The perfect balance. Let her go. With goodness and love. I bet he left. For both of us. My three-and-a-half-year-old girlfriend ghosts me. He was diagnosed with BPD-1 about 20 years ago. I think it also deals with bipolar or bipolar psychosis with "characteristics". I don't think she's aware of the psychosis aspect of the disorder and suffers from this. His mind creates realities and alternative delusions. She blocks or represses stressful themes or experiences, which induce anxiety. We both have children and we decide to live together. We discussed before taking this step, that if mixing families did not work for any reason, she would move and continue our relationship. Well, it didn't work because of differences in the style of parenting and philosophy. We talked about how it would be best for children to live in separate homes. We agreed and said he'd start looking for a new place. After a month, I hadn't looked for a place so I asked him about it. He told me we had no conversation. I asked him every couple of months if he was looking and he started changing the subject or ignoring my question all together. Then there were several heated exchanges and, finally, two years later and more heated exchanges, she sought and bought a house. He tried to ask him to stay at every step of the process, but I remained firm. This was in the best interest of our children after all. Once the deal is done, we talk again about how we would continue our relationship. I pointed out that it wouldn't be very different since his new house was just 6 blocks away. Everything went downhill from there. When it was time to pack and move their belongings he said he was too overwhelmed. I ended up packing and moving all his stuff. As the movement approached the completion, I was leaving some things out and I noticed that she had not been in bed in many days and was maniac. One day later I asked if he was maniac and if he had to make an appointment with his doctor. He told me he wasn't maniac. I had moved the last things about her. I hadn't heard from her in a week and her mail was accumulating. I sent her a message and asked her if she could get her mail. She replied that I would not call, send a message, come to her house, or go to her daughter's school or she would call the police and file a restraining order against me. I checked periodically and threats started coming from his girlfriend. He accused me of harassing and harassing his friend. One of his psychosis is paranoid delusions, the belief that someone is out to get it, wants to hurt him, or is harassing her, etc. She has slandered me and developed alternate realities to face her feelings of rejection, even though I have let her know that I was not rejecting her and that I loved her in my life forever. I told her we'd live like this for a few years and when the kids are older, I'd marry her. His answer was he was trying to manipulate her. My best guess is that his manic episode provoked his psychosis. She believes that the alternative realities that her brain has created to cope with and has ghosted me ever since. It's been nine months and he hasn't contacted me in any way. I want to contact and suggest that you talk to your doctor about psychosis, but I'm afraid you'll follow your threats and call the police. I don't think she realizes any of this on her own and most likely she's been ghosted by life. She didn't formally break up with me and the last time I knew about her that we had a wonderful future ahead of us, then nothing. It is very painful to have the woman I love to go from a bright future together to all this without contact in 9 months with not as much as an explanation. Does anyone know if while you're being specifically scared, they could post on social media? I went through a mania phase with a woman and she stopped talking to me and blocked her place at the FB. I had no idea what happened. So I checked with some mutual friends and that's how I found out that I was still publishing here and there mainly about their children. I mentioned that I knew I was doing that during a text when I was trying to figure out what happened. I mentioned a post he hid. Next thing I knew he blocked some mutual friends so they couldn't see the post advancing. She raised the blocks and finally reached 3 weeks later. Then he quieted again for two weeks and again blocked! Is it normal? She said she regretted being flakey and she's working on it) Anyway, I was just wondering if it's common to do this and still publish? In response by Anonymous (not verified)My ex does this exact thing.... I don't understand either. It was all right between us, but he has a habit of ghosting me for no reason. In response to Anonymous (unverified)I was also just ghosted for no reason. Everything was fine and then BAM! Suddenly he tells me he needed his space and gave me two weeks to get out of his house. It's been a little over a month and there's been no messages or calls from him. I was this guy for four years now, he's acting like he's no longer there! I know he's a depressive maniac, but I feel his problems are giving me problems. I'm depressed and I feel stuck and unable to move forward. It's not just hard to say "this is what's going on" - like a couple of people upstairs have explained. It's necessary to settle or because you don't want them to see you like that. Ghosting tells someone otherwise. He says you mean nothing to me and you never did, not even like a human being left alone to someone I at least said I loved. Maybe the disease is responsible for wanting ghost. But your lips still work or fingers to write a note Unbelievably cruel to another person In response by Anonymous (unverified)We should agree with this 100% statement. My wife of bipolar II is currently scaring me. She sent a message that I'm going to let you not send me a message. Then he blocked me and he hasn't said a word or a message since. All for reasons that a normal relationship would easily be able to resolve with a little open communication. It's painful and honestly I don't understand how he said he ever loved me to treat me as disposable trash. My best friend who's BP2 just ghosted me. We got into it a little bit more text, nothing big or crazy just a misunderstanding... literally went away and it went out maybe 4 times total about something she was trying to tell me and I was misunderstanding. At the end of that (I can't even call it a fight or disagreement) I said thank you for clearing up and moving on to the next topic... then you blocked me off your phone, then I noticed you blocked me in the fob! So exactly I don't know . Next .lip we have literally had real fights in the past and they only get one at the other time, but this time he blocked me from his life. The truth is that I am super hurt . I fight with my own problems (anxiety and PMMD) that take their toll on me and I don't really need this either. I've been there for my friend always and I want to be here now but honestly for my own mental peace and mental health, maybe I need to let her go. I was committed to a man with bipolar for 16 months, he broke it in 24 hours spinning, one minute I love you more than anyone next goodbye. I'm divorced and wanted to wait in marriage because of his bipolar and strange behaviors he was seeing, but committed to the relationship. I had been married to a man with undiagnosed mental illness, so jumping into marriage quickly wasn't good for me. My previous husband had another family behind my back as important treason and he did this as a pastor... yes indeed. So he wanted time with this person to see how his bipolar played, reasonable request. As time passed I began to see some strange behaviors, children like behavior, such as making child noises and turning objects at dinner table into animals, stuffed behaviors, constant immature jokes, and another more risky conversation constantly. Then rude comments on how I look but when confronted I couldn't understand how that would hurt me, then he kept begging me to marry him and tell me how much he loved me. Then I caught him flirting with women at the FB, caught him in several lies. He didn't get me a birthday present for a pivotal birthday, weirder statements that reflected promiscuous behaviors but when the confrontation is quiet. Obviously this was going south, how he spoke to his parents was horrible, he would never take responsibility for his own actions, oh he did at first, told me of his bipolar in a deceptive way and then lied about it. Screaming me in public, having to explain simple things to you and I was literally having problems with easy tasks, cognitive problems, having to reformulate a sentence so that I could understand, important problems, and I did my best to support and pray while we believed that God had initially met us and many of these behaviors were recently triggered. He obviously had important reservations, and he knew he couldn't stand all of this, he wasn't sure. This isn't a stable person, so I knew I had to finish it, but he did it to me. Some of these behaviors are the immaturity bipolar, impulsively, the pressed speech and cognitive impairment of bipolar aging, but some were simply selfishness, pride and simple arrogance all wrapped in a nice package, nice face clothes, nice house, nice dinners, you get the picture. People need accountability, we can't act anyway we want and trample on others, obviously he didn't act like that at first or I would have walked so if behavior can sometimes be controlled at first what happened. I'm glad it's over, you don't like the sudden but grateful turn that revealed your true self. The man I love keeps scaring me. He shows me a shower with attention and disappears for months. Last time he asked to marry me. Then it disappears. He told me he was in a dark place. I feel so sad about everything that's going on. My 7 1/2-year-old wife was diagnosed BP2 last year after entering a depression and moved in and had a brief affair with an ex. He started medicine and after a while we started to assemble the pieces and moved home eight months ago. Things had apparently gone well, with a spell here or there that would last a week or two where it would question whether it should be in a relationship. After a short time, I would always come back. But things had gone well until the coronavirus put her at work from home for six weeks. During that time he started drinking more and more, going to bed at 8 p.m. and not just his normal being. So, as soon as I could get back to work, he told me he had rented an apartment in another city 30 minutes and moved the next day. He said if he can't make a relationship work with me, he'll never be able to do a job. He says he needs his own personal space and needs to depend on himself for all the things he wants and needs. She's barely been in touch since she left three weeks ago, just occasionally sending a message to say she's sorry or to ask if I'm okay. The last thing he told me is that maybe we could have some sort of relationship someday. What? I'm giving her the space she wants but I think she drank with her medications might have triggered something. He talked to his doctor, but he lied when he asked if he had been drinking. So I also wonder if this is the end or just another spell that should try to wait? There's no easy answer that I know. In response to Anonymous (not verified)Unfortunately, I'm going through the same. Married for 2 years and together for 10 years. He left this weekend to visit the family and then bothered me when he turned off his phone. He starts smoking grass (never smokes grass) and started drinking all weekend. Long story short said our relationship isn't going to work and he's not going home. He didn't get on the plane. My heart's broken. I've disconnected your phone so I don't have contact. He's with someone else because I found his number in the call log. This has happened 5 times and eventually comes home. But this time I can't have it back until I put it back in meds. If he doesn't come home, I hate to think about it... but it would be better for me. I'm tired of being hurt. I'm sorry you went through this. I never realize how much harder it is to have a relationship with a bipolar person. Hi, mine's wearing olanzapine 20mg a day, I guess it's bipolar. We were planning to get married, then he told me he doesn't want to. 2 months after this, he broke up with me and wanted to remain friends. And exactly like yours, sometimes I was chatting, sometimes ghosted. Yesterday I told him that I was hurt when I was ghosted and found out he read that message and blocked my number. I don't know what to do, I just love him too much. Will you unlock me? Hello, everyone. I'm really stuck and torn in what exactly my situation is. My boyfriend and I have been dating for 2.5 years and he's bipolar 2. He came out and told me about his bipolar 4 months ago, in which I saw nothing wrong with it, as I will always love him independently. Shortly afterwards, in January, he began to consider taking medications and taking lithium. Once the lithium began, I noticed that I had hypomania very often. When he does, we tend to argue more... and try to avoid these arguments as much as he can, since he is not listening or trying to speak out loud and overcoming me. During this time, we have been in the process of talking about committing ourselves and having a future together. His goal was to propose some day this year. In doing so, he suggests that we should try to live together, so he started his search process in apartments. We started to see apartments, while we also tried in ring/tamaños styles, etc. A month ago, we got into a little argument in which he lit himself up asking for three days of space. These 3 days became 1 week, then 2 weeks, then 3 weeks and now a month. Throughout this month, I ignored both the calls and the messages of mine when I had asked if I was ready to chat. So two days ago, I decided to contact him to see if he was ready to talk and said he was. He told me this wasn't gonna work and that the last three weeks, he was able to spend everything he wanted and do things when he wanted to. This was devastating for me to hear because I had always been able to do and pass for what he likes / pants. I'm a little confused about whether this is all part of it having bipolar or the effects of medication, or if it's just compromise problems. I'm so tired of excuseing her behavior and being trapped in the acceptable and not. I am currently in the last semester of my university and fighting the practicum at this point and this global pandemic COVIC-19. Having to move forward seems almost impossible, since I can't even do normal things with this social distance and isolation. I'm so torn that it's selfish enough not to recognize the mental stress that's happening to me. When I asked him what he was thinking, he would only answer with 'these are my thoughts, you don't get to know them.' How's one of such love going to a completely cold and a half person? It's like I've thrown everything we planned out. I don't know who this is, what this is, I'm denying and excuseing all this behavior for him having bipolar. I just want answers. In response to Anonymous (not verified)It is not your fault and it is not yours. It's definitely the Bipolar. Idk if he comes back to you, but in my experience... once they realized you'd get hurt, they'd usually call you back. Only time will tell. My bipolar husband left all his medicines and the exhortation of his family and left me and the children two and a half years ago after 12 years of marriage and went to live with his mother. He didn't tell us he was leaving and said he was never happy and told us to keep or donate all of his stuff and that he would only take two bags and ghost us. When we were together, he used to go radio silence and on and untie for days or hours or weeks at a time and ghost, but he would always appear again. This time he hasn't returned to our city for 2.5 years. We've had 5 seperate visits of good week, but in his new location and he ghosts in and out between texts and calls very sparsely and refuses to respond just any call and often ghosts and refuses to respond messages outside and ghosts sometimes refuses to see us when we visit or we don't continue to visit, but it's been pretty good with at least writing something every two weeks if not every couple of days. He goes through the period where he is really communicative and then really un communicative. He's very apprehensive that he doesn't want a divorce and has repeatedly apologized for hurting me like that by ghosts and going out and promises that we'll have a traditional marriage again. He is currently jumping places back across the United States with his mother and wants him to wait for 2 additional years for him to save money to buy us a house in an even different place. I really love him and enjoy it when he's not ghosting and I take my marriage vows seriously and I hate to give up a sick spouse but how can I tell the difference between ghosts for illness and ghosts to play games? I suspect he just doesn't want me to forget and go ahead with my life without him and that he might be playing games but when I accuse him or I kindly ask him he is really offended and his feelings are hurt and he accuses me of thinking that he is an asshole and thinking wrong about him and not giving him the benefit of doubt and ghosts again. He says he doesn't mean ghost, but he doesn't know what to say.. Is this typical of bipolar ghosts or is it just playing games like I can tell the difference? In response by Anonymous (not verified)Michelle, this is amazing. That's exactly what my husband's been doing all the time. We've been married 12 years and we have an 11-year-old son. In 2017 we were ghosted for 2 years. Then he turned up again, stayed more or less with us for a year and now he re-screwed us. No phone calls, no texts, he's asking his parents to shake us. I thought I might be playing, but since he's locked up for the pandemic, I'm not sure what he can do. She's also at home with Mom and Dad at 49. I decided not to call him again. In response to Anonymous (not verified) U cannot tell the difference, but while you have been separated that you should help with your answer this is not what a marriage should be like. You should love yourself more and stay with your life because he is not present in your marriage. I wish you strength, motivation, joy and peace of mind good luck to you. Not everyone does this, actually perpetuates even more the stigma of saying that people with bipolar disorder ghost people, people should not use their diagnosis to excuse themselves for being a coward. I've never ghosted anyone and I wouldn't want someone to do that to me, the idea that they were slaves to our moods is both a fallacy and for other people. The only difference between someone with bipolar and someone without it is that someone with bipolar will experience cyclic mood changes that are a little more extreme, which depends on them how they handle them and if they allow them to feel to affect how they behave, just like each other, there is literally no difference. None of us have an option about our moods, however, we choose how we treat people and it is honestly a bit sad to hear the number of people either using this as an excuse for their own bad behavior or others using their diagnosis as a way of understanding it. In response to Anonymous (not verified) Everyone is different. My ex oscillates for so often, wants contact and is quite chatty but then usually only me ghosts, or in other words read messages but stop answering, even when asked a question. I got used to it. I've been seeing my boyfriend since July 2019 so for about 7 to 8 months now and he informed me he has bipolar on our second date. I accepted it anyway because I didn't care (I have a friend who is bipolar so I was familiar with the mental health issue but only at the level of friends) for our first 2 months together he went through a hypomanic episode and allowed me to support him throughout the episode. In December of Christmas week I stayed and asked if we could do it at another time because I was going through something so I gave him room even though he was angry because he did this while I was working on my job. The week of new years finally spoke to me and told me that he was diagnosed with clinical depression over his bipolar and that it would be MIA for about 2 months. I told him he was fine while I was kept informed he agreed, but it was the last time I saw him. Although he sent me a message and called me a few separate days perhaps once a week he only answered once it was January 14 and it was literally just a message (my birthday was the 13th informed me that he did not forget my birthday and regrets that I have to deal with this) I told idc about my birthday that I wanted to know it was okay. He didn't answer that we've spoken since and he's blocked my number. So idk what to do or if he wants to be with me. It makes me crazy at this point. In response to Anonymous (not verified)GIRL!!! Same thing happened to me a month ago! He didn't even say Happy Birthday and ghost, he blocked my number and social networks! After leaving since August 2019. We're better off without them. We don't need to deal with bipolar men. Normal men are already enough of a smh problem. I need help I am in a long-distance relationship with a girl who is younger than I am... she is not diagnosed but we have been together long enough to know that she is bipolar .. also mentioned to me at first that she might have bipolar.. At first she was very affectionate and was willing to do something with me now that we are together long enough I guess she feels more comfortable showing her symptoms instead of hiding them at the beginning of the relationship is this something that will happen? Also she does a little ghosts now and then like sometimes she wouldn't even send me a message but when she responded that same day she seemed to be okay so I don't really know what's going on, my 3-year-old girlfriend recently left me. She has been without treatment absolving a food disorder. We were both happy and she's the most affectionate person I know. Two days after graduating from college he suddenly got depressed. She said she was miserable and life was useless and wanted to break. Apart from that she gave no specific reason..In fact she gave reasons to stay (I am her best friend, done more for her than anyone, etc.). I made contact with her 2 weeks after the breakup but her response was cold and distant. I've also been ghosted when I see her at the gym. It's like I don't know. After three years I'm torn apart. As far as I know he's working as a normal and living life as if the previous three years hadn't happened. It's hard to get me to run around things. He may be going through a depressive cycle and trying to put a brave face on things, I don't know. My heat sinks while I doubt that I speak again and I don't know why. Any advice welcome This hurts those you love more than being angry with them. He gets in with them psychologically and emotionally. It's 100% selfish. I understand that I want you to leave me alone and need a lot of space. But not recognizing a person for a week or two is wrong. Only one or two messages a week would actually be fine. With depression, trauma and bipolar it is natural to be comfortable with islation, but to deal with this you should fight your mind and always try to remember that humans are not made to be alone. If you're isolating it means you should say that I'm going out of the net for a while, I need time or something. I've done this and people really understood it. But to go completely out of the net and not tell anyone that you love in a difficult position and can lead to involving the police if it continues for too long. Do yourselves a favor and at least once, fight the demons in your mind with every ounce of energy you have left. You're stronger than you think and the people who love you will eventually understand. He'd been dating a good guy with bipolar disorder for a year. We live in different cities (not so close). In the city where he lives, my family lives too. I try to visit the city from time to time and he also visited me. Two months ago I came to the city where he lives and I called him, but suddenly he apologized. I was surprised and I didn't know what to do. I asked our common friend to ask him what was going on. He said he didn't want to see anyone, not even his best friend. A week ago I came back to town. He texted me. When I joked I said I had offended him, I didn't understand at all and he asked me what he had done to me. I called him, sent him a text message and called again. I tried not to care so much because I thought maybe it didn't feel so good. But that day I found him at the bar of our common friend. He was with his best friend. He laughed and looked good. When he saw me, he was surprised and embarrassed. But he didn't call me or send me a message that day. I'm very upset right now and I still don't understand what was going on. I'm waiting for your advice. Hey, I'd like some advice. I was in a relationship with a woman who has bipolar. Towards the end of the relationship cooled a lot and finally we talked and ended up leaving me. He gave me everything I deserve better and apologized for bothering me for the last few weeks. He said he couldn't expect me to wait for her, but he wasn't gonna get me out of his life. I tried to contact her as a friend a couple of times after giving her space and she didn't answer me. So I asked if I could ask you a question, I had a rather nasty and short answer about your need for space, it had been 5 weeks since I heard from here at this point. So I gave him the option. Asked if she wanted me to be part of her life or if she would rather disappear, she hoped to get some form of closure. She exploded quite offended that I asked her and told me she was being selfish and she was talking when she was ready. It's been more than two months since I heard something about her. At this point I have no idea what to do. I have no idea what he wants from me, but I really want him to be okay. I suffer from anxiety and the ghost without a real answer is killing me. She turned out to be loving and needy in something really cold, it hurts, but not talking is doing much more damage than breaking up. I've really tried to give you space, but I'm on a stage where I don't know if I should ask you in advance what you want from me. I'm really on a stage where I can feel crumbling. I didn't tell him this because he's under enough stress, but like I said, the ghost is eating me alive. Any advice would be amazing. In response by Anonymous (not verified)Ok. Some bipolar episodes last a while and communication during this time is useless. All you'll get is to be pushed and angry answers. But, wait there saying I care about words like I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, I care... something like that. You'll probably get the poison back because something seizes a person's mind and maybe they're so irritated they can't say anything nice. It doesn't do well, but you just put it in there and you wait for it. You can't make decisions right now. She keeps checking periodically and she eventually came to get some air. You treat her like a friend right now, and when she's better you can talk to her normally again. I'm sorry to say that episodes can last a few months, are more like cycles and may occur at certain times of the year, it's different for everyone, but some people cycle early in spring and last until May. Yes and don't take it personally, it's not for you what's happening to your mind. It's more like a disease, it could benefit from treatment and medication. I must also add that there are different types of bipolar, in Bipolar I have seen people start using drugs and become very sexually active and manic in that way, bipolar II is more irritable, angry and depressed and things. If she has bipolar, you could be in a real problem so look at her behavior and see what you feel comfortable with. Everyone needs support. In response by Anonymous (not verified)Jack, please feel a fee to send me an email .... I have had a similar experience v In response by Anonymous (not verified)The amazing thing about this as I read the same scenario over and over is... everything is about them. They agree to enter into a relationship, the other person is based on them and behavior when they are treated to the other person as a discarded piece of trash. When I break up with someone I try not to be appropriate to help them through it, at least relieve the spicy, not do everything I can to rub the salt in the wound and hurt them even more. Is there a therapist out there working with people to try to see... Is this not right to treat people like that? In response to Anonymous (not verified) Thank you! That's exactly how I feel. Constantly taking care of him, then he looks at me in the face says he will be at home for dinner.... then he left / silent: / he does not respond.! I feel so disrespectful. He says he won't do it again... but now that I think about it he's slowly cooked the frog! It's hours first. Responding to a text, next time hours of not picking up the phone... now I left until 11pm, next time he got a hotel and didn't come home. Somehow it's always my fault! I called too much, sent him a message of something he didn't like. You can't be an adult and tell me what's really going on! It never takes any responsibility... it speaks of a good game "I'm sorry, I understand, I will communicate" nope ?When you're pulling and ghosting someone you were dating, do you mind if they keep trying to talk to you or are nice that they're trying to be understanding and there for you? I feel like there's a good line of support or intrusion. Please help! In response by Anonymous (not verified)Hi Bailey, You're right, the line's fine. What I always recommend to people is that they are only open about it. Say something like, "I want to support you and I know that your silence could be related to your illness. I will keep checking in on you once in a while unless you ask me not to, which I will fully respect. " I think if you're not sure about something, just say it. Give the person the option to say yes or no and then communicate the way you want unless they ask him not. - Natasha Tracy - Breaking bipolar You know what would be worse than just scaring a normal person out of nowhere? When a girl with bipolar ghosts someone with social anxiety disorder who has barely had a friend in the world before not taking into account a friend. I didn't know he had bipolar at first I thought he had unusual behaviors. But having social anxiety, I tried to get away from her, but she tried and tried and tried to get a job where I work so we have to spend time together. Having a social anxiety disorder that had never felt close to anyone before or imagined someone might even like me. Anyway, I fell for her. My only experience of having someone in my life to take care of. I had been making promises to be always my girl and saying how well I treated her compared to the kids I'd seen in the past. She called me when I wasn't with her and made me feel needy. Then he sends me messages from nothing that we won't talk anymore. The pain I felt was unimaginable, as I obviously have social anxiety disorder and it is not worth the penalty and zero confidence. She blocked my number and everything. I saw her about 6 months later and she was a completely different person, acting like we were strangers. For someone with sadness this whole situation felt like the end of the world. I've never had anyone before she's in my life, and she'll probably never have anyone again. I don't know if it was a gift to meet her or not. In response to Anonymous (unverified)I really feel your pain that I am going through something very similar and it is a cause as hard as I suffered from social anxiety, that I have lost my couple life years ago and she was the first time that she let me enter my world and my heart and loved to take care of it and pamper it. In response to Anonymous (not verified) That's very bad for you that still works with you. It must be horrible, the girl I was talking about left my job immediately after I left. From seeing her every day most of the day until she left. I felt someone I loved had died. I don't know how you can still be facing her at work talking and laughing with everyone else and just ignore yourself. It sounds as cruel as the last way you should treat anyone. I'm pretty sure he would have treated me like that if he'd stayed working where I work. I would have felt worse than I did when he left and blocked my number, I think. I said I didn't know if it was a gift to meet her or not in my last post but it's been a long time since I've seen or heard from her now and I'm starting to face better and it's not that I still don't care about her or I don't expect her to be okay but I'd have to say that knowing that she wasn't a gift. I thought I'd found someone as warm and kind as I did. She was apparently the sweetest girl in the world, but for her to treat me like she did at the end I guess it was all an act and that she is actually a very cold young girl who just happens through life hurting one person after another. It finally feels like the pain is dying and now I'm bitter. The only way I think I'm lucky about this is that my SAD is quite extreme so I don't have any social media accounts, since I don't like people looking at me or judging or knowing something about my desperate lonely life, so at least I don't have to see all of their posts that probably get laid with boyfriends and things. I think if I ever saw her with someone else, acting like I never knew all the damage would come flooding and my anxiety would be a rocket. Anyway I think it sounds like your girl is also a very cold person.. possibly able to feel loved and enjoy being loved but not able to feel love so it can only hurt people at the end. If I were you, I'd quit the job and get a different job. You don't deserve the pain that will make you pass. I know everything but I'm 100% committed to learning more about this mental illness. I've been a friend of this person for a long time... but because we can't commit ourselves and also try to keep friendship safer to be immature... we've finally met in a good place in our lives. I know what I want in a man and felt "at the moment I knew what I wanted too. We talk about your life goals are sexual fears and needs and marriage and family goals one night. But no sex for the first time. And he invited me out. Did I finally tell you? Can we clear this up this time... the reason he said it was because he fell in love and never told me. I thought we were friends and we got into a serious relationship after I didn't express your feelings about what We had "at that moment. So he said I was together and he committed seriously. A week before he had made plans and disappeared and ghosted me. He came back and apologized. "Because of crazy and busy things "not like a couple did it again... he made plans with me to come and see me and then he's been scaring me for four days now. The night we engaged each other we talked about his bipolar and how he was taking medications and how he felt like he was ready and that's why he committed to me. And also how he felt ready. He asked if he would break it right after he mentioned it. And I said NO, why would I do it? I love him for him and not just for sex. But this whole ghost is terrifying and I've been reading and learning as much as I can. But I'm worried about him running and not coming back? I'm also worried that that was just a manic moment? And I'm afraid he doesn't feel the same thing later... Are these common signs? It's hard to say since we've known each other for so long. And they've been friends and more. But also worried. It seemed like I was having a big week. And I definitely didn't think I did anything wrong. I made an epic ghost at college when I got out of school and moved through the state without a word to anyone, not to any friend I had done there, not giving any explanation at all. I cringe looking back, but at the time it felt like I was casting out of this shell of a person who was pretending to be. I felt they weren't my friends because they never knew the real me. They only knew the fake who was smiling and laughing and pretending that he was not horribly depressed and hanging by a thin thread. I was in a dark place, the closest I came to want to die. Maybe it was like a "you" for them not to see that he was hurting inside? I don't know. It was pretty bad. At that time he felt good, somehow poetic, so that I would just disappear. In response to Anonymous (not verified) This is identical to my story. Your story resonates so much with me. Seriously, it's like reading my past. In response to Anonymous's (not verified) question, perhaps you might have let them know the truth that you? I know, it was college... I don't want to think about the decisions I made about two months ago, my ex-girlfriend had bipolar 2. And I met her when I was going through hypomania. Bear in mind, I had no idea at the time and he didn't. They spent a month and a half, the month more of my life, but I would finally have to go back to North Carolina with her parents for only 4 months since she had financial problems keeping her apartment. Once he moved, we talked for almost a month making time of face, etc. What all long-distance relationships do to survive. We got into ridiculous arguments and his personality had gone from being kind and empathetic, to being completely empty - a bit foolish and cold. After one day, we got into an unnecessary discussion, she said that I was guilty stumbling with her saying "it's like she says you're online girl, I guess you're still crazy because you haven't answered, Feelsbadman" the only reason I said it was because before I was crazy that I had actually woken up late in the day. After that discussion he said, "Look at you're upset and I don't want to deal with you at the end of my day - shit, see that I'm going to smoke weed and watch animie and refresh you, I'll call you later. That night he blocked me in everything, facebook, youtube, and my number... he left. I tried to get to her by other means, without a pure panic because she was deeply in love with her, she had promised even If we broke, we would keep in touch, she made many empty promises, I trusted and trusted her - but the personality changed almost 180 degrees that the promises she made, it doesn't mean absolutely anything. When I contacted her, I asked my friends to ask her what happened and if at least I could give me a little closure. She responded with "This crazy, Antonio's family and now her friends are getting in touch with me, that's crazy, I don't want anything to do with Antonio, I'm 100% sure I'm not going to deal with a microm of his melodrama, he'll be fine." That was his answer... He had fallen into deep depression, he was in love with her, in the end the pain was a lot I tried to kill myself. After the recovery, I made an attempt to contact her, and finally agreed to give me closure, but she made rules beforehand that she would have to agree on:Timed phone call, she set an alarm to give me just 45 minutes and then she would hang. Finally we talked and the call went on an hour, said the timer didn't matter now, because she was enjoying the phone call. She made it clear that she didn't want me anymore in the middle of our relationship, but I was confused because I had been leaving lovely voice messages and she expressed her love to me a few days before she was a ghost. I didn't understand. She said we'd eventually talk again, I told her I needed to work on myself anything. The next day, I had been blocked again... as if our conversation on the phone was a beacon. This hurts a lot. How do you know it's bp? I am never one to assume and always give the other party benefit of doubt However, my partner went from being super attached to a point where I would cry while I was working interstate, but I went down every week to see her and break down in tears the day I had to leave to go back to the interstate, I couldn't bear to see how upset she did it ultimately, she kept begging that I quit my job and move to the same state. When this happens, she had a very important exam, I knew how much she was stressing and how much it meant to her so I chose to give in my resignation and support her, I made the move for her was very grateful at that time and she asked me to accompany her to her exam that of course I did, she started getting negative thoughts that she had failed the exam that she worked so hard so I tried to change the subject by saying "for saying it's a more day 4 days later I was ghosted, now in the past I had told about a traumatic event, but it was very vague about what happened that I had asked him if he was okay and here if he wanted to talk about it. I tried to be as descriptive as possible hoping that someone can relate and tell me if it's bp or maybe just a mental breakdown. Oh Hannah! Gang girl, that's a good thing! I never looked deeply at him, but I "ghost" when I entered a depressive state. I thought of it as isolation but it's like the ghost is the fall that those around us have to suffer when we're isolated. Wow. He really gave me a perspective to work here. I'll probably do my own post on this in the future. I'll make sure I refer to you. Thanks for shining your light sister. Thanks for all your messages. My son is bipolar. Today I was happy to come a little, then when he came back later to ask a question that acted as if he were trying to keep him away somewhere. It was a simple question, and in the end he told me to come out. All I had to do was say yes or no. I left. I apologized for bothering him and left. I'm afraid of him. But this helps me, to read these posts, to let him go and try not to worry about what he is capable of. I'll try to go whenever I do. He stays in the house looking and crying a lot and I'm scared. Thanks for any advice. I'm in the process of trying to find out, how do we know this is the end or another episode? Will you give me a knock at the door and serve me with divorce papers? Would you send me a message? It's not only ghosted before, it's. Facts were declared. So it's my flight or flight reaction triggering anxiety panic depression for me just not to know. I'm trying to look for different patterns, only the difference is, he was aware of a great deal. before he left, so this time he has money to play and spend. Are the bp ghosts back? What actions can I take to see the reason and get back in touch with me? Pagination Leave a Reply Follow UsMental Health NewsletterPopular BlogsRecentConditions+-Resources & InformationResources & Information+-Health About the Net Foundation This site fulfills the information: .Mental Health AwardsFooter Footer+- 2021 All rights reserved. Updated site on 11 March 2021

A cutting-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good. Subscriber Active account since then Subscriber's Exclusive Audio Book! "No Rules: Netflix and Invention Culture"Put it now in Book.fm using the button below. DOW SplP 500 NASDAQ 100 I started to quarantine with my 4-month-old boyfriend right after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder—here's all I've learned so farMy boyfriend and I have been in a compromised relationship for six months—a period commonly known as the "honey moon phase," we should both be experiencing a rush of euphoria while discussing plans for the future, and we should taste every moment we spend together. This period of time usually ends after half a year. For us, it didn't work that way. We have our own homes, but with the increased panic around us, we made the mutual decision of quarantine in my house about two months ago. We had been spending a lot of time together, but suddenly being together 24 hours a day meant that we no longer had the opportunity to miss, wait for text messages, or wait for a planned date. He was also in the middle of the hypomania—a soft form of traditional mania—when we agreed on this, although we did not know it at that time. Medicine is not effective immediately Joe* was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 a month ago. In his teenage years, a doctor had diagnosed him bipolar, but the diagnosis was incorrectly changed to ADHD. His current psychiatrist prescribed him an antipsychotic, called Abilify, to regulate his mood with hope. However, this type of medication may take a minimum before it is effective. Joe's hippoman episodes tend to last two to four weeks. When hypoman, it is elated, impulsive, energetic and more loving, although these symptoms vary from person to person. We have committed ourselves to trivial arguments of all kinds. When you are experiencing hypomania, you direct your anger and hostility in my way, even when I have done nothing wrong. When Joe is experiencing a "low"—the depressive side of this disorder—it becomes whimsical and irritable. I can feel the empathic discomfort in your voice, and it bites like the poison of a snake bite. Having suffered from mental illness myself, fighting anxiety and post-traumatic stress for more than a decade, I know I need to take care of myself while still showing compassion. I am sympathetic and supportive, as he is with me, except when his mood changes down. So, it's unpredictable. I never know if I'm gonna wake up a bad-mood boyfriend or good kisses in the morning. Bipolar is not an option, or a weakness over bipolar disorder. Bipolar 1 is characterized by manic episodes, depressive episodes and potentially psychosis, as reported earlier by the Linsday Dodgson of Insider. where mania episodes are less severe, often called hypomania. psychiatrist Dion Metzger, MD told Insider: "People should know that bipolar disorder can harm a person's daily life as much as (or more than) physical illnesses. Similar to physical diseases, bipolar is not an option or a weakness. "He added that when people refer to a person of humor as "bipolar", "minimum importance of the severe and dangerous (impulsiveness, suicide, irritability, etc.) symptoms of any form of bipolar disorder may be. "The biggest misunderstanding about people with this diagnosis is that they are unable to have healthy romantic relationships," he added. "I have seen many of my patients bloom in associations, including marriage, after they are properly treated with drug administration and therapy. "I know that my own feelings are validNormally, Joe and I have been given the comfort of being alone when we have been working through problems, but he and I have been together 24/7 for two months. We argue more and our level of frustration is high. When Joe's mood changes, I will sink deeper into my own depression. While I try to understand, I sometimes wonder if I have the right to be upset with my boyfriend, although I know that his actions are a direct result of this condition. When Joe's words or voice tone are painful, I often wonder if I am allowed to take it personally. Is it fair for me to be disappointed or sad, considering our unique situation? I propose around Joe, living in fear of triggering his less pleasant symptoms. As a highly sensitive person, I'm also terrified that he criticizes me — I know that I never intentionally hurt my feelings, nor finds gratification in it, but I've learned that intention does not make negative behavior acceptable, or it means I'm not allowed to be upset about it. I have begun to understand that as much as I care about my boyfriend, my own thoughts and feelings are justified. Haley Neidich, a psychotherapist and a licensed social worker, told Insider: "Your feelings are always valid and have a mental health condition is not an excuse for emotional abandonment. "He added: "Both partners must be fully dedicated to ensuring that they are understanding the needs of the other person, and that they are able to be respectful. "Having a mental health condition is not an excuse to treat a partner with something less than the respect and consideration they deserve. " Matt Lundquist, a relationship therapist and founder of Tribeca Therapy, the best way to protect your mental health is to remember that you are someone's partner, not a martyr. "The last thing the fighting people want is for others around them to ignore their own needs or pity them," Lundquist said. I can't fix it, because it's not broken. I've always been a "fixer." I want to help people solve their problems. But bipolar disorder is not a problem, it is a mental illness. I can't fix that, I don't need it. "Since the newness of diagnosis and medication, a partner cannot be responsible for helping another partner through that initial phase," Neidich said. "Our job is to put our mental health first. "Joe has to be proactive and seek help continually. He has agreed to incorporate exercise in his daily routine to increase the release of endorphins — something he once liked to do. Once the dust settles, it wants to participate in weekly therapy, and always takes its medications as prescribed. I admire your motivation to improve the state of your mental well-being. I know you need an established support system, and I'm willing to patiently wait for you to find the right drug regimen and a psychotherapist. I have faith in him. Many times, he has screamed his eyes out, telling me how desperately he wants to be better. Feel better. I'll hold him, console him, and I remember the medication taking a little time to work. My support encourages you to keep going. I had to set limits for myself. However, for me, I know I need to set boundaries and follow them. Neidich told Insider: "People who are in a relationship in which one or both individuals are dealing with a mental health condition require a lot of work around the limits. "He recommended weekly individual psychotherapy, as well as weekly counselling of couples. My personal therapist suggested the same for us, adding that the above we are able to repair the resentments and communicate with a present objective party, most likely we will succeed in our relationship. they are beginning to agree that starting couple therapy in the first six months is proactive and beneficial. I also invoke weekly teletherapy sessions every Tuesday. My own therapy sessions are a place for me to come, ask my therapist's opinions about my relationship, and listen to your advice. The combination of therapy and medicine helps me to be the best version of myself. I'm lucky to have that exit, like not all. Neidich also suggested that a couple in our situation should be spending at least 50% of their time apart. "At this given time, that can mean having headphones in the same room," he said. In the morning, I spent several hours writing and then practicing yoga. I plan to visit my family more often, by myself, once it is safe to leave my house. I have also stopped following Joe around the house when he is having a mood swing — he has only escalated the situation in the past. Now I allow you space to breathe, think, and auto-soothe. This has already begun to improve the quality of our relationship. When he's ready to communicate, he knows I'm here. "He asks at least half of his days focusing on his own projects," Neidich said. "When he's having a bad time, I'd let him work alone instead of trying to fix it for him. "This means agreeing with the time that will be disconnected when there is a mood swing. "Despite the impact of our relationship, your disease never feels like a burden There are times when Joe storms down in the middle of a tantrum or discussion, and more often than not, I'm foolish as to why he's crazy in the first place. In these nights when we lay in opposite corners of my bed in the afternoon, I long for your affection and anxiety to shoot until I finally fall asleep. Right now, I close my eyes and practice the breathing exercises I've learned in therapy and yoga classes, while Joe sits up playing video games on his cell phone. Despite all, Joe and I have shared beautiful moments, both during the insulation and before the burst, cuddling on the couch and watching TV, sleeping together and laughing often. Joe is full of genuine compliments that make me feel special. If I'm anxious about brownies or cheesecake, he bakes me dessert, any kind I want. The smile on my face when I devour that first bite makes the kitchen worthwhile, he says. I know that Joe and I can have a healthy relationship, even though he can't stop the tedious process of getting better. I also know I can't fix it, but I can support it. I realize I'm not always gonna feel good about the situation, and that's okay. "My patients will often feel that they are taking backward steps in their treatment if they see that bad thoughts are coming back," Metzger said. 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