VanessaChaland
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Angel, This is near and dear to my heart, so do please listen,,,, please. Many people have given opinions and some have given good advice, others not so much, but I do believe they were well intended. The problem with your question is that it brings out the pedants, the anal semantics, those who have read a book or two and understand things in "theory" and those that mention things like the DSM which is a book full of bullshit. The last time I glanced at it (and yes it has been some time, as it is a waste of time) it had things like being gay and kinky as being "aberrant, dangerous, socially unacceptable, deviant" and so forth. This is all predicated on the clinical notion that there is such a thing as "normal" in society, human beings and the human mind. As you no doubt know, there are two types of bi-polar and one that suffers from this, could also have afflictions of various other mental issues which would create 1000s of "sub-types" of behaviors, thoughts, patterns, interactions with others and reactions to situations, meds, shrinks etc. Most "pros" in the mental health field are sadly in it for the money. They often charge $200 an hour, for a 15 minute visit (or less) and will ask *you* the person with the problem, to diagnose how you are doing, as if depending on the day, the time, your own individual cycles you would be able to determine this accurately. They suck. Only you can decide what is best and/or right for you. But the most important thing to do is to keep yourself as healthy as possible. Try to keep control on any drugs or alcohol you ingest, eat clean, sleep (if you can), exercise and try to stay positive. If you are on meds, take them, if they are causing problems, never give up in searching for a new shrink that is open minded and that will hopefully be willing to try new meds, various mixtures of same and will actually listen to you and should you be lucky enough to have someone to accompany you to your visits with them. Lastly, have a look at this please : http://www.pendulum.org/information/information_famous.html or run searches for the same type of articles. Interestingly enough, it would seem that about half of all the geniuses, composers, authors and other creative people throughout history had bi-polar. I only mention this (as you well know) society often tries to make those that have this seem like freaks, morons, retarded, idiots, asshole and whatever. Its nothing new, it was not your choice, you had no say in it. The upside? Hyper-sexuality. :) Believe me, I know. My main point here is that you are worthy, you do not need validation from anyone else. Don't ever, ever sell yourself short. quote:
ORIGINAL: angelwithhonor ...i know this has been somewhat discussed here. but i just wanted to see the view agian. i have seen some discussion on depression and bipolar disorders. i have bipolar, and i do alot to keep it in check. you have ups and downs, but i really try. well anyways i had a Dom last nite ask me somethin. "how can you be a submissive if you have bipolar?" my submission comes deep with in me. even though my moods come up and down. i still know my place. i know who i am proudly and i know that the disorder to is part of me also. i dont have a Dom at the moment. but i think that its not the question of bipolar would keep me from submitting to Him. His guidence to me would lead me back in mind set if i strayed. " with His hands that lead, she shall follow!" that is my thoughts. any thoughts on this subject. may i ask what you all think? thank you and peace
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