As a Certified Professional Coach for supporters in the bipolar community and the wife of a man with bipolar disorder the most important thing I do and recommend others to do is be prepared and learn from the past. If you know that certain situations or people spark the triggers of the illness than make the conscious choice to stay away. If they don't understand then they're not the kind of people you want to be around. You must love yourself and your partner above all others and keep "family guilt" out of the equation when deciding what to do and where to go for the holidays. from Kathleen
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And happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating this U.S. holiday today. On this day of thanks, let me say thank you to each of you for giving of yourself in this community even in the midst of your own difficulties. Each of you make a difference in other people's lives every day. ~Kimberly
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Happy Thanksgiving! Being bipolar I honestly must apologize that you had to marry one of us. Although my wife swears that being bipolar adds to my personality and she says that I am the most interesting person she knows, I know that there are times when I absolutely do not deserve to have married her. Whether it is the drug abuse or the snappy attitude I sometimes do not understand why she stays with me.
I am leaving to go to my inlaws house in about 5 minutes and honestly it is one of the most torturous things in the world. It seems like people never understand how it feels to be bipolar and everyone just treats you like you are completely fine when the world is falling down around you. More power to them I guess…as they say…ignorance is bliss.
For those who are “normal” I hope your thanksgiving is normal because for me things are going to be depressing and/or crazy as always happens. Lets just hope I’m manic not depressed.
My God bless you for all you put up with…I just hope I can be cured by the time my wife and I have kids.
But again, hopefully your husband has made major strides that I have not got to yet. Maybe things get better into your 30s and 40s once you are able to control this madness.