Posted by Shar on April 10, 2001, at 20:21:33
In reply to discovering who you are after years of suffering, posted by Kingfish on April 9, 2001, at 19:01:22
I think it is so cool that you are having this experience of discovery. I hope you enjoy the hell out of it, even learning and finding out about the "least worst" things about yourself. It (IMHO) takes a lot of honesty and courage to start the journey you have undertaken.
I am 49, and I have recently (over the past 9 months or so) begun to learn things in a very different way than ever before. I have been in therapy forever, and I am sure I have heard some of these things before, and THIS time they are clicking. It really feels like a click. A grok. I get it, I can apply it in my life. I can look at myself objectively enough to see how I hinder my own progress.
I am delighted this is happening with me, even though some of it has been very painful and I've wept many times. It is truly marvelous to feel my "self" is there.
The ADs undoubtedly help in this process; they allow me to get my land legs under me so I can think, and learn, and act upon ideas about something other than suicide or some other depressing 8-} topic.
All the best to you. I hope you have a great time. What an opportunity!
Shar
> I was wondering if anyone else is going through a sort of "re-self-discovery" after finding some medication(s) that help alleviate the symptoms of Depression or Bipolar Disorder?
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> I am 30, and have recently found a mix of an AD and two mood stabilizers for BPII that are helping and I feel like I am finally starting to discover myself. The BP showed up in my early teens, maybe earlier and grew progressively worse in my 20's.
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> It's a very bizarre feeling and I'm not quite sure how to deal with it.
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> I guess in a sense I don't know who I am in a way. I finally feel grounded and more secure in myself but I'm sure who that self is.
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> Does this sound familiar?
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> - K.
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