Bipolar Disorder and social unacceptability within the church.

[Laurel Crowned]

LC, it could have been ME writing what you just wrote! You just sooooo nailed it! I know that it is often myself doing the isolating. I think it is about needing people to read my mind. When I am withdrawing they should notice that and approach me! Irrational? Of course. But, real, nonetheless!

Hey LostnFound,

Does it make it less irrational if more than one person is doing it??? Whenever I see somebody sidelining themselves looking sad... I feel compeled to go help. Call me the co-dependent caretaker. I just assumed that other people would do it to me if they cared. When they don't, I feel invisible. It's just so hard to approach other people when your moods aren't stable. The worst question to ask me sometimes is, "How are you doing?" People say that in passing and no matter what I say I end up feeling like I said the wrong thing. If I say, "Great" then I'm lying and I guilt myself out over lying. If I say that things aren't going well... it's more info than most people want in passing. So then I feel embarrassed. It's easier to withdraw than to deal with the hard work of learning to correctly relate to others.

 

[LostnFound]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!