[ SECRET POST #1998 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1998 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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10. [SPOILERS for the Hunger Games]



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[Hetalia]


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14. [WARNING for gore, animal abuse]
http://i.imgur.com/SjfD3.jpg
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[Video Games Awesome Live]


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[Avatar: the Last Airbender]


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[American Horror Story]


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19. [WARNING FOR general discussion of triggery topics (there's bound to be triggering material in the comments)]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 (warning for rape) - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt, but the other bipolar anon in this thread

It just means anon cycles more rapidly than average. It's really not that much to qualify, only four or more times a year. Cycles can happen as frequently as 3-4 times a day.

Before I was on meds, I used to cycle once every two months, about six times a year, so I was really surprised to learn that it normally happens much less frequently. Now that I'm on meds, I experience about one cycle a year, though one of those was likely triggered by severe stress.

[fuchsiascreams]

Ooooh, okay. Thank you.

So, I'm assuming a regular cycle is about four times a year? What does that mean, exactly, like - does that mean you experience one dominant episode "type" (either manic, depressive, or mixed) for three months at a time, or just that you have an episode lasting for a few days/weeks about four times a year? In between episodes, are your moods "normal"?

[(Anonymous)]

One cycle in a lifetime makes you bipolar. Anything less than four times a year makes you fit the basic diagnosis, and the average duration is about three months for 2-3 months and up to six months for depression. Most bipolar people experience a switch between mania or hypomania and depression (or depression to mania, like I do), and that counts as a cycle. A period of mania or depression is called an "episode". The cycles are sometimes interspersed with periods of euthymia, or normal mood levels.

Not everyone suffers mania but rather something called hypomania. Hypomania is wanting to buy ten pairs of shoes in one day. Mania is wanting to buy every shoe in the STORE. Hypomania is having a sudden burst of creative inspiration. Mania is not sleeping for three days as you furiously write out every brilliant, racing thought in your head. Hypomania has to last at least four days for you to be diagnosed Bipolar Type II. A lot of the people being diagnosed nowadays are Type II.

[(Anonymous)]

If you were asking about me in particular, my rhythm without medication is a month or two of normal mood, then about a week of depression, which switches suddenly to mania.

I'm normally extremely anxious when I'm in a depressed period, as well as disgusted by myself. I feel inadequate, think no one could ever love me, and I'm paranoid like woah (I'm these things on average, but it's to a ridiculous degree when I'm depressed. It's like being a teenager your whole life). I cry a lot. I was actually first diagnosed with depression because I broke down and cried for an hour in a counselor's office. I've never been suicidal, though.

When I'm manic, I'm happy, bubbly, and affectionate. I talk quickly and have a lot of energy. It freaks my family out, but most other people don't have much of a problem with the euphoria. Sometimes I'm just irritable. I make horrible decisions, I'm a reckless driver (I've been in six car accidents and only two couldn't be directly linked to a manic episode), and I shoplift. I feel invincible. It's not a noticeable problem to me, since the euphoria feels good, and I'm not aware of how inadvertently self-destructive it can make me.

These things are in the past, though, since I've gotten on steady medication. Now I'll have about one cycle a year, though my parents have the erroneous belief that any time I'm the least bit irritable or happy, I'm manic. Which fucking sucks.

[fuchsiascreams]

Yeah, that's the thing about being mentally ill - any credibility you have goes completely out the window. People no longer believe that you have ANY ability to be accurately self-aware, and every legitimate reason you have for being happy, sad, or angry is replaced with a, "Are you sure you've taken your meds today?".

[(Anonymous)]

one of the reasons i'm reluctant to get an official diagnosis