So something cool happened! I got invited by a fellow blogger RosieSmrtiePants http://rosiesmrtiepants.wordpress.com/ to join this great movement for mental health bloggers. They are taking a stand and being open about the awareness needed for mental health issues. I think this is amazing..
did you here?..there’s a BUT in the room…
but..I can’t. I’m sorry. The truth is…I CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!! I can’t even tell all of my close family and friends that I have bipolar, how can I make a stand for mental health and be open when i’m not.
The stigma is too scary for me just yet. I don’t want to start something and then how to feel like I HAVE to open all doors.
Thank you Rosie for pledging me, but not yet…
If you want to join the clause, please click the picture above and PLEDGE!
😦
Bipolar, Unemployed & Lost 
I think other people unable to come out of the bipolar closet could really connect with you, OhTemp, but I understand. Each of us has to do things in their own way and time. I’m glad you’re here. I hope you find the experience as cathartic as I have.
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No worries, blog-friend! You just keep blogging…very therapeutic! 🙂
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No I completely understand. I can’t do it either
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Bipolar is nothing to be ashamed of OhTemp.
Stigma is their problem, not yours.
See if this site helps.
http://theicarusproject.net/
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I wonder how much of being bipolar is due to being an Empath. It would make sense.
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Visa versa I reckon.
If you experience the extremes of human emotion you’re probably more able to empathise with others in extremis.
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Thanks! I know it’s not my problem, but I’m just not ready to start making real commitments. This blog is my first and only one for right now.
An Empath, huh? This is the first time I have every heard of this. I will look into and find out more. Maybe I am a Empath…great, ANOTHER THING LOL
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It’s odd how many say they never heard of that term, and then look it up and say, wow, that’s really me. Lots of info on it, though. Google 30 traits of an Empath, which is normally a good start. 🙂
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Thanks Gary! I will 🙂
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