Comments on: Happy St. Patricks Day… I don’t go out… ever.

By: absolut iVOD

absolut iVOD — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:39:13 +0000

It’s very odd to be reading this blog and saying, most of the time, to myself “Damn… just like me” … except for change; I want change to come, good change that is.

To answer your question (at least one of them), I really do believe that there a lot of women who fancies a homebody type of guy, as well as the idea of only going out on occasional weekends. Unfortunately, they’re hard to find. The same can be said about men, but I think it’s harder to find a female like that… but certainly not impossible. BTW, this post of yours is not a downer; it’s rather comforting. It doesn’t make me feel so alone. So Thanks.

By: Amy of the Lakes

Amy of the Lakes — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:04:38 +0000

I am such a recluse I found a way to work at a local newspaper as a reporter from home. When they moved their office 18 miles farther away from me I took a stand and said if they still wanted me to write for them they would have to either reimburse my mileage or I would telecommute. Risky but it worked. I am an independent contractor now instead of an employee but I work from my laptop at home writing articles. It is part time for shitty pay but hey it is work and some days I only leave the house to go across the street to the post office box. I am going to grow a garden to supplement our food supply/grocery budget and that is it. Technically with the magic of delivery and online shopping and bill paying one could go pretty long without ever leaving home. THAT might be an unhealthy extreme but it seems pretty tempting to me someday.

Except…I have kids and I do not want them to feel incarcerated.

By: Aleathea

Aleathea — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:34:15 +0000

Ah! Us reclusive bi polars! I used to be the the kind of person you couldn’t keep indoors. Now…its all different. I am amazed at how many of us there really are! I have often wondered what was wrong with me. Well now I know. There is nothing wrong with me!!! I’m bi polar! Its so plain and simple. I hate it and despise it and yet…What would I do without it?

By: pram

pram — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:55:44 +0000

i haven’t left the house for 5 days, but to get cart litter so the cat would not use my houseplants for dumping grounds.

when i am like this i feel afraid to go out. i am afraid of my feelings toward others. my feeling of anger toward others and their happy little lives. it pisses me off.

i have been just fine sitting at home looking for work that i can do from home. i have been prolific in recording and writing songs.

i don’t want to be like this. i don’t want to be like this when i am 60.

when i go out, i find myself yearning to get back to the safety of my home.

By: farrah

farrah — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:31:44 +0000

i to am a homebody..i use to love to go out n party all the time.n now the last yr or so i turn people down all the time..yet i hate sitting home it drives me crazy

By: Brian in Reading PA

Brian in Reading PA — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:49:11 +0000

I myself am very extroverted, but with relationships I tend to be very very introverted and a loner. Whether that has anything to do with Bipolar is hard to say.

I will say that when I am down, not in a severe episode but my normal down, I tend to be very anti-social. The phones rings and I don’t answer it. A group of friends expects me and I make up an excuse why I can’t make it. And then I find myself instead sitting frozen in and chair and staring for hours.

Yes definitely down moods have a very negative affect on me socially.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:53:16 +0000

I don’t go out either b/c i don’t want to be bothered with anyone elses crap. I’ve got problems of my own.
As for children, I want one someday. I just hope they don’t end up with it.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:10:30 +0000

I actually don’t want to have children with anyone with mental illness so my child has a shot of normalcy. Now i am questioning my homebody way of life i have recently taken. Could this really be a way of me hiding out? I don’t talk on the phone a lot now either. I am troubled but my doc doesn’t seem to see any severe warning signs. what did your doc tell you were signs of your bi-polar? my doc is still puzzled w/ me and i dont know how to explain my symptoms well.

By: Michee

Michee — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:18:33 +0000

Not goint out and getting sloshed is actually recommended if you want your meds to work and sticking to a routine is also recommended for us of the bipolar ilk. I think you are pretty well adjusted to your condition. I stay close to home too. I’m happier that way.
As to relationships, I understand why that one fell apart….she gave you mixed signals and we don’t deal well with that. You’re right, “timiing” is a convenient “out”. And I still don’t understand the concept of her buying herself a promise ring from you???? I do understand your not wanting to participate in the whole fiasco…It seems to me that you are more stable than your ex and will find someone who is likewise committed to a peaceful way of functioning. Such a person isn’t going to be flipped out by the fact that you are bipolar…it’s not like we are certifiable!!! at least not those of us who have been through therapy and are stable on meds. Give yourself a slap on the back for a job well done. You’re really a girl’s dream…someone with a little substance!

By: Teppy

Teppy — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:06:53 +0000

Its amazing how having a gentic Disease makes you rethink about having a family. My entire life all i wanted was to be a mother…. But sometime in my craziest of moments, someone asked me….”Do you really want to take the chance of passing it down to your kids?” I hated that person, and how dare they ask me such a thing. But now, years later, and maybe a Little more calmer in my life…I ask myself that question on a regular bases. My Great Great Greandmother lived in a state hospital from age 18-til her death at 57 for manic depression. My Great grandmother commited suicide because of manic depression, My grandmother says that she is sure something is severaly wrong with her, but she is such a religous fantic she refuses to go to a doctor, and then my father discharged from the military for manic depression. Different Word but same thing!! It is going to happen…not matter what, if I have kids….They will have it!! Do I want to put another human being through the pain and the strife that I and so many generations before me has gone through? I honestly think that!! Doesnt mean I wont adopt, or find other ways…but gentically…it wont be mine!! I love children way to much to be so selfish to have a child anyway, even after knowing what would/will happen!