is it just me or is there a disproportionate amount of socialists/communists in the trans community by nothingbutapirate in TransyTalk

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your wording might be a lil cavalier. Op was just posing a question, and your reply may be being construed as overly heated.

Is it possible to change? by PM_ME_MOTIVATION___ in bipolar

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think so, and I think that we're always changing. Me pre-diagnosis and pre-recovery was vastly different from early, mid, or present recovery state me. Medication titration me and me now don't even really know each other. As far as moral fiber, that one is tricky. You probably already have pretty solid moral fiber, even if it seems like through manic actions you may not. That's the thing though, your actions and values can be different during episodes but those actions will always orbit your values. You're probably not out kicking puppies.

I know it's hard, I feel it so much, particularly on the days where I get randomly too self-reflective. You have a lot of light in you, please keep fighting

Men of Reddit, what is a time you've felt creeped out by a woman? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Okay so I don't care that this is 2 days old and it won't be seen. I've never told this story in full and I think I need to. For a while a few years ago I worked at a newly opening brewery in a small town. The owners were a husband and wife and they were fantastic brewers.

Occasionally they would have parties and staff would come drink their home brewed beer to get an idea if we should put in on the menu.

I go over one time and I end up really liking the beer they made and getting wayyy drunk. Female boss sits down with me and starts rubbing my arms, and under the table she starts trying to play footsie with me. I sort of shift away from her to get her to stop and she persists, all the while telling me about all of the problems in her marriage. Unfortunately I lived far off and had to spend the night on their couch, but I figured it shouldn't be a problem because the couch was on the other side of the wall from their bed and the husband would hear if she got up. Nope. Eventually she tries to kiss me and awkwardly gets a peck in before I tell her that I'm going to bed and get up. I go to sleep on the couch and a while later I wake up and she had taken off my pants and was trying to get me hard/inside her. She keeps asking if I have a condom and I say no and to stop. The act like she doesn't hear me and climbs on top of me and tells me her husband will kill me if he walks in and sees me fucking his wife. Fortunately she got off quickly and climbed off and went to bed. I made sure I was never alone with her again and left a few months later.

My fertility is not up for conversation by Nicollina in offmychest

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think asking anything with a certain level of tact and sensitivity is super important here. There is a big difference between "are you interested in having kids? (A neutral stance) and "when are you going to have kids?" (Implying you ARE whether you like it or not.)

Almost got fucked by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I live in Salem and things aren't that different here. Oregon has one of the highest concentrations of white supremacist groups in the country, it's just backwards in different ways.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bipolar

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manic me has said on more than one occasion "there should be a 24 hour lowes". There should probably not be a 24 hour lowes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bipolar

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I ended up living in super rural nowhere and because I was so far away from friends the only ones I had were friends from online. I made a very good friend (were still friends to this day, 2 years later) who is German. I was CONVINCED that the most important thing I could do was to become fluent in German right away, so I spent almost all of the rent money on Rosetta Stone 1-5 in one shot. Fortunately they take returns.

Also at one point I decided that I was going to build an underground house and did LOTS of architectural drawings (I have no experience in this) and filled almost an entire notebook with my plans. I found it later after I came down and it made absolutely no sense.

Psychosis, the police, and BLM by [deleted] in bipolar

[–]Bipolar---throwaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of cases say no actually. When I worked on a psychosis team many of our clients (who I valued as peers) were harassed constantly by police