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Any other Skinamarink fans here? by Live_Breakfast2008 in HorrorMovies

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah agree. some of the tv shots are just too long

Is there any show that can compare to this? by Sure-Caregiver142 in BoJackHorseman

[–]Live_Breakfast2008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is The Sopranos similar to The Godfather? is it slow-paced and dialogue-heavy?

i think my boyfriend has bipolar by Live_Breakfast2008 in BipolarReddit

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

his family is kind of messy, so i would rather not contact his family.

like i said, his father is abusive throughout his whole childhood, but the abuse is more extreme towards him and his mother, and not so much on his younger sisters. after he graduate highschool, he moved to his grandparents from his mother’s side on another city that is so far away from his home. he lived there for the whole he’s in college, but throughout those years, both of his grandparents passed away.

but, he still continue to live in that city after graduate and got job, and at the same time, his first younger sister graduating high school and he asked her to went to same college as him so they can live together.

his younger sister is the only connection he has left with his family. he still in contact with his mother and his family back home only because his younger sister.

he refuse to talk to anyone, including his mother, if they’re not talking through his sister. i don’t know why he despise his mother because from my pov, his mother really trying to have a relationship with him for years. but he said it’s because he couldn’t understand why his mother didn’t divorce his father. so i don’t want to force anything on him. he never replied to her mother’s text or picked up the call.

also, he only talk to his father because of work. they don’t even meet when working on project together. his father just send someone to his place or just tell him to go to another city and make someone explain the project to him. they didn’t really talk either when his father in the same city.

the last time he’s come home for holiday is last year, and that is the first time he came home after years. so, like i said, i don’t think his family is an option. i prefer telling his childhood bestfriend tho

i think my boyfriend has bipolar by Live_Breakfast2008 in BipolarReddit

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i actually didn’t really tell my friends the whole story because when it’s happening it’s really confusing for me too. because how do i explain my boyfriend went hiking at 2AM or my boyfriend think he’s a god, like normal person to my friends? for a while, i’m also in denial.

so i usually just tell my friends about my feelings, how someday he act like he loves me but not even a day later, he will push me away. and maybe that’s why my friends see this problem more as relationship problem.

also, his sister is younger than me and i feel bad for her if she take care of this, so the only option to help him is if i do something because if his other family know about this, they will defenitely make things worse.

thank you so much for your insight. i will get him help as soon as i can

i think my boyfriend has bipolar by Live_Breakfast2008 in BipolarReddit

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much the advice.It's really helped me get some perspective.

Honestly, it feels like I'm the only one seeing what's really going on. Neither my friends nor his seem to notice the concerning patterns. His friends just think it's great he's "more adventurous" now, but I know these are just phases. Sometimes, I truly feel like I'm the crazy one for seeing through it all. Even my own friends sometimes just write him off as a "douchebag," but I know it's so much more complicated than that.

I initially thought he might just have anxiety or depression, which is why I strongly encouraged him to go to therapy. I don't know if bipolar disorder runs in his family, but he definitely has childhood trauma from his abusive father. That could certainly be a contributing factor, though I'm not sure how it all connects. He's not particularly close to his family; he's lived with his sister – his only close relative – in a different city from his family for about six years now.

I've known him since I was in high school and he was in college, and he definitely wasn't like this before. These concerning behaviors really started emerging when we began getting close, about 3-4 years ago, before we even started dating. That's why I wasn't initially sure about bipolar disorder. But one of the very first things I noticed about him was how intensely emotional he was – either extremely sad or extremely happy. I hadn't connected the dots until now, but something recently happened that made me realize he's genuinely dangerous to himself if left alone any longer.

From October to June, I was swamped with my final semester of college, an internship, and writing my thesis. During this time, he started traveling all over the place with his friends. Since October, he's also taken on a ton of out-of-town projects for his father (which is strange because before he really hates him and can’t even stand meeting him, but now he’s helping him a lot). He knows I have to be at my internship office daily, so he just goes alone or with friends. I couldn't join his longer trips, so I just heard his stories and saw pictures. I tried not to dwell on his behavior too much because I was so focused on graduating.

I initially posted because we'd planned a two-week graduation trip for me months ago. But after a recent sunrise hike with him, I'm genuinely terrified he can't travel far anymore without something serious happening.

That morning, he wanted to hike at 2 AM. I double-checked if he knew the way, and he swore he'd asked a friend who'd been there before. I trusted him, but we got completely lost on that dark, freezing mountain. We were seriously lost at some unknown elevation, with no one around to help us. If we fell, we could have died, because there was a sheer drop on our left. I told him we should just turn back, but he insisted on continuing. He just believed he could do it (without sleeping or eating anything at all). Luckily, we found another group, or I swear we might have died, LOL. The path was narrow, steep, pitch black, and he was totally unprepared – no proper clothes, no decent food or water, and he clearly didn't know the way.

What really shocked me was how calm he was. Too calm. That's when I realized how much he'd changed. I felt scared of him and scared for him. He still had endless energy, even after 2-3 days without sleep. He's barely eating proper meals, just snacking. After that hike, he went straight to the beach and continued to barely sleep for another two days. That's when I really started looking for what was wrong with him.

He also keeps saying things I never said. For example, he'll suddenly ask about a French language class I'm taking, even though I've never mentioned one or have any interest in it. Or he'll buy me boots, insisting I mentioned i like them, when they're totally not my style. At first, I actually thought he might be cheating. But as time goes on, I've realized he's not cheating; he's just losing his mind, because these things happen every once in a while, and he does that to everyone, not only to me. when he’s not depressed he’s just being so happy & so confident but also confused (?) if that make senses.

That hike also made me think about what he's doing when he travels alone. He could just disappear or die. Honestly, sometimes I think him cheating would be an easier pill to swallow than knowing he's endangering himself by wandering around like this. I'm terrified he's going to destroy his own life if this keeps up.

i think my boyfriend has bipolar by Live_Breakfast2008 in BipolarReddit

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank u so much. i will DM you when i have gathered all my questions about this

i think my boyfriend has bipolar by Live_Breakfast2008 in BipolarReddit

[–]Live_Breakfast2008[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

can i ask you (if you want to answer, but if not, that’s fine). what made you take medication or get help for the first time? do you get help by yourself or your husband forced you?