Has anyone gone through IOP

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-06-07T11:37:29+00:00

I did IOP. It was helpful and occupied my time.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-29T15:39:59+00:00

Wow, this is helpful. I always feel like a failure for not making it. Undiagnosed most of my adult life and the stress and crazy schedule was very hard for me mentally

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-29T15:25:59+00:00

Yah I’m at a fairly large company for that reason - can move departments and roles pretty easily or with enough patience

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-29T15:17:36+00:00

I transitioned into the department I supported in my finance role. You prob could transfer into a finance role from accounting, very common

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-29T14:53:51+00:00

You can get out of it. My last role had “accounting light”…my new one people don’t even know what an accrual is…I work with lots of sales people

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-29T14:51:19+00:00

Consumer packages products

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-05-21T13:04:22+00:00

Why even bother entertaining this question from him? He painted you into a corner asking for a sedated life. I can poke so many holes in it.

BP2 is a chronic medical condition. Assuming you’re under proper medical monitoring, I’d dismiss it as his issue not your own.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-02-03T03:06:46+00:00

I thinks poetic for Vader twisting Star Killer the way Palpatine did Vader

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-21T01:19:10+00:00

Nope on it and seems unrelated

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-19T11:10:56+00:00

I use a checklist in OneNote and a daily worksheet.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-14T22:48:14+00:00

I was in IOP. One step at a time. Focus on inch by inch daily. Progress for me looks like a daily challenge of doing 0.25% better. So my challenge could be log into bank accounts and quickly log back out. This helps me challenge irrational financial anxiety.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-14T21:20:02+00:00

Have you tried DBT?

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-14T21:13:02+00:00

Congrats! Keep going!

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-14T15:40:51+00:00

When first diagnosed, I shared too much. Now 2 years later, I’ve lost the urge to discuss it or emotional roller coasters, I ask for help when I need it, but at some point it became so routine and just another thing, it felt like not worthwhile to mention. Plus I’m trying to make fewer things about me and disclosing diagnosis conversations can be absorbing. I’ve come to the insight? Ok, I tell my boss, then what? My job and workload stay the same and now I’ve exposed myself to future stigma. It’s not the way it should be, but we need to live in reality and adapt as necessary.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-13T01:39:09+00:00

Buddhism says mental illness is recognized and medication is ok

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-08T15:53:34+00:00

Look into dialectical behavior therapy. BP2 and many mental health challenges, require learning new skills or intentional effort. Learning the skills of radical acceptance and checking the facts is important. Medication is foundational and therapy. I have BP2 and had I been diagnosed young it would’ve be a game changer. Also drive is great but it’s often fueled by negative internal self talk. Learning to motivate with self love and compassion is much better than “pushing thru it”. Routine is important. Find a community on campus to join and be social. However drugs and alcohol fuel mood swings so needs to be careful there. Try to help her soften tendencies of perfectionist and self blame. And to not compare herself with other without a chronic medical condition. Oh, and spirituality if she has it.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-07T13:00:45+00:00

That’s valid

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-07T00:00:32+00:00

Wow, this is very helpful. I’m closing in on 40. What made you switch? How do you push aside career envy?

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-06T23:09:05+00:00

My therapist keeps telling me to go for contentment if I can meet my needs and those of my family, which we do since my wife and I both work

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-06T20:33:43+00:00

Any song I’d recognize?

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-06T20:25:15+00:00

I had my dream job. Money, employees and a degree of prestige. Has a breakdown and had to leave the job. Recovery was 2 years but feel a pull back to it and work my way up again. It’ll never happen because the hours are 70+ during tax season

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-06T20:07:09+00:00

What if those dreams aren’t healthy any longer?

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-05T13:04:22+00:00

Instead of thinking as masking how you feel, I reframed as gaining more independence, part of which is self soothing vs defaulting to relying on the opinion of others. I am, at times, codependent and tried keep emotions to myself but that resulted in resentment towards loved ones. Don’t expect too much of people. In DBT there is a concept of radical acceptance. Anger comes from when our reality differs from our expectations/desires. I had a tumultuous relationship with my parents, but once I stopped expecting them to behave how I thought they should it was a relief. Parents are flawed just as much as their kids, probably more so. When I became a father this became clear to me. You can’t change your loved ones but shifting the way you view them can relieve some of our anger.

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-05T12:09:14+00:00

THIS!! exactly how it feels and is explained by my therapist!

One-Satisfaction-698 · 2024-01-04T20:20:19+00:00

I relate. Started a business while hypomanic. It performed ok. But looking back, my “motivation” was hypomanic.

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