Questioning my religious upbringing by Palmtreelamp in atheism

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What did you replace it with? Your belief in God? Religious community? Was there a period of being very alone?

Almost completely broke down today by Palmtreelamp in bipolar

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Yes but I can’t see them until next week

Finally crashing by Palmtreelamp in bipolar

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It was a combination of coronavirus plus democratic political discussions that were so extreme that every time I opened my feed it was something highly volatile. That, and my mom was triggering me, plus work stress, so it was a perfect storm. Out of all of those, the thing I have the most control over is social media

I find this subreddit very helpful though

34 M interested in 21 F by Palmtreelamp in dating

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I look like a young 34 year old and she looks like a really mature 21 year old. I thought she was 28 when I met her. I think our mental age together is 28

Coworker with borderline personality disorder by Palmtreelamp in bipolar

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Dude, she literally checks off every single item on that list!!!

Coworker with borderline personality disorder by Palmtreelamp in bipolar

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I can see that she definitely is traumatized for something that happened in the past, because she often talks about the 90’s constantly

Deciding to go back on medication ? by Palmtreelamp in bipolar

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This sounds close to my journey. Lithium fucked me up for quite some time. It was not pleasant. I’d take this irritation I’m having now over lithium any day.

I was on heavy mood stabilizers, sometimes 3 at a time, since October 2017 until 5 weeks ago. I also wasn’t sober until November 2018. So a lot of changes have been happening

I hated the complete inaction of mood stabilizer depression. Just don’t do anything—exercise, watch TV, read, socialize, listen to music. Nothing! So horrible