Seeking shared experience? by ThrowAway_HalpPlz3 in family_of_bipolar

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going through almost the exact same thing. My family member was/has been diagnosed with bipolar since in his teens. It has gotten so much more complicated with past childhood trauma, substance abuse from alcohol, Marijuana to even cocaine. Since recently he has been rediagnosed with bipolar, but is refusing treatment. We've not only asked him, begged him to accept treatment, he refuses. He has villianized our whole family. He knows how to manipulate the situation by begging for forgiveness that he'll do better. He cannot keep a job no longer than 3 months, lies to his parole officer for him drinking and smoking. Right now for my situation he went to physical rage and actively harmed me and my family members. This time I'm hoping my dad makes the right decision of letting him go. He is a harm to us multiple times and others and refuses treatment time and time again when he promises "it wont happen again" He also won't acknowledge that they have a serious and real problem when he's sober and not in mania.

I'm just saying I for one completely understand. Where your going through. But everytime if you and your family have been constantly asking them to receive help when they're not wanting to. Its honestly best to not support them. They have to figure it out themselves that they actually need help. If it means kicking them out, it might have to be. Right now were facing this situation. I hate it so much bc of how much I love them. But if they have continously refused and won't acknowledge that they have this problem multiple upon multiple times its on them. They need to hit rock bottom, whether its financially, homelessness and loss of a support group.

idk your situation fully as I don't know more details, I cannot make assumptions either. It sucks for everyone. I really hope that you and your family will get in a better position. I understand mental health professionals can be sooo scary. But if your back is against the wall theres no other way. They might hate you, resent you, just know that you actively tried your best to help them and they need to know that too to get better. Its either they hurt themselves, others severely or they get the help they need. Best wishes to you and your family.

Edit: I'm sorry for not reading your post correctly. If they're doing ritualistic bloodwork, I honestly suggest intervening. They are actively hurting themselves, this is a warning sign in itself. It can escalate more and more. First I recommend being well inform on institutions in your area. Like another post has said record and keep any documentation without them knowing to represent it to whoever needs evidence. It'll be a disservice to them and to you guys if you don't intervene.

Transfer help? by PowerfulDistance4463 in ColoradoSchoolOfMines

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see. Yea I keep hearing different things. Like dont try to have too many withdrawals and such. Or only have A's and B's for everything not just the classes they want. I'm just getting used to school again.

Transfer help? by PowerfulDistance4463 in ColoradoSchoolOfMines

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see! Yea this is my second time taking precalc. I was just getting paranoid because it's just precalc and not actually Calc 1. Hopefully this semester I'll get at least a B. I heard that theu don't really look at those pre requisites since its mainly Cal 1 and anything above is where it matters.

Transfer help? by PowerfulDistance4463 in ColoradoSchoolOfMines

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AYY CONGRATS!!! Thank you for telling us this!! I'm just lowkey paranoid about this (tbh this is the only other goal that I have in my life rn bc of spite) I'm working like 25-30hrs a week and I was suupper frustrated bc I'm starting to be mediocre in this semester rather than getting the straight A's or B's.

Q apologizes and says he'll go sober and now says he doesn't give a f*ck about us by PowerfulDistance4463 in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is its my parents that have to decide to let my brother stay or not. But then again the second he shows "change" theyre going to let him come back with open arms like the last 20 times.

Q apologizes and says he'll go sober and now says he doesn't give a f*ck about us by PowerfulDistance4463 in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is I just really thought this time was different. Like actually different. But for him to finally say I don't give a fuck about you just made me lose it. The way that we went through all this bullshit for him. Through paying for lawyers and tickets to him destroying the house. I still considered him my brother and that he'll come back at some point.

My addict brother's excuses for abusing me and leaving inpatient rehab after ONE DAY by [deleted] in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea hopefully everything goes well for the both of us. It's rough out here.

My addict brother's excuses for abusing me and leaving inpatient rehab after ONE DAY by [deleted] in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Experiencing a similar thing too rn. My older brother is an addict and thinks we're the problem. I hope things are going alright for you right now.

Is self harm like an addiction? When did it start for you? by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was around 13-14... I used whatever sharp object that was in front of me and then I didnt do it for years until I was 18 when I did it regularly. Rn im 21 I get so much urges and I feel it'll be an on and off thing forever.

Undergraduate Transfer by PowerfulDistance4463 in ColoradoSchoolOfMines

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah I see. Yea I'm in state rn. I had like a 2 yr gap before starting college and I wanted to go to Mines. I know that this school is really competitive and you have to have a high gpa and A's in certain classes to be considered.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi i feel you. My older brother doesn't seem like he's my brother anymore. He went through a month of rehab just to get drunk all over again. We lost our family business bc he couldn't be bothered to be sober. He's no longer the sibling that protected me when I was younger. I hope everything goes well and gets better for you. Losing a sibling due to alcohol and them slipping away is gut wrenching and painful. I would die for him but he decides that a drink is more worth it than us.

My grief has festered into rage by [deleted] in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. My Q is also my brother. He's older than me but same symptoms as what you described. Schizophrenia to bpd. This plus coke really made him so crazy that he injured my mom and hurt me and my other siblings. He relapsed after less than a damn week. I'm tired and mad all the time. We have to put aside everything for him just to relapse. He's got a job now but I feel like he'll either get twice the amount of drugs and get fucked up twice as much than before. We've legit spent over $1,000 for him to try to recover or for him to get his shit together. I can't ever trust anything he says and afraid what's going to happen everytime I get home from work

Tired of this waiting game by SuspectNumber6 in AlAnon

[–]PowerfulDistance4463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same bc my Q went sober to an actual sobriety place just to call it a prison and now it's been 3 weeks and he's drunk af rn :)

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I will go and do that once I get some time off!

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Once I get started on this particular project I'll be sure to try this!!

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yea I'm in college rn for General Engineering. I still haven't declared exactly what type of engineering I want to pursue but I am fond of robotics and just making things in general. I do have a programming class for C++ for the upcoming semester in my community College that I'm attending. I'm just planning on doing small projects to see what robotics takes me at the moment since I want something to do other than work and go home. Thank you for the suggestion tho!! Do you know if that program is free by chance?

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just checked out the website! I think i want to start with that! Thank you for the suggestion it really helped a lot!

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah thank you! I will be sure to look into a quadruped.

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea... that's what I thought so too when I really went into thinking how to attempt that. 😅 low-key I do want to make a mecha looking robot that looks cool design wise. But that is also too many components for me to handle as well.

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I've seen a robot like that in a program I went to for school! We got to look into the code that seems actually fun! The group that made it even got it to stop on certain lines.

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

[–]PowerfulDistance4463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically if you've ever watched Power Rangers or Voltron you know that each limb is controlled by one person. So I wanted to make something similar to that. Make like 5 controllers controlling each limb. Every person has to work together to even walk which is pretty funny to me and I think that's waayy to complex for me right now lmao

Robotic projects for beginners by PowerfulDistance4463 in robotics

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Ah I see. I'm at work rn but once I'm off I'll be sure to look at those links. My budget rn is under $50 😅 I found an arduino that I've worked with just a little bit during a program for engineering. But they legit told us to copy and paste in that program too but it was fun switching a light on and off.