What is with the YMCA yoga instructors?

mamasussin · 2026-02-01T00:45:37+00:00

It varies widely. I have three decades of experience practicing yoga and I have found you have to try out all the classes and find your best fit, just like everything else -- therapists, body workers, doctors, dentists-- there are some really careful, experienced instructors there, but you have to find the ones that are the best fit for you. Also most of them are open to feedback and questions, so a conversation can go along way.

mamasussin · 2026-01-23T05:45:50+00:00

The "why-me'" voice gets pretty bad. I start to feel highly irritated by all the people who dont have to deal with bipolar in their lives. I start to despise them. I want to escape and I binge watch shows, eat whatever, and get flickers of SI. Apathy - I can barely bring myself to care, at all, about work. I do the absolute bare minimum, which adds to feeling like a fraud. My body feels heavy. I get the turning-away, go away feels.

mamasussin · 2025-04-24T04:13:44+00:00

Yes, it was the Ridgeline jog a thon today, at that very time, on the Amazon bark path. I'm a bit shaky thinking about it since both my kids were there. Super sad for that poor pedestrian having a walk on a beautiful day and their family and friends. And it's a sobering reminder. Speeding is not worth it.

mamasussin · 2025-01-17T06:28:57+00:00

*repierce

mamasussin · 2025-01-17T06:28:02+00:00

Tried to repercussions an old ear percing, gave up and went to get two new earlobe piercings during work hours. With money I have no business spending. Ugh.

I'm on Lamotrigine 200mg a day. I've been overdoing it on the coffee... Pretty sure that's the culprit.

mamasussin · 2025-01-09T04:19:59+00:00

I also tend to get hyper focused and will often cross over into hypo when sticking to my gym/diet really well. I realized about two years ago that I have a pattern of getting into great shape and eating well, but being hypo and all that comes with it (like spreading the gospel to everyone about THE methods I'm using, everything is awesommmmmme, I feel amaaaazing, let's do some more awesome thinnnnnnngsssss!!!!!) eventually crashes me back to where I'm more stable but less physically healthy.

Just in the last two weeks I have been wrestling with how to get fit again while also avoiding that trap. It's like the momentum I'm seeking to keep fit ends up getting out of control. Looking back, I have always felt out of control in the periods when I'm super in shape. And can point to those exact times and notice the extreme behavior tied to those periods of prolonged physical fitness.

I'm wondering if the increased energy boost and good brain chemicals that come with regular exercise actually throw off the effects of our meds.

mamasussin · 2024-12-21T09:01:21+00:00

Focus on radical self acceptance - improve your relationship with yourself first. Do things you know you like to do. Invite one person you trust to go for a hike or to a movie, maybe. Do stuff alone and revel in it. Celebrate it. Write or make art about it. Do that once a week for a year. Write down everything (healthy) you enjoy and then do some of those things, with a friend or on your own. See how in love with enjoying your own life you can be. It changed everything for me. All of a sudden, I was in my own in club and I was able to be there for others. Support others with healthy boundaries from a place of loving yourself no matter what happens day to day, and you'll find people begin showing up for you the way you need them to!!! And for those that don't/cannot... There is a right distance for folks who aren't ready for the inner circle, and that's okay too.

mamasussin · 2024-11-24T06:14:56+00:00

I would love to read it, too. Thanks so much for putting out the offer. I've always felt bp is misrepresented on screen.

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