Arg.... what's with all the sequels? Why can't anyone just make a movie and leave it alone any more?
Re: the bipolar. My partner's father, who is undiagnosed, is manic right now. Not to the point of psychosis, just with the ADHD-like energy, spending money like water on impulse purchases (like a massive TV, appliances... oh, and a house), randomly quitting his job (AGAIN) and deciding to move interstate.
It's sort of good, in a way, because he has a new girlfriend who seems nice and not crazy, and he's lost a lot of weight (which he needed to), but I haven't seen him this 'up' for this long since I met him nine years ago, and this time last year he was drinking heavily and talking about death pretty much constantly. We know from experience that when he comes down from it, it's going to be a BIG drop, and he's going to start sending Emma text messages again in the middle of the night hinting at suicide, which make her incredibly upset and I can't help but resent him for. He puts a lot of pressure on her, considering she's his daughter, and HE'S supposed to be the parent.
The thing is, he's not entirely unaware of his problem. He read a biography the other year about some bipolar celebrity, and remarked to us that he though he was 'a bit like her', and we nodded very vigorously to try and reinforce it, but he's said nothing about it since, and he's very much NOT the sort of man who goes and asks for help about things. And of course, right at the moment, he's been giddy for the past two months, so he doesn't think there's anything wrong with himself at all.
Sorry, didn't mean to vomit that all over your journal. What I meant was, take care of yourself. If you're aware of it and keeping an eye on it, that's fantastic, because it's a rough ride for everybody with someone who doesn't bother and expects everyone around them to pick up the pieces, most especially, the person with bipolar themselves.
*hugs*
Have you read An Unquiet Mind (http://www.amazon.com/Unquiet-Mind-Memoir-Moods-Madness/dp/0679763309) by Kay Redfield Jamison? Or seen the documentary Stephen Fry did? I thought both were pretty awesome.
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Date: 2008-09-26 03:49 am (UTC)Re: the bipolar. My partner's father, who is undiagnosed, is manic right now. Not to the point of psychosis, just with the ADHD-like energy, spending money like water on impulse purchases (like a massive TV, appliances... oh, and a house), randomly quitting his job (AGAIN) and deciding to move interstate.
It's sort of good, in a way, because he has a new girlfriend who seems nice and not crazy, and he's lost a lot of weight (which he needed to), but I haven't seen him this 'up' for this long since I met him nine years ago, and this time last year he was drinking heavily and talking about death pretty much constantly. We know from experience that when he comes down from it, it's going to be a BIG drop, and he's going to start sending Emma text messages again in the middle of the night hinting at suicide, which make her incredibly upset and I can't help but resent him for. He puts a lot of pressure on her, considering she's his daughter, and HE'S supposed to be the parent.
The thing is, he's not entirely unaware of his problem. He read a biography the other year about some bipolar celebrity, and remarked to us that he though he was 'a bit like her', and we nodded very vigorously to try and reinforce it, but he's said nothing about it since, and he's very much NOT the sort of man who goes and asks for help about things. And of course, right at the moment, he's been giddy for the past two months, so he doesn't think there's anything wrong with himself at all.
Sorry, didn't mean to vomit that all over your journal. What I meant was, take care of yourself. If you're aware of it and keeping an eye on it, that's fantastic, because it's a rough ride for everybody with someone who doesn't bother and expects everyone around them to pick up the pieces, most especially, the person with bipolar themselves.
*hugs*
Have you read An Unquiet Mind (http://www.amazon.com/Unquiet-Mind-Memoir-Moods-Madness/dp/0679763309) by Kay Redfield Jamison? Or seen the documentary Stephen Fry did? I thought both were pretty awesome.