posted by synergy @ 10:09 AM
Bipolar disorder sucks. Dealing with K's (my partner's) illness as a caretaker has stretched me further than I ever thought I could. The pain, exhaustion, frustration, fear, and seeing K suffer through the worst of it was nothing I thought I could survive. We've made it and continue to thrive together and face the challenges of her return to stability. That said, everything in here is only based on my experience caring for one individual and is not a professional's advice.
I'm L, and I'm in a relationship with a same sex partner suffering from bipolar disorder. The frustrations, pain, joy, and grief all come out in this blog. All of it is anonymous due to my partner's (K) request to keep it confidential. We aren't shy about talking about it, but we are not ready to fully go public. This is written with K's knowledge, but she does not usually read the blog.
2 Comments:
The search engine thing is always funny.
I wanted to say thank you for posting your experiences where others can read them. I am bipolar (diagnosed a year ago) and I have sent your link to my boyfriend. I see alot of me in your partner and reading it here makes me more aware of my behaviour. I cry alot when I read how it affects you (knowing it affects those around me the same way) and that helps me to try harder not to be so hard on those around me.
Again thank you,
Joney
Joney,
Thanks for your remarks; I'm happy that my blog is helping you better understand the impact of the disease on others.
I write for two reasons. The first is primarily I write to keep my own sanity as I go through this. I keep hoping that we'll stabilize and we have in many ways, but life keeps getting in the way. Second, that others (both sufferers of bipolar and partners/spouses) know that someone else is having similar experiences.
The toast that K and I have been using lately is "survival".
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