Battle lost

[PessimisticOptimist]

Along with anxiety, I've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as well.

I'm losing the will to carry on. I realize I'm posting excessively but this group is one of the last hopes I have left.

This is so hard. I can't do this anymore.

[fauxartist]

keep talking ...keep sharing....even though you may not think it....we are a thread for as long as it takes to get past this moment of despair....hold on...your safe here...

[AnxiousHeart14]

I’m struggling tonight too, losing my fight. Maybe we could help each other?x

[fauxartist in reply to AnxiousHeart14]

hang in there guys....

[fauxartist]

hey guys you still there....are you okay....let us know...

[PessimisticOptimist in reply to fauxartist]

here

[AnxiousHeart14 in reply to fauxartist]

Here too

[fauxartist in reply to AnxiousHeart14]

good, glad your here....whats going on with you too....your hurting...whats up

[AnxiousHeart14 in reply to fauxartist]

Just don’t see the point anymore, tired of trying so hard for nothing

[fauxartist in reply to AnxiousHeart14]

I was reading what rpanio said and it's really great advice...I also want to share with both you and PessimisticOptimist a website that I found really good and has lots of links and hotlines....'It’s Okay To Ask For Help...

Resources for persons living with suicidal thoughts:theswordmovie.com/resources/

[Rpan]

These diagnoses are just names to help critique treatment. I’m guessing you are just starting this journey. If this is the case please understand that there are many answers to come for you. While it may seem that these issues are hopeless, believe me you will find a way. Keep expressing your feelings, try to find ways to counter these hopeless feelings with positive self talk ( even if you don’t believe it) keep countering these feelings every time they pop up. Be relentless about this practice. In time things will shift.

[Strongheartforever]

Yes, counter the bad thoughts. Tell them to shut the f$&@ up. Also, get out of your head. If you’re in your head, you’re behind enemy lines. Your most important relationship in life is your relationship with yourself. Your quality of life is directly tied to how you communicate with yourself. Be a friend to yourself. You are enough as you are. What if you could turn away from all this pressure you put on yourself. Leave it behind. Drop the big heavy suitcase of self-blame or guilt or whatever. Ditch it. Come back to now. It’s safe here. Then is a story, it’s not you. You are awareness. Drink some magnesium powder, some green tea, and hydrate those cells. Forgive yourself and everyone else. All you have is now and what you choose to make of it. There is a place for complaining and ruminating. It’s the first step. But you must make a plan to move on from it.

[dukenu]

Its not more serious to have bipolar then to be major depressive or anxious...its the same thing: its an imbalance of neurotransmitters...when you don't have enough it causes anxiety...its just chemicals in the brain that don't work 'normally' and you experience the effects. Thats why you will get the same kinds of medications, or similar ones, to the ones you had before. Don't let the name scare you more. Do you exercise and do you find that helps? CBT, exercise and meds all together. Your thoughts can hurt you, be careful what you think.