isolated - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

buddyrabbit · 01-18-2004, 09:52 AM

somewhere along the way i have seemed to isolate myself from friends and family. i virtually have not a single friend and rarely talk to family. I want to be social but just can't seem to make connections with people. Is this part of being bp or is there something i can do to make more friends?

wobbly · 01-18-2004, 12:11 PM

I know for myself, I isolate when I'm depressed. It is very hard for me cuz I don't want to be near anybody, the best I can do sometimes is tolerate their presence. If you have any other symptoms of depression, maybe a med adjustment is in order.

u2fran · 01-19-2004, 01:28 AM

Hi Buddyrabbit. I seem to be isolated and am alone alot of the time, too. I believe that it could be a symtom, or a cause of depression. Sometimes just calling an old friend or a relative is how I deal with isolation. Sometimes docter's precribe medicine to relieve social anxiety, But I don't take antidepressents, cause they can sometimes cause manic symtoms, Anyway, just keeping in touch with people is a good way to be less isolated and a little more connected.

HoosierBj · 01-19-2004, 06:55 AM

I've never seemed to need as much social interaction as "normal" people. I don't know if it's because I grew up somehow knowing I was different, or spent so much time analyzing my behavior & thoughts so I could blend in, or because I was just a loner by nature...

But since I resigned my job two years ago THIS place has been where I've gotten my social interaction (I'm embarressed at how many posts I have!) and I guess that just because I'm not running around having lunches and movies and coffees it doesn't mean my relationships here don't have great value to me.

Everytime any one of us makes the effort to read posts or send a message it is just as valuable as calling a friend. For anyone who feels as housebound or depressed as I do and who has still made the effort to post here I say a big

THANK YOU!!

thickman · 01-19-2004, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by buddyrabbit

somewhere along the way i have seemed to isolate myself from friends and family. i virtually have not a single friend and rarely talk to family. I want to be social but just can't seem to make connections with people. Is this part of being bp or is there something i can do to make more friends?

Maybe... How is that for an answer?

I suffer from God only knows what (depression, BP 1-10

) I have no idea.

But anyways, yes, for many years, I have detached myself from friends and family BIG TIME...

But I am not even wanting to get back in contact with them or become close... I actually don't like talking to people (but then I can post here all day)...

Anyways, yes, I think depression causes that... Maybe your downstate during BP has caused it?

I dunno...

Sorry I wasn't of much help...