Bipolar Support Group

OK so I have a question and I hope I get a lot of feedback. I have this problem with being around people... I just don't want to do it. Every time someone starts talking to me or anything i just keep thinking I wish they would go away and leave me alone. I live in a house with 7 people and i spend more time shut-up in my room than I do with other people. Is this normal for BP or am I just wierd?? Any input will be greatly appreciated!!

I am terrified of groups larger than 3. And that depends on who they are. There are a lot if times I just want to be left alone with my dog. My girlfriend just had an accident and is in the hospital. I was going to visit yesterday, but the panic set in. Too many family members and other people. She is also my sister in law, so most of them know I back out of almost every gathering. The only time I can really be around people is when I'm manic. Which doesn't happen very often anymore.

Give me a dog any day!!!!

XOXO

Dawn

Hey Daisy, you are not weird by any means, I don't like to be around a lot of people especially if it is in close contact such as living with them or being at a family get together, it's just me and hubby here, and I am comfortable being round him, but when a holiday hits, we go to the get together, stay just long enough to have made a decent appearance and i am out of there..

Animals are sooo much nicer than people..lol, love your avatar dawn

Hi Daisy,

WElcome. I am glad you are here. I have a hard time in large groups of people too.

I am working out at a gym, and have started cycling, from being so overwhelmed. When, I first got diagnosed with bipolar, I got agoraphobic.

I hid out a lot. When, I go out to do errands, I have to take it easy, or I will start cycling, and freak out.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this site as much as, I have . Feel free to vent , share support or whatever you like.

don't worry as you might have already figured out your not wierd...lol

as for me I can be around my imediate family for a little bit but if there are any choices to be made...(where to go to eat, where to go shop, which road to take) i absolutly freeze up and panic. I do not go to wal-mart or any retail store from the week of thanksgiving till well after new years. if i have to go i wait and go at like 3am.

as far as any other crowds it's the same, I work at a very large Ford Dealership (35 salesmen alone) when we have to get together for a dinner or meeting, i do my best not to go. At thanksgiving I actually couldn't look at anyone and sat at a table by myself ate got up and left without anyone talking to me.

Thank Yall so much for the advice it is really helping me. I am very new to understanding bp and I am actually very shocked at all of the support that I have found on this site and I have only been here for 2 days this place is quite a blessing for me.

it has really helped me as well. I thought alot of this stuff was just me, then when people validated what i was going thru, it really lifted some weight off my shoulders

See, ladies, i figure we absolutely are weird, but who's to say that's so bad??? I can't stand being in crowds. People make a bunch of small talk. They talk about what they're buying or what they're doing, like it's the most important thing in the world. It doesn't seem to me that anyone is ever really LISTENING to anyone else when there's a crowd. Mostly, they're just waiting their turn to talk. I think bp makes us really look more at the choices we make, because we have to, i.e. if we do certain things, they will make us sick. That's not so bad. Obviously, if it's making it so you can't live because you're so afraid to be around others, that's one thing (I get like that some times). But if it's just that you just don't feel like making small talk with a bunch of people you don't care about who don't care about you, no wonder we prefer dogs Learning to love being alone is one of the best gifts i think women can make to ourselves. It'll keep you from being with some real losers, just because you're lonely. lololol

I agree. This site made me feel like I'm "not the only one", too. It does take a weight off, paint.

Peace.

Hi ladys my son also hates to with a crowd this even includes large family gatherings not just stangers.The most frequnt comment from him in the last month or so is I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.