Bipolar Support Group

1.) Tae kwon do

2.)Working out

3.) Writing

4.)Listening to music

5.)reading

6.)play video games

What helps you?

Smoking a cigarette also calms me.

Lexis

* do a workout

* throw ice cubes in an empty bath tub

* poke or rather stab a balled up pair of socks with a straight pin

* dig my fingernails in my skin ( without breaking skin )

* scratch the area between my nose and lip and feel the sensation

* I also TRY to do deep breathing exercises .

H.

I begin the 12-hour period, which means that I wait 12-24 hours (usually try to sleep on it) before making any big decisions that might be permanent.

In the meantime, I TRY to calm down by doing things like writing angry letters to whatever I'm mad at. I stick these letters in a box, and when the box is full I burn it.

I pull at my eyebrows without knowing it.

I try to take a long shower in the dark.

I usually end up crying. When the RAGE part subsides, I'm in tears.

a) Most importantly do not talk to my Mom. Since I have so few friends she's an easy target

b) Vent on this forum and just about every other one I'm on

c) Read

d) One self destructive thing - I either binge and purge or starve myself.

e) Another self destructive thing - I cut

d and e I'm obviously working on by seeing a therapist. Also, I have YET to find the right "cocktail" but currently I'm giving Lamictal a try