Do you ever feel like you're going Crazy?

United States
October 11, 2007 11:50am CST
How do you bring yourself back to Reality? Just curious -- I'm bipolar & I feel this way more than I should & more than I'm willing to admit.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
11 Oct 07
I have post-traumatic stress disorder, so I often feel like I'm "crazy". Usually what brings me back is my loved ones needing me. When I was younger I would often cause harm to myself in order to bring myself back to reality, but as an adult I've found that usually helping someone else helps me more than I could ever have imagined. So I just have to find a place where I feel needed. Right now I have a young son, so when I really need to come back to reality, all I have to do is look at him and think "He needs me to be Mommy".
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
12 Oct 07
Hi gwendovere! I do feel I am going crazy sometimes with all those problems that remained unsolved for the longest time in my life and new problems coming my way all the time. Sometimes, I do feel depressed and sometimes I get a little shaky all over. I guess, it is because of my little faith that has kept me going and being hopeful. I managed to see that life is beautiful somehow. Well, those are just my thoughts. Take care and have a nice day.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Oh yes I feel like that pretty often. And I dont like that feeling. I dont know what snaps me out I guess life in general does. Im sorry to hear you have bipolar but hang in there. Do you take any medicine for it?
• United States
11 Oct 07
Sure, I think we feel that way a lot. When my one year old whines when he's picked up, when he's down, when he doesn't know what he wants, that drives me crazy and I get so mad. But to bring myself back to reality I just am so blessed to have a baby with a man who will be my life partner. I think of so many couples who are unable to have a child. isn't always easy, it's easier to stay in the moment and just be crazy sometimes.