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Phenomenal
Thrasher
Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:33 AMre: Phenomenal
John McManamy
Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 11:28 AMMany thanks, Trasher. Don't feel you have to force things. First we have to grieve and then enter a state of acceptance. Acceptance involves embracing and identifying with our diagnosis, and may last forever, which can be a good thing. If we try to move beyond our diagnosis too fast we risk flipping back into denial. By all means, feel free to imagine a day when you're not constantly relating to yourself and others as a person with a diagnosis. But also enjoy the acceptance phase. It's a very good place to be and is very healthy.
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About Parking
HeyJude
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 02:53 PMJohn...Thank you for sharing your story...you and your friends are truly blessed. It is rare that a bipolar comes to the place that you have come - a place of helping others and being a shining example to us all.
There's room for all of us to grow in the direction of which you speak. I have not accomplished great things, but in my own way, and on a small scale, I have become an advocate for others. It feels good to make a difference for my peers.
And so we move forward and do what we can for others.
Judy
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Oh well done
Narelle
Friday, November 21, 2008 at 12:50 AMA great piece of writing John, and I can only hope that one day I am there with you (in that "Place" where Bipolar no longer dominates). I think they are going to be fiddling with my meds for some time to come as blood levels are still so very low.
Cheers
Narelle
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Your story read so well. It was as if I was there with you. It is true and unfortunately I am not there yet... I talk about my diagnosis to my family and friends whom I trust. I feel still like I am mourning my "sanity" and need to move on but I feel like it is coming. I need to focus on something other than my diagnosis and am searching for bright and interesting things to take up my time.
Thank you for writing your story it inspires me to reach beyond what I have been diagnosed with and move through it with grace