Collin is the only guy I’ve ever talked to/liked/dated who has not found my RUclips!! So ENJOYY all the openness and text screenshots! The actual story starts at 10:17 I AM THE WORST longest intro ever, but the intro is really really important in explaining what mania is and setting up the story :) I think you’ll all really love this because it also goes into depth on all these facets of relationships and into all my thoughts on being bipolar and these details of what mania feels like. ALL of the Background Music songs are linked in the description & I am serious I DO want relationship advice from anyone with Bipolar on how to deal with guys within the mood episodes.
I think you have found your calling! You are MEANT to do these videos explaining Bipolar Mental Illness~~ I'm sure you are helping a lot of people.... Sweetie
I have been there! Actually, you just helped me realize I've been manic WAY more times than I thought. IMPORTANT: Based on experience and statistics: This is one of the reasons people with mental illness are among the most frequently abused demographics! The way you couldn't help but spill it all... predators take that and run with it! We all need to consider what your therapist said because your instinct could have definitely been right (the red flags). Who knows if this particular guy was a predator or not, lol. But they are out there. Believe me, I'm not judging you at all, I totally understand and I love your videos! Just found them today.
I've also learned I can't handle any kind of social media.. F.B, Instagram. .any of it. I can't trust myself (that's hard to accept). I'm glad I've figured that out before I ruined my marriage and family.Also everyone else's drama stresses me out..even just news. If it's important enough...someone will personally let me know.lol
I’m dating a bi polar person, I love her to death and I will go through a lot for her. Hypersexuality isn’t an excuse for cheating. Cheating at the end of the day is the person.
The reduced grip on reality, inflated ego, impulsivity and hyper-sexuality etc are very real. They are still ultimately responsible but it’s not the real person. Brain chemicals are powerful, they can make you feel like Superman or crave death… it’s not so simple as saying it’s still the person. Mania is losing control of yourself and it’s frightening how good that can feel.
I'm in love with a girl with bipolar and for two times she use me in a manic episode and for two times she ended saying that she doesn't like me, on the first time she blocked me on whatsapp but she doesn't block me on Instagram, I stop texting her for a mouth, after that and I being to speak to her on Instagram, she missed me and I really really miss her too but pass a few weeks and she said again that she didn't feel the same way but earlier she said she likes me too and she is afraid to be very close to someone and I understand that but I love her so much, I discover that she flirts with other guys but she blocked them but she didn't block me but I stop talking to her because I a little bit afraid to making her feel worse because she is in a Rehabilitation. I have been searching for information about bipolar and I give her some tips to manage better her bipolar and she saw the massage but she didn't say anything but I saw that she was doing all the things I said but I'm not sure if she likes me too or is just mania episodes, because she see all my stories on Instagram every time and one thing that I strangely know is when she is not well I feel and if she is manic I feel her energy too. I don't know what to do if someone can help please reply I'm from Portugal and I don't see much information about bipolar in portugues.
You are really smart so it's interesting to watch you. I've read a lot about Bipolar and you verbalize why people with Bipolar don't want to take their meds. They feel like they are more themselves when they are manic but it's an illusion. You sound kind of manic in this video. It's really charming I like. all the honesty and elequence. I find it fascinating to watch your mind racing. Thanks for making an interesting video. you seem like you are a lot of fun no matter how you feel. I've wondered if I'm bipolar but I can see I'm not. I like how you accept yourself. I've sabotaged possible relationships because of being afraid of getting hurt. Did he reject you?
plot twist: no people are more emotionally strong and competent than people that fight themselves everyday through emotional battles. Dont ever sell yourself short because nobody is strong enough to carry you except you. And then on the worst days someone who needs and appreciates you will pick you up and help you go back to that strong person.
its not that a guy thinks you need a care taker its that guys getting into a relationship know they need to take care of the other person its part of what comes with a relationship, I don't think women understand how much men are driven to find and solve problems effect people they care about
Hey Liz! Wanted to reach out and say thanks for all the information. I have been dating someone who handles BP daily and after frankly too long I realized that information and research was needed for me to feel properly equipped to be with and love this person the way she deserves and I want! It’s difficult and I sometimes lose confidence but just wanted to say thanks!!
I’m so interested in your videos. I finally got diagnosed at age 29 three days ago with no-2. Mood stabilizers saved my life and everything you’ve experienced I think all us bipolar people can relate. Thank you for everything Lizzie. The only thing I don’t get is the crying thing and I love Trump like it’s weird. Maybe because I’m a guy.
i understand the manic, i was on a dating site the other week and i met someone and she acted totally different the first 2-3 days we chatted , even gave me her phone Number so we could chat etc easier, the first night i felt she was a diamond in the rough , so drawn to her , after i told her goodnight i went for 3 hrs in a euphoric high , all types of emotions , even sexual impulses went through my brain, i felt like i was 19 or 20 again the energy rush was so intense. Then after chatting the weekend she changed her tone completely. So i decided to tone it down and talk to her very briefly for the next 3-4 days then she finally said she did not even want to be friends or hang out. I ended up telling her like i wasn't bothered more fish in the sea etc, when the day after she broke off conversation with me i drove around thinking i wish there was a way I could get what they use for lethal injection and take it so the misery would end.
about the prophetic dreams thing, I COMPLETELY understand what you mean and I feel the same!!!! like I'll dream about something and I'll feel like I learned something new about me or it'll happen to me a few days later. not sure if it's a bipolar thing??? but tbh,, I love that part.
Manic, scares people regardless of your attachment to the person with Bipolar disorder. I think most people would only be able to tolerate manic and depression episodes from a significant other. I am personal an introvert who is drained by talking to a lot of people about personal experience about my life. If I spend a lot of time talking to someone about my personal experiences, I have a strong emotional connection to my friends or a specific girl.
3:25 - Manic Episodes 4:10 - Move on Quote 9:44 - Excess texting. Annoying. 10:30 - Venting 10:50 - Mentioning Bipolar 11:20 - Talking for 3hrs 13:10 - Want no feelings. Reading people well 13:55 - Leading people on 14:28 - The texts. Leading on 15:10 - Infatuation on steroids 15:30 - Not liking to trust my emotions. 16:10 - The Note on Feelings 16:59 - "I'm sooo excited" text 17:30 - Mania Flirteous text. 18:20 - Telling him everything!!! 19:20 - Being Emotionally vulnerable 20:20 - Don't try to change me. 21:05 - Feeling Used. Physical 21:40 - I'm gonna hurt you. FEELINGS 23:00 - I feel so wanted and KNOWN 23:40 - Being UNDERSTOOD 24:40 - Manic and Sex and Cheating 25:50 - Manic and CONSENT 28:10 - Manic and SLEEP 28:48 - Texts and Oversharing 29:32 - Texts. Getting Played 29:58 - Texts. Explaining 31:05 - Stigma & TRUST 32:15 - Fearless sharing feelings
I really enjoyed your story. I did. I'm not bipolar, but I'm dating someone who is, and she's a beautiful woman. Not only on the outside, but in the inside. She's very loving and very caring person.
charles hamilton Because of youtubes system I can't tell if you're talking to me but if you are.... You're assuming my life is boring and predictable because I can merely have some insight what might happen the next day? Nice job throwing blanket insults for someone that doesn't even know how my life is.
Liz, this is the first video of yours I've seen, so I'm going out on a limb and trusting my intuition here... I believe your "prophetic" dreams are not necessarily stemming from your bipolar, but rather from your empathic abilities. You are a SUCH a profoundly self-aware person, with so much emotional fluency and a remarkable ability to eloquently verbalize your perceptions. Writing is innate for you, no doubt. But you are obviously not only affected by your own emotions, but the energy of those around you, and even quite sensitive to the hightened emotion of the world at-large -- say, post-election, for instance. I believe that, for you, experiencing life from the perspective of others (or what _feels_ alien) contributes to your tendency to feel overwhelmed by emotion. Sometimes emotions can feel so overwhelming we're not even sure where they're coming from -- within or outward. It can be confusing. I am not bipolar but I have several bipolar people in my family and seem to be a magnet for bipolar partners. My longest relationship was with a person who was bipolar and also an empath like me. So I can relate to almost everything you said on several levels. I do happen to agree with "Collin," however, that you need to embrace -both- *all* aspects of yourself. The intensity of mania can make it feel so pure, yet you are not a one-dimensional being. You are your joy. You are your misery. You are everything in between. With so much fluctuation between black & white, it's easy to feel a crisis of identity, but it's all you. Embrace your complexity. And your abilities. You have a knack for reflecting reality back at people in a way that heps them reach deeper understanding.
It's amazing, it feels great. That's why we stop taking meds when we start feeling better after taking then for a few months because we miss that high!! That's why soo many people are soo creative because of the highs with the creativity and all the thoughts racing thru ur heads!! Specially singers and artists. Drugs are a big part of being bipolar. That's why they die so young! From drug overdose. I self medicate with opioids. It makes me feel calmed and passive!! What's so poisons????! Can you make a vid about the bad part of being bipolar. The self destructive behavior, the impulses, the arguments that you have with ur significant other, the fights and the violence that happens at home!!! The obsessive thoughts, the paranoia and the voices u hear when u can't sleep for a week at the time!! So please enlighten me. Tell me how bad it gets. It seems u have a good life. U don't look like u self medicate with any drugs. Or are using alcohol to deal with it.
I've been watching all these bipolar videos and they have been helping me sooooo much with figuring myself out and what my triggers are and how I should cope.
I really appreciate you sharing the political stuff and how you felt about the election. I have borderline personality disorder which is pretty similar to bipolar in many ways. I was so afraid I was super overreacting to the election results, It's really nice to see someone else who's mental health was also upset by the election. not to say I'm glad you felt like that at all, I know it can suck, but it's just nice to know I wasn't alone.
also you just do a great job explaining all of this. I actually just sent this video to my boyfriend to show him how I am sometimes. thank you for posting this!!
i am new to the mania thing, but i can say i've felt very similar things. the deja vu feeling, when you are doing something that you are sure you dreamed about 3 months ago, being so sure of it that you want to grab people and be like, is this real? can you seriously not feel that? how on earth can you not feel that? is this really happening right now? Or, the thing where you wake up and have that moment of clarity, where you can see everyone's intentions and motivations (including yourself), all the way down to the very root, its soooo unreal. i thought all of that was just me.
You are a beautiful person who's really helped me! I have bipolar 2 and experience mixtures of mania and hypomania. I relate so much. thank you for showing me I'm alone
I know I comment on this video very late after you published it but at that same time you uploaded this video I was in kind of a maniac period just like you and I just like rushed into things without thinking that much.. Then later on I fell into a depression and started to doubt myself and get bad thoughts about myself...I recognize myself so much in your story & glad I found it!! It helped me so much cause I have always felt so alone in this and like I am the only one feeling like this!
Hey Lizzie!! :) About the dream thing, I have the same thing. I kinda thought I was special too... but when you dream you aren't quite sure of actual details. So then in the future when something similar happens your brain kinda changes the past dream into what's happening now. I use the word déjà vu. It feels like it has happened before but its just your dreams changing details. I'd love to hear back from you!
🎭 The story of my life. 😢 I'm 37, and Bipolar 1. I thank God for You and Your testimony is really powerful. Self control was something that I lacked and I'm super empathic/truly manic as well. Even if no one else sees it that way, just know that I did. Thank you for being you because I really thought that I was alone. Not really alone, because RUclips shows me different, but really alone. Please keep saving yourself. You'll know The One. That just put Faith back into me. ☺ -Michelle
Thanks for this video! I have bipolar type two. Can relate to this story so much. The whole dreams thing I also relate to so much. The whole autopilot with hypomanic and depression is so relatable to me. It is very much a case of being like a different person with moods. Thanks for being so open with us all.
I had a manic episode early on in my ADHD diagnosis period from Dex. It was a really interesting experience. I have been suffering from single pole depression most of my life, and the manic episode was a wonderful time of creativity. I then however believed that my psychiatrist was trying to sedate me ...... out of character I had decided that if the Lithium he put me on sedated me, I would put the whole lot down his throat. I assume this would not be overly healthy for a human. It is interesting to have a personal experience where I'm like it sucks that I will probably never be back in that state of mind, but also I can relate to the the lack of control. If I had bipolar I probably would be in prison. The lack of restraint can be a really scary thing. The other side of mania is incredibly liberating. Yeah that analysis of people is pinpoint on the mania, I might of put my foot in it with my psychiatrist for another reason. Emotional dysregulation with ADHD can be pretty fun, in an awful sense.
I totally understand the "verbal vomit" but it feels so real and genuine although we say so much so fast we don't remember. It's embarrassing for us after the fact when the other person shuts down, but for us we have to be true to our emotions. We BPs have got to be super careful of wearing our heart on our sleeve when there are ppl who willingly take advantage of that. All that we know is our heart and our true selves.
Omg I can relate on the just looking at someone and knowing if you want to be in a relationship with them or not thing. And it's not about looks, it's just a feeling I get and I know if I'm gonna be with them or not
You really connected to me thru this video. I felt like you were talking to me. The way your talking to this person who you call your best friend. I just feel like you are talking to me. And I’m so emotionally driven. Idk you just make everything make sense to me. You make me feel like you know exactly what I’m going thru. Idk, I just feel like I know you. And I feel like I saw you at Fred Meyers the other night.
Even tho i appreciate how honest you are fake flirting is so mean bipolair or not you probaly do it when you are manic but its still mean to play with feelings of other ppl
beautiful video. i'm not bipolar, yet i watched it all the way through. i'm in a new relationship, and he's bipolar, so just looking for more insight from others. thanks for your openness .
You are amazing for researching to better understand him!! I filmed a video a couple days ago that will be uploaded on Wednesday all about Bipolar and relationships, it'll be called How to Love Someone Who Has Bipolar, so make sure to come back & watch that too :)
Thank you so much for opening up Lizzie. It means the world. I am literally finally beginning to understand myself through many of your videos. It's so helpful to know that I'm not alone. Mania can be so scary and so hard to spot. So glad I found your channel! I feel so close to you it's weird 😐🙃 lol thanks soooo much! You are so brave!
thank you so much for sharing so much, I was diagnosed bi-polar a few years ago and I have just now began to understand what she meant. I look forward to hearing more videos from you and I will try to catch up on the old ones, but I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with you. :)
I hope that didn't sound judgemental. I like your story and you helped me understand something I've needed to know about. Please don't commit suicide. I think about it a lot and somehow I think it would make things worse. A part of me would still exist and still feel the pain of being a flawed human being. That probably doesn't make sense to most people but it's my reality.
The dream thing you mentioned has happened to me before...It's like deja vu in a way but it actually happens..which is kind of weird. I think that sort of led to my psychosis. I'm bipolar as well. It's hard to explain but I saw a video about bipolar disorder and something it explained that some bipolar people can actually have these psychic abilities and can foretell certain things that might happen. Fortunately, I was able to get rid of my psychosis because it got to the point where I got really scared.
I am manic right now I have fearlessness … I am running on so much energy yeah it’s the best feeling in the whole world I hope it doesn’t go away !!! I have so much to do right now thanks for listening 😍🥰😘love and light 💡
This sounds like me all the time with my borderline personality disorder, except it is like experiencing the mania and depression all at once sometimes. I think I understand. I can see myself making a huge mistake and not being able to stop myself, regretting what I am doing as I am doing it and after I have done it I hate myself and want to punish myself and remember everything :(
That thing you said about seeing yourself edit this video in your dream and then you actually do it, I have the same thing it happens to me everyday but I'm not bipolar & I honestly don't know the cause of it exactly
Wow what a story. Haven't been in a relationship. I don't know if a woman would like me for having this bipolar illness. Side note: I like how you say vulnerable.
Of course a woman will love and accept you, bipolar and all! Don't worry about it at all... just focus on having more and more self understanding and awareness of your bipolar so that when you ARE in a relationship and when you have a family, you can have it in check. Watch this last part of this video: ruclips.net/video/IM_3Ye1hEZM/видео.htmlm23s
Btw once I saw some guy explaining manic in video - he describes it like you start to think everything "is significant". For u it would look like - what he says "is significant" how he said it "is significant", the place where you decided to go "is significant". Just wanted to share with you this thinking pattern. Mb it would be helpful for you in some future situations.
I would love to talk with you and hear some of your stories? I've never had anyone relate to me like this! Or experienced the same thing and been willing to share it!
I saw the length of the video and dreaded watching it. It's so weird you have a way of making you not want to stop watching agh definitely write a book
Mania can be beautiful and real and emotional, but it's too much too fast for the normal other person. I deal with this with my husband, lol. It's like my emotions bring him to life? Or either shut him down? It's either one or the other. Sometimes I have to remember to try hard to shut my mouth to give him time to open his, so he can spill his guts. Most the time he talks about painful things like the weather 😡😫😢 but when I give hm a chance to open up and I can draw out that emotional side of him that's been repressed it's actually an amazing gift to be BP.
It is now 3:30 am and I watched all of it. Gosh such a great video as always. I sometimes wonder if I have bipolar. Other times I just tell myself I don't. Who knows.
Thank you for sharing this, albeit 7 years later. I find it interesting that every video where women discuss hypersexuality, it's done so with smiles and laughing. The couples celebrate it. But, this is a horrible thing as a married man for 25 years. I have bipolar 1 with mixed features. I know that in general, women have a lower libido than guys. But when on polar opposite extremes and it's the man with the out of control libido, how do you deal with that? We're"jerks" because we want it all the time anyway. Add a mental disorder and then what? without it manifesting into serious frustration and resentment? I've never cheated and never plan to but I can see why people would.
I take a very low dose of a mood stabilizer and thankfully it inhibits me from experiencing mania whatsoever. How do your medications help you if they are not controlling the mania? It's always important to sleep so that ought to be something you keep your eyes on to control your mental health. Just my thoughts. Take care.
Hello again, I had to pause you video for a second. I want to let you know and almost reassure you in a way, that I am listening to your words very carefully. I seriously love you! lol I am also manic. I have been told that almost all my life and I have finally just said fine and I accepted it because it made me feel like I was like a splinter in my peers lives and they almost had fun putting me down because I was just someone who wasn't good at come backs and standing up for myself when kids teased me. However, I am not that little girl anymore. I am 24 years old and it took me this long to say yes, I am bi polar but when I say I am not a victim it feels like i am lying to myself because I have been told over and over that I am not a victim and stop playing the victim card and it was so frustrating for me to respect them for talking to me like I was their pet. You are truly a blessing to me and I wish you well and you have a beautiful soul. Inside and Out
I am bipolar and my dreams are the same way!! Sometimes I think I'm "psychic" because of it, but I don't know if it's just grandiosity from the disorder or not lol
I totally feel for you right now. I've had two relationships end because of my bipolar episodes. It hurts to feel like people can't see past that. It hurts that people can't trust you because they don't know if they're really talking to YOU. And it sucks to feel like you can't trust your own emotions :(
Omg I was just telling my bf and my counselor about a guy I met when I was manic.. and they were worried that i just did it because..of.. whatever .but I told them when I see people I SEE them and i just know from the moment i meet them.. well connect.. never lasts tho.. being manic gives me all the confidence. But that fall from grace always ruins everything. I cannot stay I'm relationships.. I like the thought of them.. but I hate feelings
Sooo I just talked to a guy while being hypomanic but the thing is he talked to me before when I was depressed and I didn't accept to go on a date with him also because of social anxiety and I was terrified to go out with a stranger (he's from my university but I've never seen him). At first I didn't like him at all and also I thought he was kinda creepy because it looked like he was only talking to me because I'm Brazilian (fetish?) and also I usually don't trust people at all. But then months later I got hypomanic and sent him a message asking him to forgive me from ditching him (like why??) and we decided to go to a cafe (I've never did that ever before, all of my boyfriends were just friends and it wasn't akward to go out with them). Next day was the end of my little hypomania (cause I take my meds and all) and I've found him so annoying and I just ditched him again because I found his texts weird. But now I feel guilty and just regret so much talking to him, we have nothing in common and the conversation is just uninteresting, but he's a person so why did I do this? That's not me, I shouldn't have done that. I should have just continued being hypomanic so I would find him interesting. I'm just tired of not being able to trust my emotions because at the time it doesn't feel wrong but I guess it is since I can change them within 24 hours. I said I'm sorry but I feel it's not enough. "I'm sorry I was out of my mind when I talked to you but now that I'm back to being myself I don't find you interesting". Yeah, I can't say that. I'm just writing it here because I don't really have someone to talk and I just need to feel like I'm not alone even if is just pretending that there's someone that can relate with the story.
It didn't really sound like he was playing you too imo. I actually think it sounded like he took everything pretty well. With the whole "you needing someone to handle you" I don't think that's what he was saying, I think it was more like this not everyone can be with someone with a mental illness whether it be anxiety, depression, ocd, or being bipolar. It's always a safer bet to acknowledge that you're not equipped to help someone get through something in th healthiest way for them. Similarly to when if someone with depression got into a really dark place a friend might be able to talk to them in a way that helps them while someone who's not ready to handle that situation would freeze and hold that against themselves if something negative did happen. The uncertainty of what you would do when placed in that situation again is the issue. No one's really saying you're emotionally weak, but people reach out to people when they''re having a certain train of thought like how you did with your best friend if he's not your best friend and he receives another message from you like before how exactly is he suppose to respond? Emotional support is an essential part to a relationship, that's apart of communication.
Hi lizzy! I was curious...have u ever made any efforts to save or get back with someone u we’re dating & cares about. With u being bipolar do u just forget & move on? Btw great vids.
I wish I had caught onto my brain at a young age like you. I've hurt so many people..in situations like this times 100. I can tell you of course be safe...nothing like being Bipolar and raped. It's will turn crazy on its head!! Good Luck..Thank you for your honesty♡
I keep an awful amount of notebooks and keep track of dreams I can never remember also a three month period similar to this with a guy and all these beautiful places we went to and saw but I can't remember any of it and I didn't realize mania could do that. Like I know him 4 months later but I don't know how I know him and I know everything about him I just can't remember so he's like a hollow person. Make sense?
Liz i think i might have bi-polar I've been watching all your videos for a long time now and I would love to have a conversation about that and theology because it's very interesting to me and my family doesn't believe i have anything wrong but when i feel i was in a Manic like state i could not calm down and i took a scissors to my dresser drawer that finally made me clam down definitely better than cutting myself :( love you
First episode was I was driving in my car. I remember going down a one way street the wrong way. I ended up at a restaurant. My car was somewhere. I took off my coat (it was really cold). The police came and took me to NetCare, I was admitted to the hospital. Most scary thing in my life. I was disoriented, I didn't know where I was let alone who I was.
Thank you so much for making these videos it's really hard for me to explain to my boyfriend when I go through but I sent him your videos and hopefully he understands because it made a lot of sense to me thank you we been together for a year and I tried to explain to him and and I'm only trying to deal with it but he doesn't fully understand nor do I and being in a relationship with someone that has bipolar so again thank you so much funny videos
I m also maniac. I use the rool of 90 days. 3 month of dating without kisses and sex, if the man slill take care of you and he shows his warm feelings, not only passion, he is my man. SwiftKey lot of firsst dates, and in the result you find the one. Be open to get to know someone new, even when you are dipressed
I have bipolar and I actually do not at all find this comment offensive. It actually made me laugh to myself when I read it lol. I know that whenever my bf is around me while I'm manic, literally drives him insane and I don't understand why he still chooses to be with me. I don't even like being around me when I'm just by myself. I get obnoxious, annoying, and can't stop talking. I also talk super loud like her. I always feel like such a horrible person and feel bad about my behavior when manic, especially around my bf and afterwards I want to apologize to him but he's so tired of hearing I'm sorry. I am in the process of adjusting medication and switching psychs. I know I am miserable to be around and I am getting help.
Hi. I love your vids! I'm also diagnosed bipolar(II). I had a question about the songs you play...lol. Please don't take this the wrong way, as I want to understand this, from a woman's perspective. What I say may sound illogical. but I want to hear others perspectives. I personally abhor the music you play. It just depresses me & honestly makes me want to cry. I'm curious, what does the music make you feel? Any other females in the audience? I hear this type of music on some chick flicks & it just tears at my emotions for some reason...lol It brings back sad memories for me, for some reason.
That was very considerate of you when u added the text to skip to 9:08 to miss the politic bs cuz i was about to skip the rest of your video good save for the vid liz...do u mind if i call u liz? I dont care but thought id give u props for that
Here's a mania dating story! I went on a tinder date while manic and had thrown away my meds. Lost my sense of danger completely and came over his house for the date and happily went down in the basement. Where we had sex within one hour of me arriving And a week later another guy I invited to my house this time and het took me for ice cream and we had sex in a restroom It was fun as hell while it was going on but I am a bit ashamed that I was sooooo stupid but still I had the time of my life. But hey. The second guy stuck around and now we've been dating 3 years and he's very supportive and understanding of my bipolar disorder. ☺️
mightybfool C what to do if my girl cheated and blaming it on the illness. What next I’m gonna come home and find her ass up in the air? Ugh!! Why did I fell in love with this girl!
Juan Granados it might not be blaming on the illness, it can happen. That being said you don’t have to stick around if thats something you cant handle. Its completely valid to not be able to handle some of your partners manic symptoms.
Liz, as you make this RUclips video you appear to be in a manic state. Now it's great to feel great, but being elated is not being centered. You need to think how this will affect your interpersonal relationships, especially when you get older. Youthful exuberance when you're among your peers [now] will likely be tolerated, but being in a manic state when you're 35 yrs old and you and your partner are settling down to watch a movie at home, is going to be taxing on your partner. Nor will you be able to sit thru the entire movie without talking, fidgeting or allowing yourself to be distracted. This will wear down your partner. When your mind is teeming with thoughts and ideas and your energy is bouncing off the walls, even though it may be positive energy, it will have an exhaustive affect on the people around you. Not sure if I'm coming at you in the right direction here, I see you have a lot of posts discussing your life with BPD. I just wanted to share my thoughts and give some advice with the best intentions. I'm dating someone with the BPD now so I just wanted to share my experience. All the best !
Hey girl you might have mentioned it in a video but I just started watching recently but if you don't mind me asking what medicines are you on? I'm finally getting help with my severe manic episodes. I feel so connected to what you're saying and how you describe your feelings a lot of times. I love how you can verbalize your story so well, I write and that's my beautiful light in mania. Thanks if you reply in advance!☺💜
I'm not on any medicine right now, but for about a year I was taking Lamicatal/Lamotrigine and I'll probably go back on that at some point within the next few months. I made an entire video about all the medications I've been on: ruclips.net/video/IKViFaLKp34/видео.html&ab_channel=LizziesAnswers it might help you! What are you on? And I am so so happy you can relate to me and we can make each other feel understood ♥ What do you write, fiction or non-fiction?
My first medication ever for my mental illnesses were Geodon which is an antipsychotic and helps mania symptoms. I'm pretty sure I was grossly misdiagnosed with Major Depression Disorder while I'm currently rapid cycling down a manic hole. I haven't slept in two days, I'm worried cuz I'm currently on Zoloft and I know I need to be on a mood stabilizer. Thank you, you are such a uplifting bright soul! I mainly write non fiction like real life eye opening things, I want to help people and one day be a trauma counselor☺
Hi Lizzie while in my homeland Manila did you took some video? I missed the Philippines I'm going for my vacation next year 2019 for my HS Reunion and fiesta in the Island of Samar. Let me know if you posted your Manila vacation. Are you mestiza Filipina? lol
If you ever find yourself in a relationship with a bipolar female ... please run as fast as you can from them. They will never be able to care about you or your feelings the way you can. It’s terrible and horrible but they need to be alone.. like for real. They just take and take
maddtoker420 that a bunch of bullshit. Lol I m bipolar and was with my ex who wasn’t and all HE did was take and take and didn’t give. I helped him start a company not one thank you, he cheated, I didn’t. Bunch of bullshit lol
😂😂😂😂 my poor boyfriend...maddtoker420 (your nickname is pathetic btw lol) but anyways Tokie, you are so right abt dating us females with BP. Thank you for spreading the word out there 🙃
@@celesteramos1415 It’s not bullshit at all. You chose to date someone who wasn’t shit and do all those things. It doesn’t take away what he just said in his comment.
my son dated a bipolar girl not on meds for like a year then they broke up for like 5 months then back together for like 3 months----horrible ---she was absolutely very mean to him, would hit him over the head with hard objects, never said thank you for all his expenisve meals he bought her and I asked him in all that time did she ever buy you a meal and he thought long and hard and said --I think twice.......so in seventeen months twice....she threw him under the bus all the time too---wouldn't think twice---when she threw him under the bus at 17 her dad finally made them not see each other (which was the 5 month break)(best 5 months of this families life) during this time he left her totally alone and respected the dads wishes ---she took this as a bad thing and we think put someone up to stealing his Dodge Durango, cause prior to this the Dodge Durango had set out there for 6 years and no one touched it.....my question is you seem so happy and upbeat----she was totally the opposite of you---so is there happy bipolars and pissed off ones? she was pissed off 23 hours a day----I have never known anyone like it .......glad they are not together and he is moving on.......they are both 19 now.....
Angel Shining it's basically like it turns up the volume on your personality, character traits are exaggerated... most manic people feel a constant flow state of euphoria until becoming physically exhausted enough to want to go to sleep but are also more irritable and easily annoyed... sounds like this ex-girl friend was kind of a miserable person with poor impulse control and bipolar on top of that- what a mess!
@@eddiewiggles9398 I have a question for you,does that mean when life gets tough on them whether it's from school,work,or any life situation and they go through mania would that cause infedilty and Manipulation and abuse?I tried to Grasp some answers for my questions but do you think that if they abuse you or cheat on you it'll be forgivable. I am not really educated about BPD but I would very much like to hear your viewpoint about this.
lizzie, i might be in deep shit here. can u help me cleare somthing out? i started this "flirt" whit a bipolar girl. i did not know she was bipolar 2. infact, she came on to me. we have never met, since we live whit a great distance. but we talk over skype, for a whole night, and have done that for the past 3-4 weeks. she really is amazing, and i can not help to start have feelings for her. on the other hand, she is already in love whit me. coming on very strong actually. she is 32, and i can only see she being lonely, and want a relationship. so maybe that is why she is so passioned. im ment to visit her in 2 weeks. tonight when we talked, she was forgetting a lot of things. and was very disctracted. like she could tell something, and then forget what we were talking about. i later asked if she was okay. and she explained she might have a mild episode. but she did not know of which type. 1 week ago i asked her, is she was manic. because i will not keep going in this, is i can not trust what she is saying. and end up breaking my heart. she keeps saying she is on normal stage. and all she says is real, and would never hurt anyone like that. I can really feel she is a very good hearted girl. But after this video im just. fuuuuuk, how can i know if what she is saying is real. she explains her manic stage, will give her rapid thoughts and make her horney. but will never cheat. and there is so many differend symptons, between people whit bipolar. so i can not trust what i read on the interent. sorry for this long comment. but do u think im getting screwed over here?
I understand why you're scared! But remember that in this story I said that when I first met him I wasn't attracted to him at all. So I knew that objectively. This is a rare rare occurrence being full-blown manic losing memories. I've been in a more chill manic state in relationships and the mania just exemplifies my emotions, it doesn't change them. People with Bipolar feel the world SO strongly and regardless of whether or not we're in an episode, we feel SO STRONGLY. It's not about her being lonely, she just IS Bipolar therefore her type of love is this intensity regardless of who it is toward. So don't feel too special haha! Also, if she's Bipolar 2... don't worry AT all. The type of mania in this video is Bipolar 1. And she's 32, which means she's probably known about her bipolar for a long time and really understands it. This happened the year I was diagnosed Bipolar. I'm brand new to this. She isn't. She has it much more under control than I do. But just know that the emotional intensity is a part of Bipolar that is just core to our personality always. And empathy too! We have this extreme empathy where we feel other's emotions so I'm sure she would never hurt you, like she'd be so scared to hurt you because it would hurt her too. I would trust her. Bipolar people... we love with this encompassing depth and passion and it is who we are. She seems manic now. Definitely manic. And that's the thing! NOW she is manic. Before she wasn't. The only thing that could happen is she might start to feel really insecure about the relationship, feel so unwanted by you if she crashes into depression. But know that if she does try to leave, it could just be the bipolar messing with her and confront her about it and don't just let her leave if she tries... if that makes sense. Like since she's manic rn just be really attentive to her and make her feel like you really care, so that in case she does crash, she'll feel secure in the relationship. Mostly Bipolar just magnifies what is already there.
LIZ this is very well explained, thank you so much. U seem very smart, and your respond helped me a lot. I will go on whit less fear now. Before there were no sign of manic at all. and also not long ago, she had a few low days, i helped her, whit talking, and seemed to help quite a bit. I will take it slow whit this, and take your advise. Im gonna give a like and sub, thats the least i can do. very good content. and thank you liz, i will look forword to your new video, truely. have a great weekend.
I really want to read "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks. But I don't like reading as much as I used to. I got out of the habit, and I haven't read a book all the way through in like 3 or 4 years, I'm not really sure. My eyes also do not focus. I'm farsighted with a stigmatism. I'm seeing the eye doctor soon, so I will talk to him about this. He knows I like to read.
Collin is the only guy I’ve ever talked to/liked/dated who has not found my RUclips!! So ENJOYY all the openness and text screenshots! The actual story starts at 10:17 I AM THE WORST longest intro ever, but the intro is really really important in explaining what mania is and setting up the story :) I think you’ll all really love this because it also goes into depth on all these facets of relationships and into all my thoughts on being bipolar and these details of what mania feels like. ALL of the Background Music songs are linked in the description & I am serious I DO want relationship advice from anyone with Bipolar on how to deal with guys within the mood episodes.
Omg i relate on such a deep level to every single video ive watched so far
LizziesAnswers dating are not for Christian's, dating is for wannabe Christian's of the world.
Wallace Christensen, no one in the Bible ever date they either married or not married and dating is not of God but of Satan.
LizziesAnswers stay away from that poor guy!! You bipolars are hurting people!!! Mood swings and unstable minds...
I think you have found your calling! You are MEANT to do these videos explaining Bipolar Mental Illness~~ I'm sure you are helping a lot of people.... Sweetie
I have been there! Actually, you just helped me realize I've been manic WAY more times than I thought. IMPORTANT: Based on experience and statistics: This is one of the reasons people with mental illness are among the most frequently abused demographics! The way you couldn't help but spill it all... predators take that and run with it! We all need to consider what your therapist said because your instinct could have definitely been right (the red flags). Who knows if this particular guy was a predator or not, lol. But they are out there. Believe me, I'm not judging you at all, I totally understand and I love your videos! Just found them today.
I've also learned I can't handle any kind of social media.. F.B, Instagram. .any of it. I can't trust myself (that's hard to accept). I'm glad I've figured that out before I ruined my marriage and family.Also everyone else's drama stresses me out..even just news. If it's important enough...someone will personally let me know.lol
Carri's 3RingCircus same. Best for me to stay off
I’m dating a bi polar person, I love her to death and I will go through a lot for her. Hypersexuality isn’t an excuse for cheating. Cheating at the end of the day is the person.
I’m currently handling this precise situation and I’m so conflicted and torn about what to do and looking for insight!
The reduced grip on reality, inflated ego, impulsivity and hyper-sexuality etc are very real.
They are still ultimately responsible but it’s not the real person.
Brain chemicals are powerful, they can make you feel like Superman or crave death… it’s not so simple as saying it’s still the person. Mania is losing control of yourself and it’s frightening how good that can feel.
I'm in love with a girl with bipolar and for two times she use me in a manic episode and for two times she ended saying that she doesn't like me, on the first time she blocked me on whatsapp but she doesn't block me on Instagram, I stop texting her for a mouth, after that and I being to speak to her on Instagram, she missed me and I really really miss her too but pass a few weeks and she said again that she didn't feel the same way but earlier she said she likes me too and she is afraid to be very close to someone and I understand that but I love her so much, I discover that she flirts with other guys but she blocked them but she didn't block me but I stop talking to her because I a little bit afraid to making her feel worse because she is in a Rehabilitation.
I have been searching for information about bipolar and I give her some tips to manage better her bipolar and she saw the massage but she didn't say anything but I saw that she was doing all the things I said but I'm not sure if she likes me too or is just mania episodes, because she see all my stories on Instagram every time and one thing that I strangely know is when she is not well I feel and if she is manic I feel her energy too.
I don't know what to do if someone can help please reply
I'm from Portugal and I don't see much information about bipolar in portugues.
Im leaving a similar situation. Can we get in touch?
How long have u been your relationship with her ?
Are you sure you want to suffer this? It’s not going to end. So either buckle in tighter. Or get off the ride. That simple.
My dreams are super vivid and i can recall every one of them.
When I've been super manic, dejavu occurs constantly throughout the time being.
It is because dreams are magical✨ you can sometimes predict the future in them
You are really smart so it's interesting to watch you. I've read a lot about Bipolar and you verbalize why people with Bipolar don't want to take their meds. They feel like they are more themselves when they are manic but it's an illusion. You sound kind of manic in this video. It's really charming I like. all the honesty and elequence. I find it fascinating to watch your mind racing. Thanks for making an interesting video. you seem like you are a lot of fun no matter how you feel. I've wondered if I'm bipolar but I can see I'm not. I like how you accept yourself. I've sabotaged possible relationships because of being afraid of getting hurt. Did he reject you?
plot twist: no people are more emotionally strong and competent than people that fight themselves everyday through emotional battles. Dont ever sell yourself short because nobody is strong enough to carry you except you. And then on the worst days someone who needs and appreciates you will pick you up and help you go back to that strong person.
its not that a guy thinks you need a care taker its that guys getting into a relationship know they need to take care of the other person its part of what comes with a relationship, I don't think women understand how much men are driven to find and solve problems effect people they care about
They don’t.
Hey Liz! Wanted to reach out and say thanks for all the information. I have been dating someone who handles BP daily and after frankly too long I realized that information and research was needed for me to feel properly equipped to be with and love this person the way she deserves and I want! It’s difficult and I sometimes lose confidence but just wanted to say thanks!!
I’m so interested in your videos. I finally got diagnosed at age 29 three days ago with no-2. Mood stabilizers saved my life and everything you’ve experienced I think all us bipolar people can relate. Thank you for everything Lizzie. The only thing I don’t get is the crying thing and I love Trump like it’s weird. Maybe because I’m a guy.
i understand the manic, i was on a dating site the other week and i met someone and she acted totally different the first 2-3 days we chatted , even gave me her phone Number so we could chat etc easier, the first night i felt she was a diamond in the rough , so drawn to her , after i told her goodnight i went for 3 hrs in a euphoric high , all types of emotions , even sexual impulses went through my brain, i felt like i was 19 or 20 again the energy rush was so intense. Then after chatting the weekend she changed her tone completely. So i decided to tone it down and talk to her very briefly for the next 3-4 days then she finally said she did not even want to be friends or hang out. I ended up telling her like i wasn't bothered more fish in the sea etc, when the day after she broke off conversation with me i drove around thinking i wish there was a way I could get what they use for lethal injection and take it so the misery would end.
about the prophetic dreams thing, I COMPLETELY understand what you mean and I feel the same!!!! like I'll dream about something and I'll feel like I learned something new about me or it'll happen to me a few days later. not sure if it's a bipolar thing??? but tbh,, I love that part.
Manic, scares people regardless of your attachment to the person with Bipolar disorder. I think most people would only be able to tolerate manic and depression episodes from a significant other. I am personal an introvert who is drained by talking to a lot of people about personal experience about my life. If I spend a lot of time talking to someone about my personal experiences, I have a strong emotional connection to my friends or a specific girl.
3:25 - Manic Episodes
4:10 - Move on Quote
9:44 - Excess texting. Annoying.
10:30 - Venting
10:50 - Mentioning Bipolar
11:20 - Talking for 3hrs
13:10 - Want no feelings. Reading people well
13:55 - Leading people on
14:28 - The texts. Leading on
15:10 - Infatuation on steroids
15:30 - Not liking to trust my emotions.
16:10 - The Note on Feelings
16:59 - "I'm sooo excited" text
17:30 - Mania Flirteous text.
18:20 - Telling him everything!!!
19:20 - Being Emotionally vulnerable
20:20 - Don't try to change me.
21:05 - Feeling Used. Physical
21:40 - I'm gonna hurt you. FEELINGS
23:00 - I feel so wanted and KNOWN
23:40 - Being UNDERSTOOD
24:40 - Manic and Sex and Cheating
25:50 - Manic and CONSENT
28:10 - Manic and SLEEP
28:48 - Texts and Oversharing
29:32 - Texts. Getting Played
29:58 - Texts. Explaining
31:05 - Stigma & TRUST
32:15 - Fearless sharing feelings
I had the opposite of memory loss. Everything was so intense I will remember it FOREVER!
I really enjoyed your story. I did. I'm not bipolar, but I'm dating someone who is, and she's a beautiful woman. Not only on the outside, but in the inside. She's very loving and very caring person.
I'm bipolar and I have the deja vu dreams too, often!!
Zingy Skydiver Holy shit I was wondering why I get so much god darn Deja vu ever time I do something in my dream always happens o.O?
Cuz like most people your life is boring and predictable, human nature to seek a niche, no big deal
charles hamilton Because of youtubes system I can't tell if you're talking to me but if you are.... You're assuming my life is boring and predictable because I can merely have some insight what might happen the next day? Nice job throwing blanket insults for someone that doesn't even know how my life is.
Thank you for existing and explaining these things. I can so relate to these experiences.
Liz, this is the first video of yours I've seen, so I'm going out on a limb and trusting my intuition here... I believe your "prophetic" dreams are not necessarily stemming from your bipolar, but rather from your empathic abilities. You are a SUCH a profoundly self-aware person, with so much emotional fluency and a remarkable ability to eloquently verbalize your perceptions. Writing is innate for you, no doubt. But you are obviously not only affected by your own emotions, but the energy of those around you, and even quite sensitive to the hightened emotion of the world at-large -- say, post-election, for instance. I believe that, for you, experiencing life from the perspective of others (or what _feels_ alien) contributes to your tendency to feel overwhelmed by emotion. Sometimes emotions can feel so overwhelming we're not even sure where they're coming from -- within or outward. It can be confusing.
I am not bipolar but I have several bipolar people in my family and seem to be a magnet for bipolar partners. My longest relationship was with a person who was bipolar and also an empath like me. So I can relate to almost everything you said on several levels.
I do happen to agree with "Collin," however, that you need to embrace -both- *all* aspects of yourself. The intensity of mania can make it feel so pure, yet you are not a one-dimensional being. You are your joy. You are your misery. You are everything in between. With so much fluctuation between black & white, it's easy to feel a crisis of identity, but it's all you. Embrace your complexity. And your abilities. You have a knack for reflecting reality back at people in a way that heps them reach deeper understanding.
It's amazing, it feels great. That's why we stop taking meds when we start feeling better after taking then for a few months because we miss that high!! That's why soo many people are soo creative because of the highs with the creativity and all the thoughts racing thru ur heads!! Specially singers and artists. Drugs are a big part of being bipolar. That's why they die so young! From drug overdose. I self medicate with opioids. It makes me feel calmed and passive!! What's so poisons????! Can you make a vid about the bad part of being bipolar. The self destructive behavior, the impulses, the arguments that you have with ur significant other, the fights and the violence that happens at home!!! The obsessive thoughts, the paranoia and the voices u hear when u can't sleep for a week at the time!! So please enlighten me. Tell me how bad it gets. It seems u have a good life. U don't look like u self medicate with any drugs. Or are using alcohol to deal with it.
I've been watching all these bipolar videos and they have been helping me sooooo much with figuring myself out and what my triggers are and how I should cope.
I really appreciate you sharing the political stuff and how you felt about the election. I have borderline personality disorder which is pretty similar to bipolar in many ways. I was so afraid I was super overreacting to the election results, It's really nice to see someone else who's mental health was also upset by the election. not to say I'm glad you felt like that at all, I know it can suck, but it's just nice to know I wasn't alone.
also you just do a great job explaining all of this. I actually just sent this video to my boyfriend to show him how I am sometimes. thank you for posting this!!
i am new to the mania thing, but i can say i've felt very similar things. the deja vu feeling, when you are doing something that you are sure you dreamed about 3 months ago, being so sure of it that you want to grab people and be like, is this real? can you seriously not feel that? how on earth can you not feel that? is this really happening right now? Or, the thing where you wake up and have that moment of clarity, where you can see everyone's intentions and motivations (including yourself), all the way down to the very root, its soooo unreal. i thought all of that was just me.
You are a beautiful person who's really helped me! I have bipolar 2 and experience mixtures of mania and hypomania. I relate so much. thank you for showing me I'm alone
I know I comment on this video very late after you published it but at that same time you uploaded this video I was in kind of a maniac period just like you and I just like rushed into things without thinking that much.. Then later on I fell into a depression and started to doubt myself and get bad thoughts about myself...I recognize myself so much in your story & glad I found it!! It helped me so much cause I have always felt so alone in this and like I am the only one feeling like this!
Hey Lizzie!! :) About the dream thing, I have the same thing. I kinda thought I was special too... but when you dream you aren't quite sure of actual details. So then in the future when something similar happens your brain kinda changes the past dream into what's happening now. I use the word déjà vu. It feels like it has happened before but its just your dreams changing details.
I'd love to hear back from you!
🎭 The story of my life. 😢 I'm 37, and Bipolar 1. I thank God for You and Your testimony is really powerful. Self control was something that I lacked and I'm super empathic/truly manic as well. Even if no one else sees it that way, just know that I did. Thank you for being you because I really thought that I was alone. Not really alone, because RUclips shows me different, but really alone. Please keep saving yourself. You'll know The One. That just put Faith back into me. ☺ -Michelle
Thanks for this video! I have bipolar type two. Can relate to this story so much. The whole dreams thing I also relate to so much. The whole autopilot with hypomanic and depression is so relatable to me. It is very much a case of being like a different person with moods. Thanks for being so open with us all.
I had a manic episode early on in my ADHD diagnosis period from Dex. It was a really interesting experience. I have been suffering from single pole depression most of my life, and the manic episode was a wonderful time of creativity. I then however believed that my psychiatrist was trying to sedate me ...... out of character I had decided that if the Lithium he put me on sedated me, I would put the whole lot down his throat. I assume this would not be overly healthy for a human. It is interesting to have a personal experience where I'm like it sucks that I will probably never be back in that state of mind, but also I can relate to the the lack of control. If I had bipolar I probably would be in prison. The lack of restraint can be a really scary thing. The other side of mania is incredibly liberating.
Yeah that analysis of people is pinpoint on the mania, I might of put my foot in it with my psychiatrist for another reason. Emotional dysregulation with ADHD can be pretty fun, in an awful sense.
I totally understand the "verbal vomit" but it feels so real and genuine although we say so much so fast we don't remember. It's embarrassing for us after the fact when the other person shuts down, but for us we have to be true to our emotions. We BPs have got to be super careful of wearing our heart on our sleeve when there are ppl who willingly take advantage of that. All that we know is our heart and our true selves.
Omg I can relate on the just looking at someone and knowing if you want to be in a relationship with them or not thing. And it's not about looks, it's just a feeling I get and I know if I'm gonna be with them or not
My experience is: October- December: crazy in love with a guy
January: WHY DID I EVEN LIKE HIM?????
exactly it s bipolar disorder
You really connected to me thru this video. I felt like you were talking to me. The way your talking to this person who you call your best friend. I just feel like you are talking to me. And I’m so emotionally driven. Idk you just make everything make sense to me. You make me feel like you know exactly what I’m going thru. Idk, I just feel like I know you. And I feel like I saw you at Fred Meyers the other night.
Even tho i appreciate how honest you are fake flirting is so mean bipolair or not you probaly do it when you are manic but its still mean to play with feelings of other ppl
I have bipolar disorder as well. Why fake flirt with anyone? You never know how else is bipolar. Seems very selfish.
Because it makes the date less awkward. It helps people open up. Not selfish at all.
beautiful video. i'm not bipolar, yet i watched it all the way through. i'm in a new relationship, and he's bipolar, so just looking for more insight from others. thanks for your openness .
You are amazing for researching to better understand him!! I filmed a video a couple days ago that will be uploaded on Wednesday all about Bipolar and relationships, it'll be called How to Love Someone Who Has Bipolar, so make sure to come back & watch that too :)
You're helping so many people,thank you dear
Thank you so much for opening up Lizzie. It means the world. I am literally finally beginning to understand myself through many of your videos. It's so helpful to know that I'm not alone. Mania can be so scary and so hard to spot. So glad I found your channel! I feel so close to you it's weird 😐🙃 lol thanks soooo much! You are so brave!
So relatable! Especially the texts and the dreams🤗
thank you so much for sharing so much, I was diagnosed bi-polar a few years ago and I have just now began to understand what she meant. I look forward to hearing more videos from you and I will try to catch up on the old ones, but I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with you. :)
I hope that didn't sound judgemental. I like your story and you helped me understand something I've needed to know about. Please don't commit suicide. I think about it a lot and somehow I think it would make things worse. A part of me would still exist and still feel the pain of being a flawed human being. That probably doesn't make sense to most people but it's my reality.
The dream thing you mentioned has happened to me before...It's like deja vu in a way but it actually happens..which is kind of weird. I think that sort of led to my psychosis. I'm bipolar as well. It's hard to explain but I saw a video about bipolar disorder and something it explained that some bipolar people can actually have these psychic abilities and can foretell certain things that might happen. Fortunately, I was able to get rid of my psychosis because it got to the point where I got really scared.
I am manic right now I have fearlessness … I am running on so much energy yeah it’s the best feeling in the whole world I hope it doesn’t go away !!! I have so much to do right now thanks for listening 😍🥰😘love and light 💡
This sounds like me all the time with my borderline personality disorder, except it is like experiencing the mania and depression all at once sometimes. I think I understand. I can see myself making a huge mistake and not being able to stop myself, regretting what I am doing as I am doing it and after I have done it I hate myself and want to punish myself and remember everything :(
I have bpd too. This is very relateable.
That thing you said about seeing yourself edit this video in your dream and then you actually do it, I have the same thing it happens to me everyday but I'm not bipolar & I honestly don't know the cause of it exactly
Yayyy! I'm glad I'm not the only one! It doesn't happen to me THAT often but when it does it feels so real!
You’re so brave! Thank you for sharing your story.
Dude you look so cute in this video! I love your hair.
Wow what a story. Haven't been in a relationship. I don't know if a woman would like me for having this bipolar illness. Side note: I like how you say vulnerable.
Of course a woman will love and accept you, bipolar and all! Don't worry about it at all... just focus on having more and more self understanding and awareness of your bipolar so that when you ARE in a relationship and when you have a family, you can have it in check. Watch this last part of this video: ruclips.net/video/IM_3Ye1hEZM/видео.htmlm23s
Wow thank you for that insight. I'm a little older than you but you are wise beyond your years.
Btw once I saw some guy explaining manic in video - he describes it like you start to think everything "is significant". For u it would look like - what he says "is significant" how he said it "is significant", the place where you decided to go "is significant". Just wanted to share with you this thinking pattern. Mb it would be helpful for you in some future situations.
Just hearing you and thinking "ARE WE THE SAME PERSON?"
I've had depression for quite a while but never thought of the idea of being manic
I WISH I COULD MEET YOU 😁😁😁
I would love to talk with you and hear some of your stories? I've never had anyone relate to me like this! Or experienced the same thing and been willing to share it!
LeAnn Donoso many people with bipolar are misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder at first!
Sorry. No clue what happened.
I saw the length of the video and dreaded watching it. It's so weird you have a way of making you not want to stop watching agh definitely write a book
Hahaha!! I cannot believe how ANYONE watched alllll of this sooooo much! I AM writing a book, a memoir about my experience in bipolar :)
more manic storytimes!
YESS! I will! I have 2 other manic storytime videos already planned out!! I'll film them soon :)
Yay new video! Love you girl! 😘😀😀
I love you so much!! ❤️
I found GABA to be truly useful in dealing with my hypomania. I have never been a fan of psychiattic drugs.
Mania can be beautiful and real and emotional, but it's too much too fast for the normal other person. I deal with this with my husband, lol. It's like my emotions bring him to life? Or either shut him down? It's either one or the other. Sometimes I have to remember to try hard to shut my mouth to give him time to open his, so he can spill his guts. Most the time he talks about painful things like the weather 😡😫😢 but when I give hm a chance to open up and I can draw out that emotional side of him that's been repressed it's actually an amazing gift to be BP.
It is now 3:30 am and I watched all of it. Gosh such a great video as always. I sometimes wonder if I have bipolar. Other times I just tell myself I don't. Who knows.
When you talk about your thoughts and your feelings its blike your explaining everything im going through
Thank you for sharing this, albeit 7 years later. I find it interesting that every video where women discuss hypersexuality, it's done so with smiles and laughing. The couples celebrate it. But, this is a horrible thing as a married man for 25 years. I have bipolar 1 with mixed features. I know that in general, women have a lower libido than guys. But when on polar opposite extremes and it's the man with the out of control libido, how do you deal with that? We're"jerks" because we want it all the time anyway. Add a mental disorder and then what? without it manifesting into serious frustration and resentment? I've never cheated and never plan to but I can see why people would.
I take a very low dose of a mood stabilizer and thankfully it inhibits me from experiencing mania whatsoever. How do your medications help you if they are not controlling the mania? It's always important to sleep so that ought to be something you keep your eyes on to control your mental health. Just my thoughts. Take care.
Hello again, I had to pause you video for a second. I want to let you know and almost reassure you in a way, that I am listening to your words very carefully. I seriously love you! lol I am also manic. I have been told that almost all my life and I have finally just said fine and I accepted it because it made me feel like I was like a splinter in my peers lives and they almost had fun putting me down because I was just someone who wasn't good at come backs and standing up for myself when kids teased me. However, I am not that little girl anymore. I am 24 years old and it took me this long to say yes, I am bi polar but when I say I am not a victim it feels like i am lying to myself because I have been told over and over that I am not a victim and stop playing the victim card and it was so frustrating for me to respect them for talking to me like I was their pet. You are truly a blessing to me and I wish you well and you have a beautiful soul. Inside and Out
I am bipolar and my dreams are the same way!! Sometimes I think I'm "psychic" because of it, but I don't know if it's just grandiosity from the disorder or not lol
I totally feel for you right now. I've had two relationships end because of my bipolar episodes. It hurts to feel like people can't see past that. It hurts that people can't trust you because they don't know if they're really talking to YOU. And it sucks to feel like you can't trust your own emotions :(
Omg I was just telling my bf and my counselor about a guy I met when I was manic.. and they were worried that i just did it because..of.. whatever
.but I told them when I see people I SEE them and i just know from the moment i meet them.. well connect.. never lasts tho.. being manic gives me all the confidence. But that fall from grace always ruins everything. I cannot stay I'm relationships.. I like the thought of them.. but I hate feelings
You're helping us so much. Thank you ❤️
I think mania is like 10x more fun than getting drunk/buzzed on alcohol.
It’s worse. Believe me. I just had a hypomanic episode.
Roy Belovoskey this comments so old but when I’m manic even the tiniest bit of alcohol will make me sooooooo giddy like beyond what any drink can do
Sooo I just talked to a guy while being hypomanic but the thing is he talked to me before when I was depressed and I didn't accept to go on a date with him also because of social anxiety and I was terrified to go out with a stranger (he's from my university but I've never seen him). At first I didn't like him at all and also I thought he was kinda creepy because it looked like he was only talking to me because I'm Brazilian (fetish?) and also I usually don't trust people at all. But then months later I got hypomanic and sent him a message asking him to forgive me from ditching him (like why??) and we decided to go to a cafe (I've never did that ever before, all of my boyfriends were just friends and it wasn't akward to go out with them). Next day was the end of my little hypomania (cause I take my meds and all) and I've found him so annoying and I just ditched him again because I found his texts weird. But now I feel guilty and just regret so much talking to him, we have nothing in common and the conversation is just uninteresting, but he's a person so why did I do this? That's not me, I shouldn't have done that. I should have just continued being hypomanic so I would find him interesting. I'm just tired of not being able to trust my emotions because at the time it doesn't feel wrong but I guess it is since I can change them within 24 hours. I said I'm sorry but I feel it's not enough. "I'm sorry I was out of my mind when I talked to you but now that I'm back to being myself I don't find you interesting". Yeah, I can't say that. I'm just writing it here because I don't really have someone to talk and I just need to feel like I'm not alone even if is just pretending that there's someone that can relate with the story.
Man, there's nothing better learning about manic depression and hypersexuality at 7:56pm while you're sick as heck
It didn't really sound like he was playing you too imo. I actually think it sounded like he took everything pretty well. With the whole "you needing someone to handle you" I don't think that's what he was saying, I think it was more like this not everyone can be with someone with a mental illness whether it be anxiety, depression, ocd, or being bipolar. It's always a safer bet to acknowledge that you're not equipped to help someone get through something in th healthiest way for them. Similarly to when if someone with depression got into a really dark place a friend might be able to talk to them in a way that helps them while someone who's not ready to handle that situation would freeze and hold that against themselves if something negative did happen. The uncertainty of what you would do when placed in that situation again is the issue. No one's really saying you're emotionally weak, but people reach out to people when they''re having a certain train of thought like how you did with your best friend if he's not your best friend and he receives another message from you like before how exactly is he suppose to respond? Emotional support is an essential part to a relationship, that's apart of communication.
Hi lizzy! I was curious...have u ever made any efforts to save or get back with someone u we’re dating & cares about. With u being bipolar do u just forget & move on? Btw great vids.
Lizzie, thanks for your video. Checking out Pete Walker's book, Complex PTSD from Surviving to Thriving could be interesting for you.
I wish I had caught onto my brain at a young age like you. I've hurt so many people..in situations like this times 100. I can tell you of course be safe...nothing like being Bipolar and raped. It's will turn crazy on its head!! Good Luck..Thank you for your honesty♡
I would steer clear…after learning that you can’t change people, I would accept it for what it is and limit how I deal with you.
I keep an awful amount of notebooks and keep track of dreams I can never remember also a three month period similar to this with a guy and all these beautiful places we went to and saw but I can't remember any of it and I didn't realize mania could do that. Like I know him 4 months later but I don't know how I know him and I know everything about him I just can't remember so he's like a hollow person. Make sense?
Great video!!!!
I love your playlists/music on all ur videos!!! They're super relatable to my BP too, and do you have a dig download? You're awesome! Thanks!!
What was this song at the opening of the video anyone know?
Liz i think i might have bi-polar I've been watching all your videos for a long time now and I would love to have a conversation about that and theology because it's very interesting to me and my family doesn't believe i have anything wrong but when i feel i was in a Manic like state i could not calm down and i took a scissors to my dresser drawer that finally made me clam down definitely better than cutting myself :( love you
Bipolar 1 - Seroquel would always give me strange dreams
Seroquel made me fat
First episode was I was driving in my car. I remember going down a one way street the wrong way. I ended up at a restaurant. My car was somewhere. I took off my coat (it was really cold). The police came and took me to NetCare, I was admitted to the hospital. Most scary thing in my life. I was disoriented, I didn't know where I was let alone who I was.
Thank you so much for making these videos it's really hard for me to explain to my boyfriend when I go through but I sent him your videos and hopefully he understands because it made a lot of sense to me thank you we been together for a year and I tried to explain to him and and I'm only trying to deal with it but he doesn't fully understand nor do I and being in a relationship with someone that has bipolar so again thank you so much funny videos
I m also maniac. I use the rool of 90 days. 3 month of dating without kisses and sex, if the man slill take care of you and he shows his warm feelings, not only passion, he is my man. SwiftKey lot of firsst dates, and in the result you find the one. Be open to get to know someone new, even when you are dipressed
Omg I can't imagine being in the same room with her for more than 5 mins
Yeah. I hate it when people see me like this.
I have bipolar and I actually do not at all find this comment offensive. It actually made me laugh to myself when I read it lol. I know that whenever my bf is around me while I'm manic, literally drives him insane and I don't understand why he still chooses to be with me. I don't even like being around me when I'm just by myself. I get obnoxious, annoying, and can't stop talking. I also talk super loud like her. I always feel like such a horrible person and feel bad about my behavior when manic, especially around my bf and afterwards I want to apologize to him but he's so tired of hearing I'm sorry. I am in the process of adjusting medication and switching psychs. I know I am miserable to be around and I am getting help.
Respect. Thankyou. Always
Hi. I love your vids! I'm also diagnosed bipolar(II). I had a question about the songs you play...lol. Please don't take this the wrong way, as I want to understand this, from a woman's perspective. What I say may sound illogical. but I want to hear others perspectives. I personally abhor the music you play. It just depresses me & honestly makes me want to cry. I'm curious, what does the music make you feel? Any other females in the audience? I hear this type of music on some chick flicks & it just tears at my emotions for some reason...lol It brings back sad memories for me, for some reason.
That was very considerate of you when u added the text to skip to 9:08 to miss the politic bs cuz i was about to skip the rest of your video good save for the vid liz...do u mind if i call u liz? I dont care but thought id give u props for that
Here's a mania dating story!
I went on a tinder date while manic and had thrown away my meds.
Lost my sense of danger completely and came over his house for the date and happily went down in the basement.
Where we had sex within one hour of me arriving
And a week later another guy I invited to my house this time and het took me for ice cream and we had sex in a restroom
It was fun as hell while it was going on but I am a bit ashamed that I was sooooo stupid but still I had the time of my life.
But hey. The second guy stuck around and now we've been dating 3 years and he's very supportive and understanding of my bipolar disorder. ☺️
mightybfool C what to do if my girl cheated and blaming it on the illness. What next I’m gonna come home and find her ass up in the air? Ugh!! Why did I fell in love with this girl!
Juan Granados it might not be blaming on the illness, it can happen. That being said you don’t have to stick around if thats something you cant handle. Its completely valid to not be able to handle some of your partners manic symptoms.
Liz, as you make this RUclips video you appear to be in a manic state. Now it's great to feel great, but being elated is not being centered. You need to think how this will affect your interpersonal relationships, especially when you get older. Youthful exuberance when you're among your peers [now] will likely be tolerated, but being in a manic state when you're 35 yrs old and you and your partner are settling down to watch a movie at home, is going to be taxing on your partner. Nor will you be able to sit thru the entire movie without talking, fidgeting or allowing yourself to be distracted. This will wear down your partner. When your mind is teeming with thoughts and ideas and your energy is bouncing off the walls, even though it may be positive energy, it will have an exhaustive affect on the people around you.
Not sure if I'm coming at you in the right direction here, I see you have a lot of posts discussing your life with BPD. I just wanted to share my thoughts and give some advice with the best intentions. I'm dating someone with the BPD now so I just wanted to share my experience. All the best !
a lot of people don;t wanna take their meds because they don;t feel like themselves
Hey girl you might have mentioned it in a video but I just started watching recently but if you don't mind me asking what medicines are you on? I'm finally getting help with my severe manic episodes. I feel so connected to what you're saying and how you describe your feelings a lot of times. I love how you can verbalize your story so well, I write and that's my beautiful light in mania. Thanks if you reply in advance!☺💜
I'm not on any medicine right now, but for about a year I was taking Lamicatal/Lamotrigine and I'll probably go back on that at some point within the next few months. I made an entire video about all the medications I've been on: ruclips.net/video/IKViFaLKp34/видео.html&ab_channel=LizziesAnswers it might help you! What are you on? And I am so so happy you can relate to me and we can make each other feel understood ♥ What do you write, fiction or non-fiction?
My first medication ever for my mental illnesses were Geodon which is an antipsychotic and helps mania symptoms. I'm pretty sure I was grossly misdiagnosed with Major Depression Disorder while I'm currently rapid cycling down a manic hole. I haven't slept in two days, I'm worried cuz I'm currently on Zoloft and I know I need to be on a mood stabilizer. Thank you, you are such a uplifting bright soul! I mainly write non fiction like real life eye opening things, I want to help people and one day be a trauma counselor☺
You're so pretty! And I love your videos!
Hi Lizzie while in my homeland Manila did you took some video? I missed the Philippines I'm going for my vacation next year 2019 for my HS Reunion and fiesta in the Island of Samar. Let me know if you posted your Manila vacation. Are you mestiza Filipina? lol
All this, not even a kiss?. You owe him..
If you ever find yourself in a relationship with a bipolar female ... please run as fast as you can from them. They will never be able to care about you or your feelings the way you can. It’s terrible and horrible but they need to be alone.. like for real. They just take and take
maddtoker420 that a bunch of bullshit. Lol I m bipolar and was with my ex who wasn’t and all HE did was take and take and didn’t give. I helped him start a company not one thank you, he cheated, I didn’t. Bunch of bullshit lol
😂😂😂😂 my poor boyfriend...maddtoker420 (your nickname is pathetic btw lol) but anyways Tokie, you are so right abt dating us females with BP. Thank you for spreading the word out there 🙃
@@celesteramos1415 It’s not bullshit at all. You chose to date someone who wasn’t shit and do all those things. It doesn’t take away what he just said in his comment.
Bro…. 100%. 2 years and I just couldn’t take the shit anymore.
Hi Lizzie
I'm from Indonesia.
I watched some of you bipolar video, and I feel understood.
Thank you so much.
I'm sooo happy they've made you feel understood!
The notebook is the best movie ever made lol
my son dated a bipolar girl not on meds for like a year then they broke up for like 5 months then back together for like 3 months----horrible ---she was absolutely very mean to him, would hit him over the head with hard objects, never said thank you for all his expenisve meals he bought her and I asked him in all that time did she ever buy you a meal and he thought long and hard and said --I think twice.......so in seventeen months twice....she threw him under the bus all the time too---wouldn't think twice---when she threw him under the bus at 17 her dad finally made them not see each other (which was the 5 month break)(best 5 months of this families life) during this time he left her totally alone and respected the dads wishes ---she took this as a bad thing and we think put someone up to stealing his Dodge Durango, cause prior to this the Dodge Durango had set out there for 6 years and no one touched it.....my question is you seem so happy and upbeat----she was totally the opposite of you---so is there happy bipolars and pissed off ones? she was pissed off 23 hours a day----I have never known anyone like it .......glad they are not together and he is moving on.......they are both 19 now.....
Angel Shining it's basically like it turns up the volume on your personality, character traits are exaggerated... most manic people feel a constant flow state of euphoria until becoming physically exhausted enough to want to go to sleep but are also more irritable and easily annoyed... sounds like this ex-girl friend was kind of a miserable person with poor impulse control and bipolar on top of that- what a mess!
It's also totally possible that this girl hadn't really figured out how to manage her bi-polar disorder yet. Lizzie is much older.
Angel Shining some are more irritable than others during manic episodes
Why did you buy your son a dodge at 11
@@eddiewiggles9398 I have a question for you,does that mean when life gets tough on them whether it's from school,work,or any life situation and they go through mania would that cause infedilty and Manipulation and abuse?I tried to Grasp some answers for my questions but do you think that if they abuse you or cheat on you it'll be forgivable. I am not really educated about BPD but I would very much like to hear your viewpoint about this.
lizzie, i might be in deep shit here. can u help me cleare somthing out? i started this "flirt" whit a bipolar girl. i did not know she was bipolar 2. infact, she came on to me. we have never met, since we live whit a great distance. but we talk over skype, for a whole night, and have done that for the past 3-4 weeks. she really is amazing, and i can not help to start have feelings for her.
on the other hand, she is already in love whit me. coming on very strong actually. she is 32, and i can only see she being lonely, and want a relationship. so maybe that is why she is so passioned.
im ment to visit her in 2 weeks. tonight when we talked, she was forgetting a lot of things. and was very disctracted. like she could tell something, and then forget what we were talking about. i later asked if she was okay. and she explained she might have a mild episode. but she did not know of which type.
1 week ago i asked her, is she was manic. because i will not keep going in this, is i can not trust what she is saying. and end up breaking my heart. she keeps saying she is on normal stage. and all she says is real, and would never hurt anyone like that. I can really feel she is a very good hearted girl.
But after this video im just. fuuuuuk, how can i know if what she is saying is real. she explains her manic stage, will give her rapid thoughts and make her horney. but will never cheat. and there is so many differend symptons, between people whit bipolar. so i can not trust what i read on the interent.
sorry for this long comment. but do u think im getting screwed over here?
I understand why you're scared! But remember that in this story I said that when I first met him I wasn't attracted to him at all. So I knew that objectively. This is a rare rare occurrence being full-blown manic losing memories. I've been in a more chill manic state in relationships and the mania just exemplifies my emotions, it doesn't change them. People with Bipolar feel the world SO strongly and regardless of whether or not we're in an episode, we feel SO STRONGLY. It's not about her being lonely, she just IS Bipolar therefore her type of love is this intensity regardless of who it is toward. So don't feel too special haha! Also, if she's Bipolar 2... don't worry AT all. The type of mania in this video is Bipolar 1. And she's 32, which means she's probably known about her bipolar for a long time and really understands it. This happened the year I was diagnosed Bipolar. I'm brand new to this. She isn't. She has it much more under control than I do. But just know that the emotional intensity is a part of Bipolar that is just core to our personality always. And empathy too! We have this extreme empathy where we feel other's emotions so I'm sure she would never hurt you, like she'd be so scared to hurt you because it would hurt her too. I would trust her. Bipolar people... we love with this encompassing depth and passion and it is who we are. She seems manic now. Definitely manic. And that's the thing! NOW she is manic. Before she wasn't. The only thing that could happen is she might start to feel really insecure about the relationship, feel so unwanted by you if she crashes into depression. But know that if she does try to leave, it could just be the bipolar messing with her and confront her about it and don't just let her leave if she tries... if that makes sense. Like since she's manic rn just be really attentive to her and make her feel like you really care, so that in case she does crash, she'll feel secure in the relationship. Mostly Bipolar just magnifies what is already there.
I'm uploading a video on Friday called How to Love Someone Who's Bipolar! It might help you! haha
LIZ this is very well explained, thank you so much. U seem very smart, and your respond helped me a lot. I will go on whit less fear now. Before there were no sign of manic at all. and also not long ago, she had a few low days, i helped her, whit talking, and seemed to help quite a bit. I will take it slow whit this, and take your advise.
Im gonna give a like and sub, thats the least i can do. very good content. and thank you liz, i will look forword to your new video, truely. have a great weekend.
89martint Yayy! I'm so happy you feel calm and chill about it now! And the new bipolar video is up, so go watch!
I really want to read "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks. But I don't like reading as much as I used to. I got out of the habit, and I haven't read a book all the way through in like 3 or 4 years, I'm not really sure. My eyes also do not focus. I'm farsighted with a stigmatism. I'm seeing the eye doctor soon, so I will talk to him about this. He knows I like to read.