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5 Myths About Living with Bipolar — Stop Assuming

5 Myths About Living with Bipolar — Stop Assuming

Posted by | Apr 11, 2024

There are so many myths about what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder. People constantly make assumptions about it based on media portrayals, but life is not a movie or a news report. Living with bipolar disorder is complex and varied, and what happens for some is not necessarily common for all. So, let’s dispel some of the myths about what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder and encourage people to stop making uneducated assumptions.

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If You Just Loved Yourself, You Wouldn’t Want to Self-Harm

If You Just Loved Yourself, You Wouldn’t Want to Self-Harm

Posted by | Jun 9, 2014

Last week I wrote about my urge to self-harm. I talked about how after many years, I still have the urge to self-harm but that I don’t actually follow-through and do it.

And one commenter left a comment to the effect of,

. . . surely if you loved and accepted yourself, you wouldn’t want to self-harm.

Yeah, that’s bullshit.

Or, more politely, that’s a myth. Just because I have the desire to self-harm doesn’t mean I don’t like, love or accept myself.

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