My friend is 22, unemployed looking for a job and has bipolar type 1. They think it's over and I keep stressing to them that everyone has a rough year and that they have the power to advanced past the circumstances. How do you get out of the doomer mindset?
>>34547774Isn't bipolar permanent? And that probably doesn't help their job prospects. Anyways tell him to see a professional and to hop on meds, should help his case.
>>34547774I think only a material change in circumstances can get them out of that mindset. Probably getting a job. Also, they might just need a few weeks, bipolar meds will greatly lessen the cycles but they could be in a depressive cycle rn
>>34547809They're on meds, I think the BP is just making them have a much more negative influence on their prospects and the likelihood of getting a job. >>34547856Thing is it's not like they're unincompetent. They were unemployed in January got a part-time job in the same month, got let go in April and now feel like because they've been looking for a job the entire time. Although you make a fair point, they are in a depressive episode. I think once they start working they'll feel a lot better.
>>34547809Bipolar episodes can go away afaik. But with most patients they don't disappear completely. However, meds can suppress them if you keep taking them.
>>34547774Saying "everyone has a rough year" to a Bipolar is hilariously bad advice. Bipolar type 1 means every 3-6 months they experience debilitating crippling depressive episodes that are non-stop. And for the other times of the year, they are extremely manic and impulsive and end up self sabotaging their whole fucking lives. Bipolar is the disorder where every time you try to build a life, your brain decides "fuck no" and destroys it every time. Like building a sandcastle only to kick it all down 6 months later. Your Bipolar homie is in for a very hard life. I know two bipolars, and both of them are older (one in late 30s, the other in his 60s). The thirty-something went through a decade of severe meth addiction and almost died several times. He thankfully has his act together and has a family now but he is always hounded by his disorder and temptations from his previous meth habit.And the older one in his 60s, never married never had kids lives alone in a state of extreme paranoia, bipolar can develop into schizo-like psychosis. He is always thinking people spy on him, is extremely volatile, and is always evading the police. But my fucking God the guy is a genius, smartest guy I ever met, knows absolutely everything about ancient history and philosophy. Both of them are great people but the disorder is a bitch, and it's permanent. Meds exist to suppress the intensity of the mood swings, but it comes at the cost of killing off most of their feelings, making them feel numb and dead. It's a harsh hand to be dealt in life.
You said "they" instead of he or she so I'm going to assume your friend has some form alphabet mental disease, in this case abandon all hope of healing
