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As you probably know by now, I'm a sick, sick man. I am diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder along with OCD. This has affected my life negatively, but I'm still alive which more than many can say. Today, I'm going to explain the ins and outs of Bipolar Disorder. I hope you enjoy the short read.
What is Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder characterised by mood swings. In other words, the sufferer may have periods of great euphoria followed by an irrational manic-depressive episode. During the upswing, a Bipolar patient will experience the following:
euphoria
high motivation
irritability
risky behaviour
heightened sexual activity
I am currently in an upswing and I have very little need for sleep. Five hours or less is enough for now, which is partially why I have time for this shit. I also feel highly productive and cannot stop myself from producing something. I wish I was a genius so I could channel this energy into something other than rdrama posts that 12 people will upvote and cause 3 people to block me. After the upswing comes the downswing which consists of depression, suicidal thoughts, a lack of motivation, and self-harm. How much self-harm? It is estimated that 30-40% of folks with Bipolar Disorder will engage in self-harming behaviour. Upswings and downswings are usually not congruent with what is going on in the person's life. For example, someone with a good life may find themselves in a downswing while others may experience a euphoric downswing as they ruin their life.
Quick notes from Holly!
Holly says to take benzos, avoid sleep, play The Last of Us Part 2, and listen to Cocaine 80s. In between these activities, make shitposts on rdrama.
How quickly do these mood swings occur? Well, it depends on what kind of Bipolar disorder one suffers from. With Bipolar I and II, each upswing and downswing can last weeks to months. However, there exists rapid cyclic bipolar which is typically characterised as a series of 4 or more upswings or downswings occurring within a 12-month period. Symptoms typically begin to manifest in one's early twenties, though signs may appear during teen years or it could onset in one's late twenties.
Difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II
Though Bipolar I and II share many similarities, there are some key differences. Most notably, one can only be diagnosed with Bipolar I if they experience a manic episode. A manic episode is characterized by psychotic symptoms such as visual and audio hallucinations. Other symptoms include:
racing thoughts
disinhibited social behaviour
hypersexuality
feelings of grandiosity
pressured speech
For example, someone may feel that they are receiving messages from God, hear divine voices calling their name, believe they can change the world, or are on a special mission. With the propensity for risky behaviour comes increased drug use and risky sexual behaviour. Such individuals typically end up requiring involuntary institutionalization, and they demonstrate decreased activity in the lingual gyrus region of the brain and decreased activity in the inferior frontal cortex. In contrast, Bipolar II patients suffer from hypomania which is more subdued and less likely to ruin someone's life, but is nonetheless still highly disruptive. They do not experience the psychotic aspects of mania and do not usually require hospitalization during a hypomanic episode.
What goes up must come down. When the mania or hypomania is up, we get to the depressive stage. This is usually a period filled with great regret, melancholy, and a downswing in one's mood. This period is usually longer than the hypomanic or manic phase and this is when the self-harm and suicidal ideation slips in. Activities that were once enjoyed now feel dull, and constant sleep is common. During one of my downswings this year, I had to be hospitalized after severe self-harming.
But wait! There's a third option! Some people suffer from mixed affective state. This is when a person experiences an upswing and downswing simultaneously. This is common in patients with rapid cyclic bipolar where the mood swings occur so quickly, they don't have time to resolve.
What causes Bipolar Disorder
It is currently not known precisely what causes Bipolar Disorder though it is estimated that it is 70-90% genetic with a minimal environment factor. For example, an abusive childhood can aggravate the condition or a significant life event such as the loss of a loved one.
Scientists have zoned in on variants within the genes CACNA1C, ODZ4, and NCAN, and polymorphisms in BDNF, DRD4, DAO, and TPH1. The end-result is dysregulation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex portion of the brain.
Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is treated through a combination of therapy and medication. Currently, I am on lithium (a controversial mood stabilizer) and Abilify (an antipsychotic). Previously I have also been on sodium valproate and serdep. And of course, I have been given a plethora of benzodiazepines. Typical therapy methods include CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) and DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy).
It is difficult to treat Bipolar disorder because those with the illness are often in denial about it and resistant to treatment. This is especially true during manic episodes. Hence, more than 75% of individuals with BD inconsistently take their medications for various reasons.
Bipolar Disorder memes and infographics
Conclusion
I hate being bipolar. It's awesome.
Tune in next time when I discuss the function of the foreskin or the Beat Generation or some shit.
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Mocking white people and asserting that white people often secretly have malicious racist motives, is racist though. Glad I could clear that up! (186)
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If you see yourself in this comic, it's not 'cause you're white. (-107)
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Subtitle: I want to draw a line in the sand between their racism and whatever forms of racism I participate in so I can feel good about myself rather than do the continual work of being introspective to actively deprogram the racism that I have been and continue to be taught. (-38)
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Some highlights
Prostitute I think. Might be the most useful person here
Propagandist
Wants to make propaganda videos
Wants to be a poet (very useful in an armed rebellion-the red army was known for their poetry corps).
Xe will post memes for the cause online (propagandist)
Xe will make TikTok's for the cause
Apparently there aren't enough communists posting shit online
This king wants to start as the party commissar.
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Second in a series of helpful how-to posts.
Last time we talked about how to get shitloads of dramacoin the old-fashioned way, but what if you're a lazy piece of shit and you just want to get lots of DC quickly? Enter gambling: this top secret backdoor is a way to rapidly unlock thousands of coins that would otherwise have required tedious hours of quality posting.
The casino here offers several different games of chance: roulette, slots, blackjack and the lottershe. For our purposes, we're only concerned with slots because that's the best one to shit up threads with publicly. If you post !slots1234 (or w/e number) you'll wager that much money on your post. If you win, just like at the casino in Monaco or Macao, lots of other people will see you win and they'll think you're cool and want to have sex with you. It's just like Monte Carlo, except instead of lucky gamblers shagging models in their lambos, you'll have dramautists crawling up in your DMs begging to suck your cock for DC. (This is true even if you don't have a cock or you've deprecated it, damautists won't check before they promise the succs-for-bucks)
Okay, so with that out of the way, how do you rack up impressive winnings like mine?
The number one secret is only gamble when you're pretty sure you're going to win.
If you've got a good feeling, or you're on a hot streak, or you're posting in a lucky thread: lots of rare Marseys, or golden flashing ones, or if everyone else is already winning big, you should try to get in on that action, too.
Sometimes you are going to lose, and that's just how chance works. The other important thing is make small bets when you're going lose and save your biggest bets for the ones that will pay off. For example, maybe you lose two or three 300 DC bets, but that will just angry up Chaos because she knows you're not serious and you're betting like a pussy. So then as an apology you'll want to bet big, like 5, 10, 15,000 to show you mean it - but don't do it unless you're going to win. If you keep winning 10,000 DC bets and losing 200 DC ones, you can see how the math works out.
Try to get in good with random number generators. The Mersenne Twister and I go way back: we used to fool around back in college and it was all basically innocent but everyone knows Twister has always been a little kinky and it's true. If you get on her good side, she will pay off in spades. Not that many people understand this, but gambling on a computer pretty much comes down to /dev/random
and so if random numbers love you, then you will consistently win at gambling.
If all those tips don't work, and you're still a loser, you should try praying. Specifically, you should pray to become more like me...
...because being specially blessed and favored by the Lord God Almighty and her favorite boy, the Son of Man can come in handy in all walks of life, but one area where it especially pays off is at the slot machine.
Thank you. I will not be taking any questions from the panel. !wincels please explain it to the losers if they don't understand.
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Why does the Retaurdian have mostly news about Trump? Is it run by the State Department radio free Europe style? It's Bongs' worst rag, worse than the Daily Mail by far.
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This is what a 21 year old Joe Biden voter looks like ๐ณ๏ธ ๐ pic.twitter.com/AVzenJCgRt
— Olivia Julianna ๐ณ (@0liviajulianna) May 7, 2024
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It starts with a self-evident claim by Jackson Hinkle on Friday:
https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1786500995620442513
Which upset this guy:
https://twitter.com/ChaosCharza/status/1786519330760388812
Which got some dissent but the pedos are out in force:
https://twitter.com/smegmaboy9999/status/1786752358321393730
And turns into a longgg argument about whether DBZ is for pedos too:
https://twitter.com/GlitchyRom/status/1787166033066824157
At which point the loli enjoyer decided to escalate to retweets:
https://twitter.com/ChaosCharza/status/1787166097248075789
https://twitter.com/ChaosCharza/status/1787294984640610390
The girls there are from this last year:
https://twitter.com/ywuukii/status/1620196346123935745
Which leads me to an easy engagement-bait poll:
Are you a p-do if you prefer the girl on the right?
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The Trudeau regime has introduced an Orwellian new law called the Online Harms Bill C-63, which will give police the power to retroactively search the Internet for โhate speechโ violations and arrest offenders, even if the offence occurred before the law existed.
— Camus (@newstart_2024) May 7, 2024
This new bill isโฆ pic.twitter.com/4ROF332xR9
The Trudeau regime has introduced an Orwellian new law called the Online Harms Bill C-63, which will give police the power to retroactively search the Internet for โhate speech' violations and arrest offenders, even if the offence occurred before the law existed.
This new bill is aimed at safeguarding the masses from so-called โhate speech.โ
https://Revolver.news reports: The real shocker in this bill is the alarming retroactive aspect. Essentially, whatever you've said in the past can now be weaponized against you by today's draconian standards. Historian Dr. Muriel Blaive has weighed in on this draconian law, labeling it outright โmad.โ She points out how it literally spits in the face of all Western legal traditions, especially the one about only being punished if you infringed on a law that was valid at the time of committing a crime.
https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/canada-to-imprison-anyone-who-has-ever-posted-hate-speech-online/
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.@Kotaku one of your writers @alyssa_merc is currently harrassing me and is now DMing my wife on Facebook.
— Smash JT (@SmashJT) May 7, 2024
This is completely unacceptable behavior and way out of bounds. Reprehensible.
Do you stand by this type of behavior?
CC: @Grummz pic.twitter.com/K07l0nt2oO
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Albanian hoejabis are lost cause. They will keep inbreeding for other races but albanians no. pic.twitter.com/ejKHvKjHfr
— Albanian_monitor (@Albanoi_monitor) May 4, 2024
!catholics your thoughts?
@DahvieVanityFan how many north albanian women do you have in your harem?
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I know we have many doctors and hot nurses here, as well as many wise folx with ancient eastern medical knowledge.
I've had tendinitis in my right hand for 2 weeks now, it gets worse every day, haven't been able to jack off in a week and I'm in excruciating pain every time I try. I can barely hold anything, and now I'm starting to have trouble even typing. I'll take any ideas to fix it, I tried green clay plasters and it did nothing.
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https://t.co/5N1loGVn2f pic.twitter.com/lgKZXrgzdh
— Graham Manning (@GMCManning) May 6, 2024
people want to talk about that but not his famous quote as shown below. Breathtaking.
That was colonialism. Ya shoulda been more attentive in class ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Stefann only daft langers like you see that but ok ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Native Americans didn't live in Ireland. The Irish are the Natives
Where did I say they did?
Frick off yank
Classy ableism kid
Heya Hoya
We're sending everyone who posted this kind of meme to the third world.
Nope. You ain't doing shit but getting cross on the internet ๐ฅฑ
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Bunch of babies, who wants to be in their club anyways. (66)
You all seem to be pretty buthurt about not being in their club (-25)
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it's unfortunate that the democrats constantly silence the other half of the country on nearly every social media app, especially considering that social media is where political conversations take place in the current year. kinda hard to have a credible "democracy" when roughly half of the country is constantly banned from the political discussion. seems almost like election interference... (22)
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I want to be very clear. I wasn't even making a stance for or against abortion, I only mentioned that there are no restrictions on abortion in MN. It is a fact, including no parental involvement. People can agree or disagree with that as they see fit. All that to say yes, you are right, in that an absolute approach in either direction is not conducive to political success. It seems the candidate that can appeal to the majority (that believe in SOME restrictions) would likely fare best on thar issue (6)
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a few days ago he posted a kendrick lamar video. it stuck out a lil bit but not much. maybe he's just entertained?
then a lil bit later i see him retweeting kendricks tweets
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1786456513373937820
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1786613168791339374
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1786621609647702176
then he finishes it off with this tweet:
(like that and not like us are both drake disses)
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1787653754164035741
is jack really just a kendrick stan? is he a good kid in a madd city?
well it turns out jack was dating taylor rooks at one point
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then later on she starts modeling for drakes women's line
https://hiphopdx.com/news/drake-taylor-rooks-model-ovo-womens-wear
she's with an entirely different dude now but anyone who knows about drake knows he loves fricking other dudes hoes for some reason. did drake cuck jack?