Having A Good Friend Is Good For Adolescent With Bipolar Symptoms
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009In a lot of cultures, there is the nasty stigma that is stuck to the phrase “mental illness, bipolar victim or I’m a psycho.” When people hear you have a “mental illness” or tell them you are a bipolar!” the reaction can be shown in their eyes and then their body language which will be slightly tense and tend to back away. There have been cases with people whom you consider to be friends let you know that they cannot handle a person with the illness and leave. But, there are those who will stick by your side through the nightmares and the tantrums which can come in anytime. These are true friends who will stay in there to help in those difficult of times.
Living the Symptoms
Adolescent bipolar children tell us the wave of emotions they have been experiencing in the last several years or months. They have great friends, a wonderful family, a place to call their own, have their wonderful rooms, pets and a wonderful boyfriend who loves them yet; they find little joy in all of these. At times they will find themselves not really wanting to deal with anything because it takes too much energy. Even the smiles, the eating, picking up the phone is taking too much out of them. When this happens, it is a sure sign they are slowly sliding downward toward the murky and dark depths of depression.
Other Signs to Look out for
Many bipolar children prefer to keep to themselves in their home or in a classroom environment, because there are hardly any good friends to talk to or even lend a listening ear to. Most of these adolescent children would prefer to go into their own little world and forget everyone and everything around them. In school they would not eat, play and interact with the other children. Learning and paying attention to what the teacher is saying in the classroom can be very difficult because their brain is not in focus. Its like trying to fly a kite northward but the kite is going southwards because the wind is taking it that way. It is because the mind is in control and the situation is beyond their power.
True Test of Friendship
Probably none of your friends knows what its like to be a young adolescent with bipolar symptoms until they go through the same experience. The experience of depression, hospitalization, suicidal contemplation, loss of energy, staying in the room for days only leaving to use the toilet or to go to school is not a nice thing for both the sufferer and the people who care about them. A true friend will not only know that these are happening, but they will seek help either in a mental hospital or be referred for diagnoses and find out more about bipolar medication. If you have one or two good friends stick by them because you will always have somebody to turn to.
A Really Good and True Friend
A person who stays by your side through thick and thin even when your family cannot handle you is a good friend indeed who will eventually save your