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[cleolinda]

So my computer crashed in the middle of me footnoting "The Prestige in Fifteen Minutes" (and I had just spent like an hour discussing, uh, who I thought was in each scene--if you've seen the movie, you know what I mean) for the e-book project, which was a buzzkill. Meanwhile, my grandmother's sick (a sinus infection similar to mine, I think, only

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[cleolinda]

Yeah, we think I'm Bipolar II as well at this point. I've written about it several times--turns out there are a lot of people around here on LJ going through similar stuff. : )

[cleolinda]

No, no problem. Uh... well, mostly I procrastinate. Like whoa. Which doesn't really help my anxiety, and usually makes it worse. Or sleep a lot. I had this whole thing I wrote about trying to not feel guilty anymore to help me deal with that, though. I focused on guilt because I realized that that was my default reaction to almost everything; some other feeling might be more common with you. I'm just basically trying to take things slowly, do things that help my confidence, and be more forgiving of myself. But with me, anxiety tends to be about psyching myself out, so the way I try to deal with it is very psychological; other folks might find yoga or breathing exercises or meditation to be more helpful.

[elisa0984]

I'm getting the You Are Not Authorized to View This Post for the Alice link, which sucks because I'm dying for a Colleen Atwood Alice.

[cleolinda]

Ohhh, that's right, they friends-locked it. Join ONTD, it shouldn't be any problem, and it's not like anyone will notice.

[inkytwist]

The pictures are dead, though. :C

[elisa0984]

Fnarr.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I have--I didn't want to bring it up specifically, but I've noticed kind of a monthly "Hey, I feel productive" thing as separate from a "Wow, I feel jittery and weird" thing. It's just that right now, they're coinciding.

[cleolinda]

Thanks--I've been really lucky--I've had some really, really down periods, but my friends and family have always been completely supportive, and I haven't had episodes half as bad as a lot of people have. Part of the reason I write about it fairly frequently, and in very matter of fact terms, is because it seems to make people feel less alone with their own mental health issues, or maybe help them recognize if they have any. Anecdotal evidence from commenters makes me think that it's much more common than people realize--if not bipolar whatever in particular, mental health issues in general.

[cleolinda]

Oh, for real. I was a double major writing papers in three languages when I crashed my senior year in college. And of course, when an overachiever crashes--that is, falters or fails at something--they feel even worse about it. I had to tear down a lot of what I believed about myself and expected of myself before I could function at all again, even if that functioning was not at the level I would have aspired to.

[misachan]

They would have to work real hard to make me want to see a Pirates movie that doesn't have Elizabeth in it.

[ericadawn16]

Or James...

[greedyskunk]

I don't think I'd mind a Pirates movie without Elizabeth. Her character annoyed me no end in the second movie (all the fake swooning and whatnot) and she wasn't much better in the third.

Then again, I have a general disappointment in both of the Pirates sequels. I saw the first one on a whim and I left the theater feeling...I don't know...inspired. It sounds cheesy, but I felt as if my faith in huge Hollywood movie spectacles had been restored. As much as I love Johnny Depp as Captain Jack, maybe they should just leave well enough alone.

[erinya]

Me too. Much as I love Jack, I envision him being the center of a movie that is too silly to live. He's kind of a cartoon...he needs real people around him or the whole movie will become two hours of Bugs Bunny.