One attribute that is often overlooked with bipolar disorder is impulsive or compulsive spending. It’s one of the qualities that most people notice of me, but don’t really put much thought into. I was diagnosed with bipolar at 18 years old. I had been previously diagnosed with severe clinical depression at 14 and started showing…
Tag: addiction
Impulsive Buys I Don’t Regret
I regret a lot of the purchases and spending that I have done being bipolar. It has become a long, slippery slope these past four years since my diagnosis. I have bought three vehicles, each more expensive and debt producing than the last, I have bought needless jewelry, spent tens of thousands of dollars on…
Sobriety or Lack Thereof
To most, “Sobriety” means the act of being sober. Although abstinence from an activity fits into the mold of this definition, we must analyze why we are sober. According to Psychology Today, “Addiction and remission are about the absence of problems—using or not using a substance.” When looking at remission as the absence of a problem…
