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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I struggle with Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder) to this day. I no longer go to therapy or take fistfuls of prescription pills that they used to have me on. It took a long time to work through my issues and stabilize myself without pills or booze, but I got there....
...Amp's Golden Rule: Run your studio like a professional instead of a college kid, and the respect will follow.  |
Wow Amp, extry respect for you then. My last "official" girlfriend - we lived together - was/is a stunning, gorgeous, six foot nude model who was/is a fucking Goddess. On the outside. On the INside she struggled with BiPolar Disorder, something that, at the time, I knew
nothing about.
Well, I sure learned because she sank into a 3-month long, never-left-the-couch depression, dropped out of college (she was 22 then), stopped modeling...but somehow remained unbelievably hot. LOL Sex was about the only thing that stirred her, a little. But one day, out of the blue, after she begged me to find her psych help, she split. POOF! Gone. Called me every day for the next four months straight, hanging on to...something. Meanwhile, she had a new (photographer) boyfriend in four days, and moved in with him.
Eventually I had to let her go, stop responding to the phone calls/txts, everything. I learned a lot about BP then (this was 2 yrs ago) and so while my sympathy grew, so did my heartache. (I did hear, thru the grapevine, that she got on some meds and has remained more-or-less 'stable' with this new, now old, boyfriend of hers. I'm happy for her!)
So I'm saying it
can be done, finding that 'balance'.
Great for you man, with all seriousness.
And I hear ya about the designers, it's absolutely a two-way street, like any relationship. If either side is a fucktard, or dealing with "issues", then it can be a real rough ride. Peace to you Amp.