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Coping Mechanisms: Paradoxically Speaking #BipolarDisorder #DistractMe #copingmechanisms
My go to coping mechanism is to write. I write about my Bipolar experiences, the medication, random things, funny stories about my misdemeanours, songs, poems, and random thoughts that have no meaning whatsoever in life except that they have granted me some solace and happiness that has distracted me away from the chatter in my head.
I started writing about 4 years ago or thereabouts. I wrote a solitary word for the couple of hours I spent trying to get some more words down. I was determined to not let it beat me and the next time I was experiencing the difficulties of the Bipolar, I got the pad and pen out again. After about three or four attempts to get more words down, I managed to get a second word down. No connection to the first word, in the sense that they wouldn’t be next to each other in a sentence, but they were both equally good words. They were “Pathetic” and “Stop”. After the second word, the third and fourth came easier and then like a domino effect, the words were flowing. This prompted me to start putting the words into sentences, quotations and phrases. It was so therapeutic and took me away from my thoughts of nonsense and nothingness.
I wanted to put my stuff I’d been writing somewhere where it was all together and logged into a folder of sorts so I could read the random stuff I had written in years to come. I was not keen on using social media for the reason that it seemed like I would have to publicise the stuff to people I was friends with and I didn’t want to share it with anyone really. I googled my predicament and it proposed a blog site were I could create a profile and save my writings in specific folders. It was a great suggestion and it is very, very good for me and what I wanted. Also, when you post your blog you don’t put it in the face of your fellow bloggers, like on Facebook where you share something and then all your friends see it. If someone wants to read your blog and follow you, they can do so and it is their choice. They decide their level of involvement in the content and volume of your material they want to see.
I might be sounding like a bit of a hypocrite here but I have attached a link to a blog post that I have written about a random topic of ‘Paradoxes’. I definitely am a hypocrite thinking about it as I have self publicised myself and my blog.
But the purpose of this post is to offer you an insight into the option of using writing as a coping mechanism. It isn’t a requirement to write a bestselling novel or penning a literary piece of writing excellence. You just start where you are, then use what you have, and do what you can 👌
Paradoxically Speaking
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