Can you name anything positive or advantages you have due to your condition?

[noname223]

In my bipolar self - aid group some of them said sometimes they like their condition/ illness. They do not fear that their children will have this condition. They said the illness makes them more creative etc. Even though they struggled with suicidal thoughts.
Chester Bennington said that he was more compassionate due to his illness. I would agree on that. But i am really hesitant to say anything good about my condition. Maybe this is too pessimistic but i would find it too cynical to play down this illness. The suicide rate of bipolar people is very high.
Can you name anything positive?

 

[WornOutLife]

I'm bipolar. I guess the bright side of it is when I'm on the up side. I'm really productive and effective at anything. The downs side sucks. I feel the worst human being on Earth.

Another "advantage" I guess is that I have a great dad and dog.

Last but not least, the last advantage I can think of is my personality. I'm really able to "attract" people if I want to but depression hit me so hard that I barely have any friends left.

 

[demuic]

None... I would give anything to not have any conditions.

Any "advantages" people make up is just a way of feeling better about the obviously worse disadvantages and deal with the fact they can't be cured.

Which may be good for them, but I can't ignore the fact of how they have destroyed my life and any chance at even superficial happiness in every way.

 

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In my bipolar self - aid group some of them said sometimes they like their condition/ illness. They do not fear that their children will have this condition. They said the illness makes them more creative etc. Even though they struggled with suicidal thoughts.
Chester Bennington said that he was more compassionate due to his illness. I would agree on that. But i am really hesitant to say anything good about my condition. Maybe this is too pessimistic but i would find it too cynical to play down this illness. The suicide rate of bipolar people is very high.
Can you name anything positive?

Well not really I'm always way to anxious, depressed, etc where it's crippling

 

[AnxietyAttack44]

i don't see any advantages of being this way, other then having chance of shorter life then most people i know

 

[262653]

Can you name anything positive or advantages you have due to your condition?

Umm... high suicide rates?

 

[Meditation guide]

I have constant pain and am crippled by it to the point of barely being alive. Something good about it? I'll get back to you if I think of something.

 

[Fragile]

I can make people feel better about themselves.

 

[Kassender]

I can make people feel better about themselves.

Yeah that, i guess.

Other than that...no.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

My OCD, modulated by my carefully controlled anger and stubborn nature, allows me to find motivation to do things not only when I don't want to, but precisely because I don't want to.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

i have the advantage of being able to view things objectively, stay calm in stressful situations...i'm a good conversationalist?

 

[Nitup]

Last but not least, the last advantage I can think of is my personality. I'm really able to "attract" people if I want to but depression hit me so hard that I barely have any friends left.

Same here, a "talent" that depression makes pretty useless.

 

[Lostandlooking]

I have almost no need for social interaction. So I haven't found isolation very difficult. And I'm very happy being alone most of the time. That's positive I think. Though being super introverted and wary of people in general is considered a bad thing.

But the good doesn't outweigh the bad. I wish I could feel more positive about interacting with others. I'm just lucky that I'm so introverted that I'm fairly okay if people allow me to stop trying to socialize.

 

[Nymph]

No advantages to my conditions, life would b better without them.

 

[massiveblackhole]

Being suicidally depressed has the advantage of not valuing my life or fearing death. I thought there was a home invader in my house once. didnt wake up my bf just went down with a baseball bat with the intention of killing the invader cos no fucks given - i would just ctb if i ended up murdering the bastard. turned out to be nothing. bf asked why i didnt wake him up - cos he deserves to live a good life not be locked up in jail.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Steeled my resolve to die on my own terms, regardless of what others think.

 

[Intotheflames]

To me, it's like chicken or egg first situation. Depression takes away the rose tinted glasses many wear from me, which makes me realistic. Many times things happened and ended exactly the way I predicted it. Yet the same can be said that I am depressed exactly because I knew the end before it began, things unfolded before my eyes and I couldn't do anything to change it.

 

[newave3]

Severe depression and anxiety have left me completely devoid of any emotions. The advantage is I don't get angry and go off on people like I used to. I'm too numb to care what people say or do.

 

[NightmareTour]

Uhhh... If you say something bad about me there's a good chance I'll forget it in 30 seconds?

Except I probably won't because anxiety makes me cling to things better and I'll probably obsess over it instead.

Being in constant pain causes high pain tolerance though. Which paired with a loss of ability to recognise physical danger is a bad thing.

Yeah, I'm stuck on that one.

 

[Wrennie]

If no longer caring about anyone or anything counts as an advantage, then it's one I'd rather not have.

 

[FatalSystemError591]

Depression - If you talk bad about me, I probably have already thought something a million times worse. Trying to get under my skin is child's play at this point.

Anxiety - I am cautious and assess every angle for the best possible outcome.

Autism - I can think of things so out of the box to a problem that other people haven't considered because my brain is wired differently.

PTSD - My hyperviligance makes me incredibly observant of minute details others don't notice.

ADD - Works in tandem with anxiety. I'm a fast thinker and once my mind gets going on a creative idea, it just pours out.

DID - The conversations I hear in the headspace are a highlight to my days, and having what is essentially other people in my head who all have their own purposes, likes, dislikes, etc. gives myself a break when they want to come to the front.. a lot of then genuinely want to be helpful in some way. We pilot this meat ship of a person together and it is unbearable sometimes, but we get through it..

Dissociation - it is easy to put myself in the role of not human for improv or roleplaying purposes, because I don't feel human anyway!

Those are the only ones I got for anything that I'm diagnosed with.

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

Positive: My condition will lead to my death.

 

[ohhgeeitsme]

I'm more compassionate and less judgmental. It's made me more interesting and also changed my personality for the better. Although, I stay isolated these day (even before covid) and avoid everyone most of the time, so it's all quite useless. Then again, maybe mental illness has nothing to do with any of these positives and I've been wrong about that this whole time. Who the hell knows?

Either way, I'd rather be boring and happy any day.

 

[stygal]

My OCD and perfectionism make me a workaholic of some sorts. I rarely ever have to motivate myself.

My physical disability has made extremely resistant to physical pain especially in my legs. I definitely could get them tattooed for 10 h straight and wouldn't even flinch.

 

[BlackCatTalk]

Well, when nobody cares about you, you can commit suicide and nobody will stop you, I think it is a huge advantage because the decision is only up to you, also nobody loses anything, there is no sadness because you simply do not matter

 

[StopPlease]

if i knew what was wrong with me i'd say

 

[SHThrowAway213]

The only thing I can think of is due to my PTSD, I am extremely alert.
Also due to my high chance of autism , I remember a lot of interesting facts about the things that interest me the most.

 

[Keto]

Iam suicidal fr more than 3 years now. The one positive thing happened to me, is that I return to GOD, praying again and believing in afterlife.
Also I begun to understand people's situations, stop blaming them and find excuses for them.