Social Media When You Are Bipolar & Manic Consequences
Channel: Bipolar Person
Date: 2020-02-18

Hi Friends! Thank you so much for your interest in this channel and mental illness. One in five people experience some kind of mental illness I did not know that.  In this video I’m talking about social media and how it can be a bit different for someone with mental illness. All of us want to be liked and connect with other people. I care very little what others think of me overall however, I care very much about how I feel about myself and I let others make me feel a certain way sometimes. If someone says something about me that I agree with about myself (for example she has a lazy eye, or she's fat, or shes crazy) then it really bothers me. Social media can kill your confidence, make you feel stupid or ugly even make you feel like more of an outcast. When I went manic in my last three episodes I posted very personal, sometimes weird or angry things on facebook for all my "friends" acquaintances family, coworkers and friends. These things cannot be undone. Because of my social media rants while manic I've lost several friends even my own brother unfriended me because he couldn't handle what I was posting. When I found out he blocked me I asked him about it and he said "you were posting things that were making me think things of you that I didn't want to." It really hurt but I was happy he was honest with me but man that hurt. It just reminded me no matter how sick I am people aren't going to see that it's not me and I have no control or over what is happening to me. Psychosis is not  something one can control.  People cannot understand that there are many people that may understand you're sick but sill get angry or feel horrible when a manic person is verbally abusing them. Social media can be fantastic for connecting with people and finding support systems but if you're insecure about yourself in anyway it can really be a struggle and if you're someone who goes manic you might want to limit it. Thank you so much for watching and thank you for subscribing! Please let me know what topics you guys want to hear about. See you tomorrow!