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Bipolar / BPD / Psychosis Support

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Swap Coordinator:benevolentghost (contact)
Swap categories: Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:September 26, 2015
Date items must be sent by:October 7, 2015
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This swap is for people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or any dissociative, paranoid, or psychotic mental illness with severe mood components (trust me, if this description applies to you, you'll know).

If your diagnosis is anxiety or depression, a friend of mine made the same swap for those conditions here. If your diagnoses fit both swaps, feel free to join both!

Another friend of mine is hosting a Suicide Prevention month swap here, which is open to anyone regardless of diagnosis.



You will write one partner a letter about yourself and your struggles with your illness, at least one 8.5"x11" page front and back. You can vent, talk about treatment, complain about meds, express your biggest fears, share your daily life... whatever is most useful for you.

  • Use common sense if something could be triggering. Don't glorify any type of self-harm. Don't go into explicit detail about trauma.

  • Make sure you mention your actual diagnosis/most prevalent symptoms somewhere just to give your partner context.

  • Also include one profile-based flat surprise to make your partner smile. Homemade is fine unless your partner's profile indicates otherwise.

  • You don't have to write back, but a follow-up PM just to empathize/give encouragement would probably be appreciated


4.85+, newbies with well filled profile, I'll angel but please don't make that necessary. Make sure to include the swap name and your username.


Happy swapping! Here's to meeting someone who "gets" it.

Discussion

Lila84 09/18/2015 #

A depression and anxiety swap would be cool! :)

mle 09/18/2015 #

I'm an in-patient psychiatric nurse and while I can't join your swap, I'm so glad people like you are out here recognizing and making the effort to embrace this part of your life and encourage and support others with similar diagnoses. Thank you!

benevolentghost 09/18/2015 #

@lila84 I've seen a few depression and anxiety swaps before! You should start one :)

benevolentghost 09/18/2015 #

@mle thank you, that means so much. Good inpatient nurses aren't always easy to come by, so thank you for legitimately caring :)

MystyxMya 09/22/2015 #

I have a relative studying to be a psychiatric nurse, she herself has had problems (anorexia). Good luck with this.

Pandorapsych 09/23/2015 #

Couldn't join this fast enough ;)

PrincessAllie 10/ 6/2015 #

sad I missed this

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