tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075597270957694606.post1315993144444046528..comments2023-10-14T08:44:40.104-07:00Comments on Thoughts of a Mood Swinger: Withdrawal Symptoms... from computerCliveWildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969854802631064655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075597270957694606.post-49357826798960126392011-02-06T17:33:31.269-08:002011-02-06T17:33:31.269-08:00Yep, I am isolated. I could count on one hand how ...Yep, I am isolated. I could count on one hand how many people I would speak to physically in one week. <br /><br />I have a sense of multiple selves, and have heard voices esp when high. So I am only really alone when I am low. <br /><br />I need the computer to help me keep the sense of being intouch with other people. Glad to hear you are back online.x;Phttp://www.delicious.com/tematapunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075597270957694606.post-62895445057207626822011-02-05T09:17:38.424-08:002011-02-05T09:17:38.424-08:00I couldn't live without my computer. My virtua...I couldn't live without my computer. My virtual friends are the only people who understand and therefore don't judge me when I am brutally honest on how I am feeling. ("Real" people would run a mile)<br />So i totally understand how you feelMy Black Foghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290925430252045966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075597270957694606.post-47652517066429318002011-02-05T07:18:10.592-08:002011-02-05T07:18:10.592-08:00Glad that you're reconnected! (and that you...Glad that you're reconnected! (and that you've taken the trouble to blog your writings). I know I couldn't survive without a computer, mine are old - I always have a spare as backup and the iPhone with which I can stay connected: during last year's depressive phase I would go days without even switching a computer on, lurking on Facebook via the phone. The CMHT approved of the fact that I was at least maintaining virtual if not real contact although I suspect that at one point A, my social worker and care coordinator suspected me of hypomania because of my apparently cavalier attitude to disk reformatting and new OS installing. A is one of the good guys but his concerns gave me a brief insight of the trade's view of bipolar and what normal is supposed to be. Whatever, the reality is that I have the knowledge and confidence to do apparently dramatic things with computers - time was I did it for a lucrative living.<br /><br />Anyway, a computer with broadband is essential for my (and I suspect many of us) sanity. Relationships are created and maintained using available technology - you and are both old enough to remember when connections were maintained by Basildon Bond and postage stamps yet we have adapted to the human trait of using whatever medium is available :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com