“Forgiveness is a strange thing.
It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than
our friends.
It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
“
-Fred Rogers
Friday, November 16, 2012
Loneliness....
I tend
to isolate myself. I am not sure whether it is connected with being bipolar.
There might be a subconscious desire not to make new friends. The illness has
cost me so many friendships. I got tired of explaining and apologising. It
might seem convenient to avoid building new relationships.
I don’t
reach out to friends. That is something I have to work on. I seem to have
acquaintances rather than friends. I see a friend as someone you meet
occasionally, maybe for a pint or a coffee. A friend will come round to visit,
call on the phone or join you for a restaurant meal. I have rarely had friends as I described. It doesn’t help
that I have an apparent phobia about using the phone. Don’t get me wrong. I
like people and I like to be with them. It is possible that my social isolation
is more to do with my personal character than it is do with being bipolar.
Bipolar just adds a few more challenges to the task.
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