Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows.

Manic High

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Suicidal Low

Question: Would you stick with a friend who has Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows?

most people say 'no'.

Question:What if this person is a very good friend of yours?

most people say, 'then i won't hang out with him/her so much anymore'.

Question: What if this person has always been like that?

most people say, 'then i wouldn't be friends with him/her in the 1st place'.

it really made me think. generally speaking, i'm still rather 'well-adjusted'. but it is a very thin line that i face everyday. at least it certainly feels that way.

i know people who are like that. we all do i'm sure. and generally, i am more forgiving. and will still be friends with them. in fact, i make it a point to do so. but it has never been because i felt sorry for them. no ... never was the case. it is because i see myself in them and they have the *courage to let out that Manic High or the Suicidal Low. they are not afraid of it. some of them might not know how to deal with such states ... but they don't try to hide it.

some people may think that is a sign of weakness. allowing yourself to go 'crazy' and experience Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows.

but you could also flip that around and say that those who hide it are the ones who are weak.

why do they hide it? 'cause they are afraid? are the ones who show it braver then? does allowing yourself to feel and express Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows merely show a lack of control and therefore losing *good qualities like 'efficiency and consistency in emotions, manner and thoughts'?

so many questions. so many ways to answer these. and i believe that this is very much a 'to each his own' type of subject. you may have your own reasons to avoid 'volatile' people and they'd be very valid.

i, for one, as said earlier, would still be friends with such people. and i further stress on the point that it would not be because i felt sorry for them. but because i see myself in them. because, there's a thin, blur line (that i may perhaps unknowingly cross everyday) between me and them. and i'll stick by them because nobody should be left alone - feeling Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows.

but more importantly, (and perhaps even selfishly), it is because i'd like to think that if i ever do become a person who generally i'experiences Manic Highs and Suicidal Lows - i'll have friends who will stick by me - regardless.

i won't expect it. but it is OK to hope for something like that right?

(yeah. i think so.)

oh well.

signing off, the commonjack.