https://www.bluelight.org/vb/entries/8482-too-down-for-FB
I randomly happened across your Screen Name / Profile when looking at a new BL Friend's Profile and Post History...Howsways.
When I first signed up for BL, I went thru a lot of the same shit - for the same basic reason...I didn't read the rules as I figured they were more self explanatory than they actually are. Once you figure out the main rules that are prone to effect you, everything will smooth out for you, it did for me and I'm terrible at socialization even when it's online in a thread. Bluelight.org is an amazing community of some of the most kind hearted, intelligent, narcotic enthusiasts of all types you could ever hope to meet. Find the places that make you smile and that you want to share your story and opinions in and make it into a home. You'll do just fine, I'm sure of it. Also a quick tip that was given to me... Your typing style reminds me a lot of my own, I consistently type 90+ WPM and didn't have the patience at first to acclimate myself to the expected format and presentation of longer posts and thoughts. Separate paragraphs before they get super long and turn into books, and use double spacing when separating your paragraphs. A lot more BL users will take the time to read and actually pay attention to your thoughts if you follow these standards. Hope that helps.
had to look up BPD real quick just to verify exactly what the disorder that you're dealing with is. Crazily enough, while it is a more rare and slightly harder to diagnose mental illness (do You FEEL Mentally Ill, or are the Doctors and Psychs just trying to convince You...?) I was diagnosed, finally... With Dissociative Identity Disorder back in August of 2018, and while it is a completely separate mental disorder from Borderline-Personality Disorder, they are relative to each other and quite often can be layered together with pieces of each individually representing themselves in different ways depending on the Individual. Having D.I.D. - Most of my life since an early teenager, I've daily lived with the constant feeling of being disconnected and out of touch with all other human beings in an around my life of any type. The only people I usually can get along with or that respect me equally, are either Addicts (Which is not always a positive if dealing with an Addiction is still a daily struggle at times for someone). The other type I vibe with are Intellectuals and Psychiatrists, people Philosophically inclined and overall very open minded and non-judgemental.
I've been diagnosed and tried medications for damn near any mental health issue or disorder that you can imagine. Bi-Polar Type 1 and 2. Social Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Schizo-effective Disorder, Schizophrenia at Age 20/21 (but I was never given an official diagnosis as the Doctor and Psych that I spoke with at the time both agreed that if I did have Schizophrenia, my day to day life and overall ability to function on any level would usually be much more Defined and Expressed as being the main issues perpetuating whatever the fuck was going on with me daily for years and years. Depression which eventually became Teatment Resistant Depression, Insomnia as well as other under sleeping/oversleeping cycles which vary depending on whether I'm feeling manic or a bit down. For Me, I find if I sleep more than 6 Hours per night, I feel out of it and like I over rested - 8 Hours the same, 5-6 hours, I wake up way smoother (I'm not a morning person) and suffer way less mentally throughout the day feeling much more calm and relaxed over all.
I also went thru a very dark and heavy Opiate Addiction myself, first to 4mg Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and 30mg IR Morphine which I only sniffed. After 8 months of a steady supply, it got fucked up to find what I wanted and Vicodin and Oxycondone were never favorite Opiates of mine, on the contrary they always did very little for me when dealing with physical or emotional pain, I needed the high grade goods right away. From there I sought out a connect for Heroin, I was in a fucked place in my life and didn't care about any kind of warning or bad news vibes - I lived a sheltered life growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, controlled and isolated from my peers. I married my first real Girlfriend whom I met at 18/19 - we got married at 22/23 and then were divorced by 24. Even tho my parents are still married and I have 2 Younger sisters in their late 20's early 30's, due to our religious differences I have almost no contact with them and I'm not even allowed in their house...and that was before I was a Junkie and on some wild boosting and stealing 24/7 sketchy shit.
I spent 9 almost 10 years on Opiates 4 years of which I spent dependent on Buperenorphine (Subutex). I tried to quit so many fucking times and just could not get through the Depression or lack of Inspiration and Enjoyment in everyday life. Everything just seemed pointless. I've been clean for 3+ years now completely as of January 1st, 2019 and it's the happiest, most mellow, and optimistic and looking forward to the next day that I've ever been in my entire life. I think that for people with disorders like ours, using any compound or substance that works on your Mu Opiate Receptors as the main receptor that gives the compound or medication it's central mechanism of action. This category of compounds, all of them whether weak or strong and potent are absolutely terrible for my mind and general mood even if used responsibly.
BPD, D.I.D., and Schizophrenia are all very unique disorders that tend to be very unique to each person effected by them in symptoms, extent and intensity of the symptoms as well as what medications help and which ones harm. I used to smoke massive weed for 13-14 years straight, everyday usually around 3-4 Grams per day. It took me that long smoking, and then detoxing for a few months at a time not smoking at all - to finally accept and realize that Marijuana is not always a good drug/compound for me to enjoy on the regular. It causes me to be way more prone to Disassociate from my human body fully, which feels exactly as it sounds. The only way I can describe that feeling is like being Pure Energy floating next to your body, watching your human form act and move, without you in it... While someone else is behind the wheel (so to speak) I've heard internal voices inside of my head since I was young, I just didn't hang out with another kids close to my age to comprehend that this was not normal, so I just got used to it and started to chat with them over time to quell loneliness. At this point in my life, I have a quality family like relationship and understanding with all aspects of my personality, and my mind, body and consciousness after working diligently at helping myself and studying any and every possible disorder I was diagnosed with whether I agreed with the Doctor or not. It was a long path of 7+ years, but after being very devoted to finding the center, the truth of this mental health imbalance, I no longer have to deal on any sort of regular basis with other internal personalities trying to "run the show" (my body) without my consent and agreeing to allow them.
The most important thing to focus on that will start making you feel more human fast...at least it did for me...Is focusing on learning about yourself and becoming as In Touch with your body and physical form as you can. I started studying organic chemistry, neurochemistry, the basics of how our brains work and how different receptors function in different ways. I don't mess with my dopamine AT ALL anymore, its the worst receptor for me to mess around with. I even limit my personal level of sexuality and dating because of becoming aware of this aspect of just why I have issues like this. That part is a bit sad sometimes, as I can't really handle much companionship from other human beings on a regular basis because the more people that are around me, the more intensity I feel from the vibes and everything in between that everyone is giving off. I'm very sensitive and overly aware of whats going on around me at all times. It took me a bit to learn to "tune" and trust these instinctual feelings, but once I did - I can read people, almost anyone without issue. I've also noticed over the years, that for me personally D.I.D. makes me feel like I have some form of non traditional Dyslexia. The difference being it's not always with spelling, grammar or words - I constantly feel like I'm living my entire human existence in an assbackwards manner, starting at the out of bounds, ends of the earth parts of my consciousness and then working my way back to the simpler parts that I should've concentrated on first and figured out. But I'm stubborn and hard headed - I have to give new treatment methods a chance to do what they're supposed to do, unfortunately they rarely do much good at all.
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