Mental Health Update

Good observations on jealousy and bipolar disorder.

I’ve tried to eliminate jealousy from my life. I’ve had such a battle with it in the past that it could have easily torn Melissa and I apart before we ever got started. Fortunate side-effect of self-therapy for bipolar disorder #6: you learn to recognize the irrational thoughts and behaviors in your life, and to maybe take a few moments before acting to let your rational mind take the reins again. I think that’s how I’ve learned to spot the difference between a third party who is totally out of mine and my significant other’s control, and the sort of valid and rational jeaousy (which I think is better described as behavior that signals a bad or unhealthy (for me, at least) relationship.

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