When Bipolar Stops Everything

What it’s like when bipolar makes your world stop turning.

Scott Ninneman
Speaking Bipolar
Published in
3 min readNov 29, 2021

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Photo by Jana Knorr on Unsplash

One thing I hate most about bipolar disorder is how it can just stop everything.

I had three days off last week and a laundry list of things I wanted to do. There were posts to write, graphics to create, and new videos to produce. I was going to generate a monumental amount of content.

Bipolar had a different plan.

Thursday morning, I had nowhere to go, so I excitedly sat down to pump out some meaningful content. I had a to-do list as long as my arm and was eager to cross each item off.

Now, here it is Sunday afternoon, and I have almost nothing checked off my list. I’m struggling to even get this post out to you.

Bipolar is like that sometimes.

I stared at the computer screen for a good hour before I gave up. The surrender was inevitable. It didn’t matter how much I wanted to do if my mind was an unwilling participant. Instead, it turned into three days of binge watching When Calls…

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Scott Ninneman
Speaking Bipolar

Helping you understand and thrive with bipolar disorder. Editor of the Speaking Bipolar Publication. Let's connect: https://speakingbipolar.com/socialmedia