Is being too nice to people one of the symptoms of Bipolar disorder?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at
8:43 am
I’m way too nice to people and I always end up getting taken advantage of.
Tagged with: Being • Bipolar • Disorder • nice • people • Symptoms
Filed under: Bipolar Symptoms
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No, that isn’t Bipolar. I think its just either fear of standing up for yourself, maybe your feelings were supressed as a child? Or even maybe social anxiety a little, ie you try really hard to make sure people like you.
No, that is not a symptom of bipolar disease but it could indicate a low self esteem. Maybe you didn’t feel like important as a child or maybe you always tried to keep the peace at home. Think about your childhood, come to terms with it, and maybe you can start standing up for yourself better.
No, with a bipolar disorder, you swing from being very very depressed to manic or near-manic in behavior.
To stop people taking advantage of you, ask yourself, “Why am I saying ‘yes’ to this?” Do you fear being disliked? If that’s the answer, ask yourself if is it worth it to be “liked” to be treated like a vending machine. There is nothing wrong at all with being nice to people, in fact, I recommend it. But if people are truly using you i.e. taking and taking and taking because they know you won’t say no, that’s not being nice, it’s being used.