people with addictive personality and historic of addiction (like on cigarettes, alcohol and drugs) are more probable of having Bipolar, or is it the Bipolar that kinda are prone to addictive behavior?
That’s a tough call, anon.
Compulsive behaviour is part of my bipolar experience.
I know I feel a need for nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, and sex when I’m experiencing a high or a low phase.
It’s almost like a displacement activity.
Instead of “I’m sad and I don’t know why” it becomes “I’m sad because I drank too much” or “my heart is racing for no damn reason” it’s “my heart is racing because I smashed three espressos”.
I feel that addiction has less to do with repeated exposure and more to do with a sense of emptiness, or a lack of connection.
Being bipolar gives me both compulsion and emptiness on a regular basis.
So I live clean.
I’m as close to straight edge as I ever want to get, and I like it like this.