Hi 🙂
I've been diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and Melancholy. I've been working in a Call Centre role which I thought would be good for me as I'm a caring, empathetic person. However, I'm finding that by half-way through the working week, I want to have absolutely nothing to do with people as I'm finding the Call Centre roll incredibly emotionally and mentally draining - excessive verbal and visual stimulation as well as trying to manage my bipolar on a daily basis. It is taking a toll on my relationship with my boyfriend - he knows and feels that I'm not my usual self at the moment and is doing a lot to help out around the house. Sometimes when he has a bad day at work, he will start to order me around - not good in any case but even more so when I'm already emotionally and mentally drained. It has lead me to, on more than one occasion to 'bite back' at him by saying things like 'Don't tell me what to do!, I don't have to tell you everything!' Needless to say it compounds my already negative feelings.
I guess it gets compounded by when I wanted to do a Clinical Coding Course - which is what I actually enjoy doing and doesn't leave me as drained at the end of the day - he initially said that I could and then said he would think about it and then 3 days later he said I couldn't do it. The course costs $995 and we are both working full time and can afford it. He does have a history in this relationship of being controlling.
Please help.
Regards
