Welcome

Time for a new bipolar community. Welcome, all you with BP-I, BP-II, cyclothymia, rapid cycling, and every other flavor of bipolar. We’re going to be heavier on empathy, but lighter on bots and ads than some other communities out there. I really look forward to seeing where you help take it.

Moderation will be very light; mods are dealing with their own crap and aren’t here to police or curate content. As such, our community guidelines are pretty basic:

1. Don’t be an asshole
   Everyone here is dealing with shit, don’t add to that.

2. Keep it bipolar-relevant
   Posts should relate to bipolar disorder, treatments, coping, or lived experience.

3. Don’t diagnose
   You’re not a doc. If you are, you should know better.

4. Low moderation, high empathy
   Use community feedback to lift helpful content and push down harmful or bad-faith posts. Cruelty, mockery, or invalidating someone’s experience, however, are all good ways to get banned and reported.

5. No exploitation or reckless misinformation
   Be honest about meds, therapies, and advice. It’s ok if your lived experience differs from the DSM, it’s not ok to push dangerous treatments or approaches.

6. Don’t be an asshole

   Worth repeating.

Again, welcome. Please make yourselves at home.