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The girl I have a crush on seems to have bipolar and I was just wondering how much, if any, affect I have on it.
I have heard that she is a very shy girl with (at times) a lot of anxiety. However, from the times I've been around her (I'm a friend of her brother's, so that's why I'm there), she has shown all kinds of moods. At times when she is feeling a little down or is also with friends, she gets really quiet and nervous around me (this usually happens when we are all gathered around a central area such as a dinner table). She never says a word to me in this phase. When friends are around and I have left the "central area", she opens up a LOT more. Sometimes, she is in between on the mood spectrum and in these instances she talks at a medium volume and speed. Sometimes if she is calm and/or less stressed (that does have a lot to do with in right?) she will say something or one time, even asked me a yes or no question. Most times if she reacts to something I say, it will appear as though she is responding to someone else or she is usually not in my line of sight. If I am the one who initiates a more direct conversation, she generally stalls for time, responds in a quiet voice. or waits for someone else to answer.
Now comes the more puzzling and less common mood: euphoria. When she acts like this (which was the last time I saw her), she talks really loud and upbeat and constantly giggles or laughs (although not really directed at me, which I guess mainly comes with nervousness). It's as though my presence had no affect on her. This is generally when she is with friends, family or there is an external factor that is stimulating her, such as a TV or birthday. Granted, the last time I saw her, it was her Mom's birthday and the weather had improved from the day before, so I figured that had a lot to do with her mood. After all, when she first walked into the house, she was like this and it didn't seem to be directed at me. As far as the TV goes, one time when we were all gathered around it watching a movie, she giggled really loudly at a lot of "funny" moments and I could hear her Mom mumbling to herself that she wished she would stop. Then again, she acts this way when I'm not in the room as well. Any other time I'm in the room and she's like this, she looks over at me, like she wants to see my reaction. Last time though, it didn't seem to matter. Though, she did pay sporadic attention to me, like staring intensely into my eyes at random times and responding to one of my questions when everyone else was still thinking.
So, to restate my question, does my presence have an affect on her bipolar mood swings? If so, what behavior led you to that conclusion?
I have heard that she is a very shy girl with (at times) a lot of anxiety. However, from the times I've been around her (I'm a friend of her brother's, so that's why I'm there), she has shown all kinds of moods. At times when she is feeling a little down or is also with friends, she gets really quiet and nervous around me (this usually happens when we are all gathered around a central area such as a dinner table). She never says a word to me in this phase. When friends are around and I have left the "central area", she opens up a LOT more. Sometimes, she is in between on the mood spectrum and in these instances she talks at a medium volume and speed. Sometimes if she is calm and/or less stressed (that does have a lot to do with in right?) she will say something or one time, even asked me a yes or no question. Most times if she reacts to something I say, it will appear as though she is responding to someone else or she is usually not in my line of sight. If I am the one who initiates a more direct conversation, she generally stalls for time, responds in a quiet voice. or waits for someone else to answer.
Now comes the more puzzling and less common mood: euphoria. When she acts like this (which was the last time I saw her), she talks really loud and upbeat and constantly giggles or laughs (although not really directed at me, which I guess mainly comes with nervousness). It's as though my presence had no affect on her. This is generally when she is with friends, family or there is an external factor that is stimulating her, such as a TV or birthday. Granted, the last time I saw her, it was her Mom's birthday and the weather had improved from the day before, so I figured that had a lot to do with her mood. After all, when she first walked into the house, she was like this and it didn't seem to be directed at me. As far as the TV goes, one time when we were all gathered around it watching a movie, she giggled really loudly at a lot of "funny" moments and I could hear her Mom mumbling to herself that she wished she would stop. Then again, she acts this way when I'm not in the room as well. Any other time I'm in the room and she's like this, she looks over at me, like she wants to see my reaction. Last time though, it didn't seem to matter. Though, she did pay sporadic attention to me, like staring intensely into my eyes at random times and responding to one of my questions when everyone else was still thinking.
So, to restate my question, does my presence have an affect on her bipolar mood swings? If so, what behavior led you to that conclusion?