If there is no cure for mental illness?

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I think I should force myself to avoid the following things that trigger me.

Donald Trump
Politics
Religion
War
Torture Porn Movies and TV Shows (like Game of Thrones for example)
Hanging around my mother and brother all the time
Video Games (they're too stimulating for me nowadays)

I should try reading or watching good non-trashy movies, and maybe go for walks more often once it warms up.

^ ive done some of that, like I don't watch the news and I avoid movies with graphic violence etc. because they make me feel like crap.

I still like the local news, but I read it rather than watch it.
I live in a small town, it's big news if we get a new doctor at the hospital, so its usually pretty benign stuff.

The front page news today in the local was the suburbs that had the most babies.
Then there was the "sensational, lol" story about the local guy who bought meth on the dark web, complete with a lovely smiley picture of the dude.

Yeah well right now I live in a big city with a high crime rate and things go on here that I probably don't want to know about.

i've been avoiding horror/thriller films my entire life. political talk too, ya. an impending disaster any time. i do try to avoid arguments as well (not to confuse with discussions). there are battles to fight, and there are battles to avoid. sometimes its hard to tell one from another. sometimes u dont get to chose. but ya, that spoon theory, i dont have spoons for senseless fights...

maybe i am more depraved than u)

Also I enjoy dark comedies where "jerk victims" get killed like in Bride of Chucky or Scary Movie. That kind of killing in movies never bothers me.

well it makes perfect sense. that is quite a graphic and amazingly artful depiction of bipolar)
me, i dont have a division line. i am chaotic. i can be overjoyed, frustrated, sad, angry and giddy at a same time over different things. i have to apply artificial divisions just to be able to understand myself. so while my personality is quite consistent, its a consistent chaos. with filters i have jury-rigged to operate it. having just 2 states sometimes seems like a blessing to me, but i ofc understand its horrible when u cant control it (or even realize it happens, as usually young bipolars suffer). not taht i can control my ptsd...

no. if i go on the offensive, it happens after i have tried every other approach and it didnt work. beware the ire of the patient ones, ya. i can shout a bit if in pain or overwhelmed, but i got pretty good at holding impulsive actions. but i have been there, i know that feeling, i relate. i just worked very hard to prevent it from happening, and i am getting results. that ends up in me having vulnerabilities i didnt have before, and often suffering where i wouldnt have, had i been less... contemplative. but i nearly never have to go thru contrition now. a trade off. and being the one who holds the fire, i hold the flame to many. and they hold it to me. pleasure in restraint.

I'm better at controlling my impulses than I used to be at least.

gj))))
its a slow process. u need to undestand the impulse first. what causes it? then, through understanding, u gain control) ofc simply training urself to resist urges can work too, but with a limit ^^