I saw this on Facebook. This is an extremely good description of how my bipolar disorder affects me.
Originally published at wotantx.wordpress.com on March 11, 2016.
Dealing with mental illness means being in a daily battle with your own brain. Up until a few months ago when I found out I have a mood disorder I chalked my normally down moods up to personality. I considered myself to me melancholy in…
I haven’t written in awhile, and, truth be told, there’s not been a whole lot to say. I am, thankfully, adjusting well to my meds. I am no longer spending weeks at a time in the grips of depression; when it happens, it resolves quickly. It is also…
When last I wrote, I was just coming out of a period of very severe depression, followed by a hypomanic episode. My medication really seems to be working now, as I have been free of depression for about two and a half weeks, and free of hypomania…
I’m not sure what you will find more surprising, that I have a mental illness, or that I am sharing it publicly. But, I’ve determined that part of what I need to get healthy is not to hide in the shadows and be ashamed, as far too often people with mental illness…
