What is it like to have chronic bipolar disorder? Imagine having days where you struggle every minute. Not just a few times a day, but all day, minute by minute.
Imagine sitting down to work and crying before you even open your computer and you don’t know why! Nothing has happened!
Imagine wanting to be in a relationship, but the obsessions you have the minute someone talks to you are so uncomfortable, you are much happier staying single.
Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing your SELF, but knowing that you are not the only person in control. Instead, there is a puppet master called bipolar who will control what you do unless you are unbelievably self aware and abnormally strong.
This is life with chronic bipolar. I live it every day and have lived it every day for most of my adult life.
There is something in me that keeps going. I hope you can find that part of yourself as well. We can be stronger than this illness, but let’s be honest. For some of us- depending on the type of bipolar we have and what meds and other experiences (epigenetic) have carved out our lives, we truly struggle.
I will not give up. My books can help you find a way to manage this illness. Or, find another program that works. But you can’t do it alone. Don’t think you can. It takes a team and it takes a plan.
We can do this!
