Bipolar disorder is episodic. This means that what you are going through today will not last. I remind myself of this when the mood swings are raging. I take myself back to when I was stable and remember that episodes end.
I work on myself while I am in an episode to get back to stability. It takes the majority of my time.
My work suffers. I isolate. I cry in frustration at what this illness does to me.
But, this is so much better than not helping myself. It’s so much better to know what I am up against than to wonder what is wrong with me.
There is NOTHING wrong with me. I have a physical illness called bipolar disorder and I do what I can do get back to stability when I am sick.
Then I get on with life.
Julie
