Good Morning World! I am much less scattered this morning. I was able to get a full 8 hours of sleep without drugging myself which is fantastic. I want to take this opportunity to write about Bipolar Disorder. I could write out all the clinical symptoms and how to diagnose, etc, but that is not what this is about. All of that information can be found online with a quick search. I want to delve deep into what it means for me and how impact my life. I am also going to take a moment to reflect on how so much of my life makes more sense knowing that I am Bipolar. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the disorder, Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness characterized my periods of depression, mania, or mixed episodes. I started experience symptoms of hypomania in September and was subsequently diagnosed. I think I would have continued un-diagnosed for several more weeks or months had it not been for a fantastic therapist that I had seen in the pa...
This blog has evolved over a long period of time. I have decided to use it as a way to try and raise awareness about mental health. As this blog continues more of the posts will center around mental health and breaking the stigma associated with it. Some of the earlier posts are my own struggle with Bipolar Disorder, but I have decided to leave them. They are strange to say the least.