Parenting, Patience, and Bipolar Disorder
I think that having bipolar disorder has helped me be a better parent.
Topic: bipolar disorder
I think that having bipolar disorder has helped me be a better parent.
When I got diagnosed I found it near impossible to look up to a “healthy” bipolar person because the media caters to clickbait moments...
Then I cycle. I cycle into depression. A better term would be crash. I crash face first.
They don’t tell you about the periods of “wellness” in which you question your own reality and existence.
Stigma hasn’t killed me yet, and that has to count for something.
I had to accept the fact that my body needed some help to make it livable.
There is a myriad of battles fought in the minds of those who wake up every day wearing dark brown skin in a world where the less melanin you have, the more freedom you may enjoy.
I’ve gone through much of my life in a rush to get through...
The thing about getting clean is that once you get out of rehab, no one’s getting paid to take care of you anymore. That is when the real work starts.
I’ve been solving riddles for years, it’s a big part of surviving bipolar disorder.
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