Incurable
What does life look like long-term living with bipolar disorder? How treatable are the symptoms and will life ever get easier?
Topic: bipolar
What does life look like long-term living with bipolar disorder? How treatable are the symptoms and will life ever get easier?
Tonight, I do the best I can to quiet the thoughts.
Years after that first day when I was eight—on a day just as bright and clear—the world once again plunged into a meaningless gray. Only this time, it didn’t lift.
I wanted to hear the candid account of someone in the middle, maybe just past the hardest days of this illness, but not quite to the happy ending where you’ve reached the place you never thought you would.
I let it define me instead of defining my mental state. Everything I did wasn’t because I was doing it; bipolar II was the reason.
I don’t thank my bipolar. For anything. Not a single thing.
“What’s wrong with me?” I pleaded. “Am I bipolar or something?”
Demi Lovato is only human. It feels important to start with that. It’s a simple fact, indisputable, but it’s one that can be easily overlooked.
We are soldiers in an invisible war few people can even begin to comprehend. We are warriors fighting countless battles each and every day. And even when it feels as if we’re losing, we keep going.
In honor of Mental Health Month, we’re highlighting four statements we believe to be non-negotiable. These are words and ideas that have guided our mission since day one. To us, these statements are Black and White.
My best advice to someone dealing with a mental illness is this: figure out what helps you the most.
You don’t have to suffer for your art. You don’t have to prioritize your creativity over your health. You don’t have to destroy your life because of a lie stigma wants you to believe.
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