I live with bipolar I and I think I have a strange stigma experience. I accepted my diagnosis early and do all the medicines, therapy, exercise, etc., but I found I still had great difficulty functioning in the “normal” world.
Sometimes I feel like there may be something wrong with me because so many other bipolar people lead nearly normal lives. Sometimes I feel like a quitter and this disorder has gotten the best of me.How did you overcome this experience? Much like I accepted my diagnosis, I am accepting this as another part of living with bipolar.
I’m not a quitter. I’m not weak. I do the best I can and that’s the best I can do. Each day that I open my eyes and a cat licks my elbow or my boyfriend kisses my cheek is another day that I
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