Letting go of the past always sounded so cliché to me — I never took it to heart because I didn’t realize I was clinging to years gone by or the multitude of experiences I’d encountered throughout my life.
For more than 35 years, I’ve been struggling with bipolar disorder, and frankly, it has been an exhausting journey. I’d love to report “I manage bipolar disorder,” as the facilitator of my local Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) support group states every week.
But to be honest, the illness has nearly always managed me instead of the other way around. It’s not that I haven’t tried everything in the book to combat the debilitating symptoms of depression or push down the temptation to fly sky high during the near-delusional cycles
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