I've been recently diagnosed with type 1. Right now, I'm going through realizing how different my life changed with it's onset. It was awful at first, but educating myself on the disorder has been so beneficial. I think videos like this has made me realize I'm not alone and people are thriving with bipolar. Thank you for your voice!
You are definitely not alone! Find me on IG under Our Bipolar. There is a vibrant bipolar community there, and I can suggest accounts to follow if you want.
Thank you so much for saying this. When I feel this way about my life, I always wonder if I'm being melodramatic or making excuses for my own poor choices and decisions. I feel like my life could have been so much better and more stable, if I had just been diagnosed earlier. I spent 10 years believing I was just depressed and taking meds for that, which I see now just made things worse a lot of the time. I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 at 50 years old, just 5 years ago, but I mourn the life I could have had if only the signs had been spotted earlier.
I was early diagnosed and so very late to any effective therapies. Diagnosed around age 22. Only started getting good symptom management beginning around age 44. . I was so blind to how much harm bipolar was causing. . My life has been amazing. My life is amazing. Those “what ifs” haunt me. I’m still grappling with accepting that things went as they did and thankfully I made it through. And am making it through. . Thank you for sharing this. XO
Your life is amazing, and my life is even more amazing from knowing you, dear friend. The “what ifs” are tough. I’m not an “everything happens for a reason” kind of person, no way. But if bipolar hadn’t changed my life, most of the best people I know wouldn’t be here with me today, you included. ❤️
@@ourbipolar Thank you. I am the same. It’s not that things happen for a reason. It’s that things happen. And if there is any good in my life now (and there is) then I would not change anything of the past. The “what ifs” have just the same chance of having turned out worse. So I will take things as they happen and do the best I can with them. 🤍
❤ Thank you Jess. I know in parallel universe I'm diagnosed early and living an entirely different life but then I think what if I didn't have bipolar at all. Just what if's. It's always good to be grateful for where we end up.
Thank you as always for sharing your story yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of my first episode of mania. It’s been a year recently I have gone through a small bout of depression but I am still proud of how far I have come. Similar to you my psychosis happened at university, i don’t think I will be able to go back. Hearing your story makes me feel hopeful. I have to accept that things will be ok. It will take time to learn and get as well as I can. It’s scary there’s a lot of guilt that comes with mental illness the guilt of our actions in psychosis the guilt of not being the socially acceptable version of what people think is the norm. At the end of the day learning to live in the present and to accept my now is the journey I have for the next year. Seeing someone who’s been where I have been throughout this year has been truly so helpful. Wishing everyone who might have just had their first episode or just going on meds watching this video some peace of mind that you’re not alone. That though life may look different now it is. Acceptance I hope will bring me closer to a healthier happier me and though there has been setbacks it already has. There is always hope x
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I've been recently diagnosed with type 1. Right now, I'm going through realizing how different my life changed with it's onset. It was awful at first, but educating myself on the disorder has been so beneficial. I think videos like this has made me realize I'm not alone and people are thriving with bipolar. Thank you for your voice!
You are definitely not alone! Find me on IG under Our Bipolar. There is a vibrant bipolar community there, and I can suggest accounts to follow if you want.
Thank you so much for saying this. When I feel this way about my life, I always wonder if I'm being melodramatic or making excuses for my own poor choices and decisions. I feel like my life could have been so much better and more stable, if I had just been diagnosed earlier. I spent 10 years believing I was just depressed and taking meds for that, which I see now just made things worse a lot of the time. I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 at 50 years old, just 5 years ago, but I mourn the life I could have had if only the signs had been spotted earlier.
If I were you I still wouldn’t be diagnosed yet at 44. Hugs. 🫂🫂🫂
I was early diagnosed and so very late to any effective therapies. Diagnosed around age 22. Only started getting good symptom management beginning around age 44.
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I was so blind to how much harm bipolar was causing.
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My life has been amazing. My life is amazing. Those “what ifs” haunt me. I’m still grappling with accepting that things went as they did and thankfully I made it through. And am making it through.
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Thank you for sharing this. XO
Your life is amazing, and my life is even more amazing from knowing you, dear friend.
The “what ifs” are tough.
I’m not an “everything happens for a reason” kind of person, no way. But if bipolar hadn’t changed my life, most of the best people I know wouldn’t be here with me today, you included. ❤️
@@ourbipolar Thank you. I am the same. It’s not that things happen for a reason. It’s that things happen. And if there is any good in my life now (and there is) then I would not change anything of the past. The “what ifs” have just the same chance of having turned out worse. So I will take things as they happen and do the best I can with them. 🤍
thank you for sharing your story ❤ I feel less alone ❤❤❤❤❤
You’re welcome. I’m glad.
❤ Thank you Jess. I know in parallel universe I'm diagnosed early and living an entirely different life but then I think what if I didn't have bipolar at all. Just what if's. It's always good to be grateful for where we end up.
Bipolar is a serious curveball. Making the best of it is all we can do.
Thank you as always for sharing your story yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of my first episode of mania. It’s been a year recently I have gone through a small bout of depression but I am still proud of how far I have come. Similar to you my psychosis happened at university, i don’t think I will be able to go back. Hearing your story makes me feel hopeful. I have to accept that things will be ok. It will take time to learn and get as well as I can. It’s scary there’s a lot of guilt that comes with mental illness the guilt of our actions in psychosis the guilt of not being the socially acceptable version of what people think is the norm. At the end of the day learning to live in the present and to accept my now is the journey I have for the next year. Seeing someone who’s been where I have been throughout this year has been truly so helpful. Wishing everyone who might have just had their first episode or just going on meds watching this video some peace of mind that you’re not alone. That though life may look different now it is. Acceptance I hope will bring me closer to a healthier happier me and though there has been setbacks it already has. There is always hope x
Sending you so much love. You have such a great mindset, and you will only keep growing from here. There is always hope. ❤️
Thank you :) hoping this year is going to be more stable than the last 😂
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Is there a way to email you. I don’t want to make a public comment.
You can DM me under the same name on IG or fb. If you don’t have either of those, let me know. ❤️