I use it to my advantage.
When I’m high, I get shit done..
When I’m low I simply just put on a movie on, read a book or just turn the music up and sit in my own little world and that forces me to take the time out I need to rest and rejuvenate.
People assume that bipolar is a constant change in moods, up and down all the time..
Quite often in the movies people with bipolar are portrayed as “dangerous “ or “crazy” or stalkers that are constantly in trouble with the law.
But it’s not like that….
I don’t switch from happy to sad in an instant, I don’t psych out at someone for no reason, I don’t say hurtful things to people, I very rarely lose my temper, I don’t sink into a suicidal state of depression and cry all the time, I’m certainly not dangerous and I don’t break the law…
Yet, the look I’ve got off some people when I’ve told them I have bipolar, is a look of total fear, simply because of the way society has portrayed bipolar.
I once lost a close friend when I came clean and told her, although I had it for years and she never knew, the minute it was confirmed the fear of my bipolar engulfed her and suddenly to her, I was a threat.
I’ve had question like, “aren’t you ashamed? Aren’t you worried what people think of you?
You mean you might flip out for no reason at all?”
The answer is, no to all of the above !!!
I’m not ashamed to have bipolar. It’s been the greatest teacher and without my highs I wouldn’t have been able to do half the shit I’ve done in my life.
I wouldn’t have the drive and obsession for perfection part in me that I like about myself
People also ask ,
“Why can you talk about it openly ? “
The answer is because I want people to know what it’s really like. I don’t want people to judge me or anyone else because of the social stigmatism around bipolar people being totally crazy.
If I can talk about it openly and you can understand a little bit, see what someone with bipolar is really like, it will help ease that fear that society has put in you.
living with bipolar can be tough sometimes, sure, but I’d happily ride this roller coaster over and over again.. because I’m living the best life ever and I love every minute of it.
So embrace what you’ve been given and use it your advantage 
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