Living with Bipolar
Mental illness. Despite all the press around “talking more” about mental health the stigma remains. An acquaintance of mine recently died of suicide - it was unexpected and no-one knew how depressed they were. #letstalk does not go deep enough or reach those who need validation and support the most. I’m one of those hence want to share my lived experience. If I can share about cancer I can share about bipolar disorder. I also hope that this can help others that feel they need to hide their stories behind a mask in shame and fear. I have lived with depressive episodes since 1992. I would see a counsellor or psychiatrist and take some medication. I could implement strategies and rely on Superman to help me out of the depths. The worst of it would last 1-3 months then I’d be OK. Then came cancer and that complicated things. I was constantly anxious and sometimes depressed. But once again I got a good psychiatrist and was able to overcome issues to be able to deal with the potentially ter
