A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about my personal struggle with mental illness. I was diagnosed a few years prior with bipolar disorder, and as a result, I struggled with a lot of mental health issues. One thing I never mentioned in that post was the very real and personal struggle I had with the stigma of mental health issues and what it meant for people to see me.
It’s pretty common to hear people talk about their struggles with mental illness, but it’s not something you ever hear about a lot. It seems like most people who deal with mental illness are treated with a lot of shame.
I don’t think that at all. When I was first diagnosed I was treated with a lot of extra-kindness and support from family and friends, not just mental health professionals. I was even told by a mental health professional that I was a person who would be able to live a normal life and not have to worry about getting a diagnosis. I didn’t really take it to heart until I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
I just think the stigma surrounding mental illness is very real. While I have a lot of empathy for people who are dealing with mental illness, I was never treated the way that most people were. I didn’t have to be told that I was a person who should be taking their medication, that I would be able to eat healthy and sleep well.
I never found out until I was diagnosed with bipolar that I was bipolar. I never had to deal with being told I was crazy. I always felt like I was in the wrong place. I always felt like I was going to die. It was like I was in a drug-induced coma.
I was never told I was bipolar. I always thought that was a disease that was going to kill me. And then I found out that it was a disease that could be cured, that I could get well, that I could get cured and get better. I didnt know how you got better, but I figured that it would just be a matter of getting off the drugs and starting to live a normal life.
Well, no, you did not get better and live a normal life. You did not get better and start living a normal life without the high.
It’s amazing what can be done with a little bit of mental illness. In the very beginning, I was already on the way to recovery from the drugs. I just had to get off the drugs before I could achieve my goals. It was the first time I had ever had to do this, but I didn’t have to do it alone.
That’s how it works. People with mental illness often have to make tough choices, often because they’ve been put through the ringer and can no longer make those choices on their own. This is because they are not able to control the mental impulses of their minds. As a result, they make more and more difficult and stressful choices.
It is in this sense that we can be likened to people with mental illness. They make decisions that are difficult and difficult to make. They don’t have the ability to make those choices on their own. And they make these choices just because they feel they need to. This is why people with mental illness often end up on the streets, and this is why we are so often misunderstood.
