Hi everyone,

My name is Kait and I'm 16 years old. I love writing, reading, and working on my high school journalism staff. I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 a year ago, and I'm currently a sophomore at a highly competitive high school.

Previous to being diagnosed, I've had experience with depression, self-harm, and anxiety, but I don't know if it was triggered by the events that were going on at the time, or just a warning sign.

Being bipolar has been weird to say the least. It's like I have this secret, that I'm not normal, like I'm not totally human (I'm different) that everyone would hate me for it.

I've told friends and family members, and all of my friends have left me because of it.

It doesn't help that school is a major trigger for me, stress-wise and because of what happened with my friends, I don't have a lot of people to trust. My family is super supportive, but I still miss having outside friends to talk to, and it's really hard finding people who I think would understand.