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Old Feb 21, 2015, 08:44 PM
Skywalking Skywalking is offline
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Originally Posted by LettinG0 View Post
To my knowledge I never had a professional say anything like that about me when I was young. With hindsight, I probably SHOULD have! I know for a fact that I started bipolar cycling when I was about 15 and looking back on my childhood, probably earlier than that.

I hate that your mother didn't take it serious; but, I REALLY hate that she doesn't take it seriously NOW and is not supportive of your journey. (((HUGS)))) to you today and every day. I understand.
Thank you. I think I am doing better about it now. At first it was deeply upsetting to me, how she reacted, because she worked in the mental health field and could have been so helpful and supportive. When I was diagnosed I felt like I needed her support, and instead she used my diagnosis to hurt me. So I'm a little bit sensitive to finding out stuff like this from my past.

While she's not supportive, she's at least worn down a liiiiiittle bit over time. I'm not scared to leave my medication bottle lying around out of fear she'll throw it out, anymore.