I hate hypomania, of course, but I especially hate the stigma behind my disorder. There are so many people I see/hear all the time, or even read online, that say things like omg she was being so bipolar!! wow he's crazy, he's like bipolar or something! And it makes me very sensitive to being called "crazy" and whatnot. I tell very few people about my disease because of this. One person, a psychology professor, remarked after I told her, "I would've never guessed that from you, you seem so smart." Excuse me? I didn't know that those suffering from mental illness are barred from ALL mental tasks.
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"We are more than the worst thing that's ever
happened to us. All of us need to stop apologizing
for having been to hell and come back breathing.
Your bad dreams are battle scars.
What doesn't kill you cuts you f****** deep
but scars are just skin growing back
thicker when it heals."
~ Clementine von Radics
Bipolar type 2
complex PTSD
GAD
Depression
possibly OCD
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