I knew I was wired differently long before my dx.


I remember the exact sui episode that sealed my conviction at age 15.


That's when I knew I was a crazy b!tch and accepted it.


My parents dismissed my concerns though, so I only got dxd at age 25 when my world caved in.


These are the steps I've followed to improve my life.


* Besides educating myself on BP in general, I familiarized myself with my particular breed of the bipolar beast.


I'm naturally super introspective, so getting acquainted with her wasn't too hard for me.


* Acceptance, I accepted my beast as real and as an intrinsic part of me. Why, well one, denial feels stupid to me personally because its pointless, and I'm all about results. Two, if its just another facet of me, I don't feel defective, and don't think in a defective defeated type of manner.

No its not a think happy thoughts and unicorns will shyt rainbows upon you type deal. It's perspective.


When I focused on being ill, I was ill. All.the.time.


Since I'm back to being wired differently, I'm just a regular fabulous nut job that has to make concessions for being me.


* Along with coping skills I adopted healthy hedonism, which I learned here. I have a list of treat, free or otherwise that are just for me, that I indulge in when im short circuiting. Lol One of those things I am super consistent with, down time to recharge and recalibrate. Me time. Just me.


* Last but certainly not least, I figured out that my work history sucked balls because I have 2 speeds, fast or off. Which means I overwork myself, reach burn out from the stress, have a meltdown and then quit. Takes about 3 months for that to run its course.


So I decided to go povo until I can find an in between speed.

I drastically reduced the amount of hours I work, opted to do less demanding work (while still mentally challenging enough to keep me engaged) and obviously taken a huge pay cut to accomplish this. Its been a full year at my current job and I'm not only ready to go full time, but I may also be up for a promotion.


So basically that has been my strategy,. Its not a simple path or process, but it is worth figuring out.

I wish you the best of luck on your own journey