I didn't fight it.

I always knew I was diffrent (was never a normal kid), but the strange thing was everyone around me acted so diffrently and normal.

I didn't know about bipolar (that it was even a thing), but when I was told i was relieved that I wasn't weird, or somehow dis connected from the world, I actually had a disorder- it had a name and their were things to help me cope with it.

I think the hardest thing for me was watching our family totally go against it and eventually shutting me out because they couldn't cope with a mentally ill person in the family.

second hardest was learning to cope with the diffrent mood states (especially the depression, when it happened, I had no idea why I felt that way)

how was your general life before bipolar disorder