As you know I was discharged from IP today. I have felt so fed up with the stigma surrounding mental illness in society that I decided to come out on FB. This is what I wrote:

Today I've come home after 40 days in hospital. Now, I want to begin to do my part in breaking stigma by explaining what I have been ill with the last two months: mania (Bipolar) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Many people with any mental illness feel they must develop a ‘false’ illness to explain their behaviour and absence. It is my hope that one day anyone with a mental illness can talk freely about it, and that they would be met with acceptance and support.

Know it won't be all good, and mostly silence but maybe someone out there will be helped. It is the small amount I can do right now. Sadly, I still don't feel confident to mention the fact that I had psychosis.