I had my dream job that I'd wanted since childhood, married the love of my life and believed I was in about as good a place as I could be. I'd had a suspicion about Bipolar a few years ago, but the Dr I spoke to dismissed it out of hand and pretty much laughed me out of the surgery.
Now I've lost everything, my home, my wife, my job and I'm in serious legal and financial difficulties. Bipolar has certainly stolen my dreams and everything else as well. I find myself staying in bed longer and longer because the sleep allows me to be someone else somewhere else, or I find myself dreaming of the past when I knew what happiness was. I think it would be rather nice to just stay in one of the good dreams one day and not wake up to this nightmare reality anymore.