Now that you’ve been diagnosed, do you think you’ve always been bipolar, or can you pinpoint when it started?

I think maybe I always have been. Maybe I had something more serious when I was younger. As a small child I had hallucinations even, an invisible man that used watch me with demon eyes and chase me. He was always walking around, or sleeping in various places around the house or outside. I was terrified. I feared for my life and my safety, always.

I have never known a life without anxiety and depression.

I am sure that it is true that childhood abuse triggers bipolar disorder.