Self stigma is definitely my biggest roadblock. I would never feel the way I feel about myself towards someone else with mental health issues and advocate for fairness, empathy and understanding by being open in my life. Unfortunately I feel that it is hypocritical and do feel bad about that.

If I could get past thinking constantly of myself as bipolar being what I am now I could do so much. Everyone tells me so.

I hope you learn to get past the self stigma and ignore others ignorance, focus on the clever, strong, creative, humorous you. And I hope I can forget I have this disorder to the best of my ability while taking care of myself the way I need to. Not forget as in not accepting it but forget as in no longer focusing my self image on it