Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that affects not only the person with it, but everyone around them as well. Today I wanted to share a bit more about what it’s like to have Bipolar Disorder.
Having Bipolar Disorder can be described as drastic mood fluctuations between happy and sad.
Sometimes the moods fluctuate quickly, but other times they take days, weeks or even months to change.
People around you might mistake you for being the hulk.
When you’re manic, your awesome and invincible!
It is not uncommon to go on some serious shopping sprees and have no regrets about spending all your money – even the money that is supposed to pay your bills.
No regrets has a completely different meaning to someone in a manic state.
Oh, and sleep? Yea, not happening.
Eventually what goes up, must come down and you’re depressive state causes you to lose sight of who you really are.
This can cause confusion as to why you’re keeping up all the commitments your manic-self made.
You’re mind races faster than a race-car on the speedway!
And you have no idea what to do to make it all slow down or how to keep going.
This leads to frustration because you have no control over any of it and you just want to be “normal.”
Waking up is no fun in a depressive state because it means you have to face another day.
Oh and getting out of bed? It looks something like this, if you actually get out of bed at all.
People say they understand what you’re going through, but let’s face it. No one truly understands your personal situation but you.
When people call you moody, you laugh, because being moody is for amateurs!
You hate that you have no control over your emotions, and all you want to do is be the pilot for a few minutes.
Juggling emotions look something like this…. Aka: Watch Out!
Bipolar Disorder can cause forgetfulness which can be super embarrassing or frustrating, especially if you forget something that you’re supposed to be really good at.
People try to “fix” you all the time, but when they finally realize they can’t, they disappear from your life.
All this adds up and in the end, It’s Just Not Fair!
But in the words of Bradley Cooper, “Take all this negativity and use it as fuel” to get through another day and find a way to make it all work.
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Defying Shadows 
First of all I would like to thank you for taking your time to acknowledge bipolar disorder.
Everything I’ve read is me to a “T”.
I’ve been diagnosed as bipolar w/ schizoaffective, anxiety, panic, PTSD disorders “I know I’m a mess”
I have stayed up for almost 3 weeks with very little sleep at night.
I am a 57 year old woman who needs her sleep, nevertheless I’ve been staying up writing poems. I’ve never ever wanted, or thought of writing a poem, much less 5 going on 6 in a month.
I would like to share them with someone, I just don’t know how to go about doing it.
I have pictures that I have found on the internet to mimic the poem.
I’m not sure how good they are, but I was feeling what I wrote at that time.
I was thinking maybe I would help someone looking for the words that they were looking for, and that they weren’t alone in how they felt.
I know I researched and researched to find someone or reading material of how I felt. It’s not easy!
Please let me know if you would like to publish or share with someone you might know struggling with bipolar disorder. I will provide my email with you.
Thank you for your time and
God Bless!
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