I have bipolar disorder. I know this because I have been diagnosed with it for over 20 years. Being diagnosed with a mental health condition is no joke. When I was born with the condition, my parents and I had to be hospitalized to start the process of figuring out how I would handle the challenges of life. So much so that we had to have our own doctors take a look at us.
The thing is, I’m really good at not being depressed. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have times when I’m miserable or that I didn’t have moments when I was down. I have very few good moods when I’m at work, like sometimes when I’m around my co-workers who are depressed.
That said, bipolar disorder is not a disease that just sits there, or that you get some random illness when you’re in a bad mood. It’s a serious disorder that can cause you to feel sad, angry, and anxious. You have to deal with it every day, but it can be managed if you know how to do it.
Bipolar disorder is something that is often misdiagnosed because its just one of those things that is difficult to describe and can be hard to understand. A lot of people who have bipolar disorder (and that’s not just my experience, but for many people) don’t know what it is, and many people who don’t know what it is either don’t know the symptoms or don’t want to deal with them.
Most people who have bipolar disorder have a few of each emotion, but for many people they have three or four of each emotion. The fact that we even have to acknowledge this is a huge problem.
The reason we have to acknowledge this is because of the fact that the first sign of bipolar disorder is the fact that you feel three or four emotions simultaneously. You have a manic episode when you are in a manic state, or a hypomanic episode when your brain is telling you that you are in a hypomanic state.
This means that if you have bipolar disorder, you are not able to function as a healthy person. You can’t function without the manic phases. You can’t function without the hypomanic phases. You have to deal with these emotions. You have to deal with them when they are real, or when you remember them and think about them and want them to stop. It is a very real thing. We are not talking about mood swings.
A person with bipolar disorder has a hypomanic episode. A hypomanic episode is a period of time when a person is in a manic state, when they have extreme emotions. This can be anything from being very excited to very depressed.
A person with a hypomanic episode, like Colt Vahn, has a period of time where he feels like he is the only person in the world, and that others are just standing around doing nothing. You can be in a hypomanic episode in a very short amount of time. This can be a very short period of time.
The bipolar disorder community is very vocal and quite vocal with their frustration. In particular, they love talking about how they wish bipolar disorder had a cure. My parents have suffered from bipolar disorder and I have also, as a teen, been diagnosed with it. There is no cure for bipolar disorder and we are left with the option of medication or suicide. Unfortunately, the cure for bipolar disorder doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon.