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Warning Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I was misdiagnosed with major depression. It’s extremely common for individuals with bipolar to be misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder. Prior to receiving the correct diagnosis, there were numerous signs I had bipolar disorder that multiple therapists and psychiatrists missed. I’ve spoken before about how both my mom […]

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12 Things I Want Others to Know About Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder has robbed me of so much. While the mood disorder is characterized by extreme ups and downs or highs and lows, there are various emotions intertwined within these highs and lows.  Every time I try to explain to someone what it’s like to live with this disorder, I feel myself getting choked up. […]

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6 Tips for Dating With Bipolar Disorder

During my last relationship, I wasted no time telling my new partner that I have bipolar disorder. I went into great detail during our first date about what my diagnosis meant. To some, disclosing that you have a mental illness on a first date is too soon. However, for me, the timing felt right.  That […]

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Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Seeing the Positive

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder back in 2015 when I was 16 or 17. For years, I’d been told I had major depression, but I along with everyone in my household suspected something else was wrong. Trying to explain what was going on in my head to countless therapists and psychiatrists seemed impossible because […]

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If These Walls Could Talk – Poetry

If these walls could talk, They’d have so much to say They’d talk about the countless nights they heard me sobbing and begging GOD to heal my heart Or, To let that night be the last one I spent alive They’d tell the story of the abuse they witnessed And how they saw a man […]

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