RE: Schizophrenia
November 22, 2014 at 7:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2014 at 7:04 pm by LivingNumbers6.626.)
For a long time I thought I was bipolar but was recently diagnosed with BPD (bipolar's close cousin).
BPD, coupled with major depression and general anxiety, has been a battle. Always having interpersonal problems, hour by hour mood swings, identity crisis, chronic emptiness, extreme anger, suicidal ideation, and dissociative episodes makes for a very confusing and chaotic early adulthood. Reality is often foggy and my confidence is always depleted.
But luckily grounding myself in expression and using coping mechanism has made things easier. I've been in the hospital several times and met many people with bipolar and schizophrenia. Even though mental illness is difficult to deal with and is sometimes lethal, often times it has to get worse before it gets better.
I've seen a lot of positivity in the mental health world though I often times fail to see it because of pessimism. But things get better and people eventually have normalized lives. It's not a matter of if you get there...but when.
You're fortunate to find out about your mental health so early. I wish I had known earlier. But things do get better. It's a journey for all of us, but we can do it together.
BPD, coupled with major depression and general anxiety, has been a battle. Always having interpersonal problems, hour by hour mood swings, identity crisis, chronic emptiness, extreme anger, suicidal ideation, and dissociative episodes makes for a very confusing and chaotic early adulthood. Reality is often foggy and my confidence is always depleted.
But luckily grounding myself in expression and using coping mechanism has made things easier. I've been in the hospital several times and met many people with bipolar and schizophrenia. Even though mental illness is difficult to deal with and is sometimes lethal, often times it has to get worse before it gets better.
I've seen a lot of positivity in the mental health world though I often times fail to see it because of pessimism. But things get better and people eventually have normalized lives. It's not a matter of if you get there...but when.
You're fortunate to find out about your mental health so early. I wish I had known earlier. But things do get better. It's a journey for all of us, but we can do it together.
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