Bipolar Disorder is not your fault Julie! I say this to myself a lot when I get sick.
It took me a long time to accept my diagnosis. I was diagnosed in 1995. How is it possible I’ve dealt with severe bipolar disorder since 1995!
I used to wake up and think- I have a mental illness. This isn’t happening to me!
I have nothing to do with having the illness- mood disorders are in my genes on both sides of my family.
I am only 100% responsible for managing the illness. It took these 13 years to get good at it! Now I put all of that experience in my books- it doesn’t have to take you 13 years to get better, that is for sure.
Julie
