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I will go first:
1) bipolar/major depression/anxiety <- all of the above
2) yes mh
3) yes rehab
4) therapist sometimes
5) YES psychiatrist
6) I am fine
7) mental health journey: I have had my ups and downs 😉
8) the worst I have ever been was three months ago but the best I have ever been is now
9) you can’t help 😭 but love me 🥰
Bonus 1: how many pills do you take per day to treat your psychiatric differences?
My B1 response: 8 (6 morning + 2 evening)
Bonus 2: Are you a cutter? If so, when was the last time you cut yourself?
My B2 response: yes. 3 days ago 🤷♂️
Bonus 3: who is a corporate goddess anyway?
My B3 response: me. 💵💵🤑💵💵
...you sure you’re okay?
Haha I never said I was! I wrote the post to be over the top but also because I felt that it was important in a mental health thread to encourage people who have extreme mental health differences to share their journeys openly. I used to think that I would never be able to keep a job because I was so all over the place. Now, I am not only stable enough to keep a job but I am also performing well. I see so many people on this thread who think they have to leave work because they are feeling down and they are behaving differently at work, and maybe that is really what they need, but even in extreme cases careers and mental health can be managed simultaneously. I have been going through a lot of medication changes lately and day to day I don’t know who I will be at work, but I keep going. I have let my self be defeated by my mental health so many times and from my experience, giving up makes things worse. That’s obviously not true for everyone.
I was never diagnosed with anything, but spent time in a mental ward. Schizophrenia they thought. To me was just a mental breakdown. Took Zoloft for a while and got fat. Saw a therapist that didn’t help. Moving cities and finding a healthy relationship pretty much cured me of the chronic depressive feelings and thoughts and super annoying anxiety. Not on any drugs (prescription that is) anymore.
OP hang in there. Us crazy ones are the most interesting. My boss is bi polar, my best work mate is bipolar, my closest circle of friends is actually 50% bipolar or has some other major mental health problem. Wouldn’t trade them for the world though. The real crazy people are those who aren’t perplexed by existence
You are so sweet for saying that and I really appreciate you sharing your journey openly. I love that you are so supportive of your friends and coworkers who may have erratic behavior because of their mental health conditions. I think that speaks really highly of your character and empathy for the experiences of others. So many people will alienate a friend or coworker because of extreme/negative behavior or actions. That you are willing to ride the storm is so admirable to me. I wish more people were like you. It is hard to keep friends as a bipolar/frequently depressed person.
How do you feel? How do you feel about your mental health journey? Are you doing better/worse than you have in the past? How can we help?