Opening Old Wounds
So I have yet to mention my big news.....but now is as good a time as any. I've decided to write a book. I finally feel I have reached a place of security and stability when it comes to my Bipolar Disorder. This blog has really helped me by allowing me to open up candidly and freely about it. For so many years I was ashamed of it. Ashamed of the stigma that came with it. Afraid people would look at me differently and judge me ( mainly because this has happened to me before ). For so many years I just dealt with my issues in silence.....unable and unwilling to disclose private aspects of my life. When I decided to write this blog I felt it was finally time to accept my disorder and embrace it as part of me. I learned that in order to live with my condition, I had to accept it and be open to talking about it. As time passed I discovered I was still me.....nothing was different about myself. Yeah....I have Bipolar Disorder. So do millions of other functional members of society. S...