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What a Great Heading for your post today, I really enjoyed, and will reStack ASAP ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘

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Thank you Karen.

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Just giving you one of those super long hard hugs. The ones where you can lean in sob and just know you are heard. Gentle gentle sweet sister. Thanks for showing up today to express where you are. Breathing long slow breaths with you as you remember that sweet girl who is doing her damn best. Love you. I know you got this. You know you got this. Feeling the feels is raw and the way back to the sun. โ˜€๏ธ

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Sending a virtual hug to you. Unless you've been in that mental space, you can't really understand it. โค๏ธ Remember that you're doing your best especially unmedicated.

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Reading this felt like I was reading a part of what Iโ€™ve been feeling since July. Bipolar is so debilitating and it almost consumed me many times. I cry multiple times a day now but the biggest trigger is recovered memories of when I was molested. A bunch of memories I thought I forgot but it was real and Iโ€™m working through it. Iโ€™m so sorry the cashier responded that way because Iโ€™ve had that happen as well when I started crying and shared what I was dealing with. I think what Iโ€™ve come to realize is we all have felt such profound levels of pain but something else is we all have the ability to come out of it. Some days are darker than others and some are so full of light. From one woman living with bipolar to anotherโ€ฆ I want you to know you are never alone because I never feel alone in this community. This December marks 10 years since my hospitalization, being placed on court ordered treatment and receiving my diagnosis of bipolar 1. Something Iโ€™ll always hold onto is the support from others navigating life with bipolar. Let yourself go through the feelings but never forget how loved and valued you are. You are making a massive difference and this is only the beginning ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿค

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Hi Ashleigh. Am a psychiatrist who has been diagnosed with bipolar. Learnt to manage my illness well enough to see patients, but still it hits hard on many days and I just zone off and refuse to work. I have a privilege yes. But I know exactly what you mean. Thank you for sharing this, this makes so much sense. Sending you loads of love and strength to feel better.

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Sending you love, Ashleigh. ๐Ÿงก I'm sorry everything is so hard right now. I hope things even out soon.

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Shout out to the growth youโ€™ve experienced over this year, no depletion of ass fatness, and being a self aware baddie in this season that can be so hard for so many reasons. I hope you find joy in the glimmers as you navigate through your days ๐Ÿฅฐ

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