What a courageous woman! Thanks for sharing your story. very inspiring. Knowing how to manage your mental health is huge and I know cause I have a soft bipolar disorder and am in recovery (meaning so well managed no one can tell....usually lol). Cat's out of the bag too. But I am a vice chairman of a key peer support agency in my province, and I am a facilitator for a mood disorder peer group, helping hundreds of folks rebuild their lives after being wrecked by anxiety, deppression etc....
Unfortunately my mood disorder had nothing to do with the collapse of my marriage (though 65% bipolar marriages end in divorce). It was me being lazy, not taking care of her, taking her for granted. But I am transforming and not giving up without a fight. Stress really triggers my mood disorder so I know racing thoughts and am 0 or mach 1. hate being a high flyer lol. But thanks to db I haveGALed it to learn new fun relaxing techniques as well (try Qigong!). There is alot of overlapp between ADD and bipolar with similar symptoms...being yappy and distracted is one I deal with too plus the added feature of deppression and my emotions amplified. I detached as a wellness strategy for myself long before WAW and am just so sad I now need to use it on my WAW now.... Meds help too and I have cranked them up while dealing with my sitch. Kudos to you for sharing and helping others like me here! Keep fighting Goatgal
Me 42 W:35 M: 14yrs T:15yrs D: 8yrs D:6yrs S:3yrs BD: "I want a D"09/03/14 Sep: 30/06/14
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
