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02/21/2025
On November 8th, I learned something about myself that initially made me feel conflicted. Though I’ve always known I experienced and expressed my emotions differently **than** those around me, this diagnosis gave me a negative perception of my feelings. I had to remind myself of all the things I’ve accomplished battling symptoms and triggers of bipolar thats always been present, I just didn’t have a name for it.
Now, three months later, I’m finally comfortable discussing my diagnosis publicly: I’m diagnosed with **Bipolar II** and ADHD. I’m also aware of the **stigmas** surrounding these conditions. I had to come to grips with how I’d internalized some of them, specifically around bipolar disorder. Being real it’s still a journey Im navigating and I’m still processing it. Many ways that we discuss bipolar in the media is f off, pathological and sometimes just flat out false… I’ll save that for story time.
For context, hypomania is a period of intense, elevated mood and energy that’s less extreme than full-blown mania (which happens in Bipolar I). It’s like your brain suddenly shifts into turbo mode.
