A really fucked up mental disorder characterised by extreme moods swings of mania and depression.
When you're manic, you feel as if you're invincible, you can
go multiple nights without sleeps, you go on crazy shopping sprees and engage in risky sexual behaviour.
Then suddenly, you wake up one
day and realize your mistakes, but it's too late, you're now on your way to a full blown depression episode, you spend most of your
day feeling like shit, and considering
suicide. That is when you're not sleeping for
14 hours straight on a
Thursday noon.
A person with bipolar can never really feel 'normal' because they're constantly engaged in an inner
war inside their own minds.
Bipolar is often trivialised as just moods swings, it's much more then that. While it's true that the average person can experience moods swings from
time to
time, bipolar moods swing lasts much
longer and are much more intense.
If you or a loved one are suffering from bipolar I'm terribly sorry for you. Medications and Therapy can help, but bipolar is a lifelong condition that effects every aspect of your life.
