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Welcome Back—We Didn’t Think You Were Gonna Make It (A Bipolar, PTSD Story)
I got bipolar disorder. I got PTSD from my time in the service. And I got a long history of hurting the people I love, even when I don’t mean to. If you know, you know—when I’m up, I’m way up. Money feels like nothin’. I’ll drop a whole paycheck on clothes I don’t need, rounds at the bar, trying to be somebody. The next thing I know, rent’s due and my account’s empty. I swear, sometimes it feel like my money just disappeared.
How Moving to a New City Saved My Mental Health
I won’t lie and say the move “cured” me. Healing doesn’t work like that. I’m still dealing with complex PTSD, but the episodes of psychosis? They’ve stopped. For the first time in years, I feel like I’m not constantly on the verge of losing myself.