Im a 54 year old mom and grandma and cause of watching this brave young woman, i will now get the help i need. I have been battling mental illness in silence for so long and i just can't do it anymore. My oldest daughter now 34 has gotten the help she needs and now it's my turn. Thank you for being so brave

She looks like a beautiful vampire like Bella swan mixed with Catherine from vampire diary 🥰🥰🥰

I resonated with when she said "It's like you don't want people to see it. But then, people.. don't see it".  For me it was definitely the internalized stigma and fear of others knowing so the sentence is so perfectly said

"Its still me, the same person before this video" okay what if i cry

I have Bipolar as well, it's always been a struggle for me. But I've never once hidden my diagnosis from people. I have a bad habit of telling people I meet that I have Bipolar, it gets me judged a lot. However, I'm quite proud of my differences and I love who I am.

omg, being flaky with bipolar is the worst. When I'm in a depression it just piles on more guilt and shame.

I’m 47 & was only just diagnosed a few years ago after a near total mental breakdown. I was diagnosed with a serious life threatening illness & while fighting to stay alive my big brother & father died. After being placed on proper psychiatric medication I feel so much more stable mentally & physically than I ever was in my entire life. I can’t believe I lived so many decades in such pain. I used to pray for God to take me so I didn’t have to even breathe for 24 more hours. Now I have a FUTURE & I’m 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚- even on the worst days. Genuinely.
I’m sending ALL my love, thoughts & prayers to everyone out there struggling. It CAN get better. I promise.❤

One of the problems with bipolar is when I am in a manic episode, I will be very open about my bipolar to others when I probably shouldn’t be, since there is still a lot of stigma against mental illness.

Im 38 years old and I was just diagnosed. Ive been seeking personal stories like these to help me feel less alone.. thank you so much for sharing ❤

Girl, there are so many people have mental disabilities like you, most just don't talk about it. Thank you for opening up about it and helping to reduce the stigma! It's so important to talk about it and show people you are still a perfectly normal person who can life a good life, just with some more struggles and obstacles. I myself am 24 and have PTSD, my roommate has bipolar and I have a close friend with clinical depression. There are literally so many of us!

Also you are really beautiful, intelligent,  fun and seem to he very strong and resilient. I get the feeling we could be good friends if we would meet in real life!

Hi everyone: It's so nice to see you all again on YouTube.  I want to meet you all one day. I can relate to you because I am also bipolar. Take care and stay safe.

When it comes to the flakiness I’m definitely 100% that way friends and family can get extremely irritated and annoyed with me backing out of a lot of activities and of course when I’m feeling my highest and happiest I want to go make plans with my family so I’ll make plans with my family or friends and then at the last minute just flake out because I’m having so much anxiety about having to pretend and I just want to be real and I can’t be…. Because my brain feels like it’s going to blow up.

One thing I have always disliked is that people will say " you are bipolar." You wouldn't say to a person with cancer "you are cancer."

OH MY GOSH! So excited to be here!!!!

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my mania,when i was 18-19,destroyed my life and i had to pick up the pieces,i haven't felt the same since then and every now and then I spiral into depression

I was diagnosed 3.5 years ago and I’m just now starting to accept it and be able to process it. Tired of the shame and hiding.

I can totally relate to you and your situation being bipolar 2. I take my medicine and go to therapy. But there are still days that are bad but I think that’s just living with the disease. People don’t understand that it is a silent disease. That we look normal but we really have a disease..🌻

I didn't think that such beauty was possible.

You look like a young Catherine Zeta Jones, who coincidentally also has bipolar.🌸