I hate the fact that people think they need to fix me all the time. I am not broken. I have bipolar. I have found that since I have owned my illness I am more in control. I take my meds. I don't always agree with the doctors and I fight for what I need to feel better. After all who knows better than me what I am going through. Its taken me 20 years to get to this point. When I am having a "moment" when I am either up or down I find that instead of fighting it I accept that its going to be a bad day and I have put in place things that help me deal with it. I have become selfish in that I will not allow anyone to put me in positions where I feel uncomfortable and I have booted out all people who don't add value to my life and dont accept me as I am. Its empowering to just not accept everyone elses poop. I think we have enough poop of our own without having to deal with everyone else's. Its hard enough to get through a day sometimes without having some people make it harder.
I know that in that moment when it feels like its all going too fast or when I cant face the world, this too shall pass, and it does. Never let anyone tell you what you should be or how you should act of feel.
Like I said I am not broken!