Britts Fight for Life (A mental health battle)

 For anyone that struggles openly with mental illness one of the first things most therapists will talk to you about especially if you struggle with suicidal thoughts is a establishing a support system. I didn't know much about what kind of support system I needed until I was laying in a hospital bed where I had no choice but to tell the people around me that I had planned to take my life earlier that day and would have gone through with it if it weren't for a single text that snapped me out of the state I was in.  While in the hospital for my suicide attempt I learned a lot about support systems and how those people can help you through the bad days and will help save your life when you feel like you have no one left. In those moments I started to think about who I wanted as my support system. Who I could trust with literally my life and who would be willing to do whatever it took to keep me safe. I wanted to choose people who would learn about my diagnosis' and who would ...

 Just when you think life can't get any crazier and more complicated the world throws a wrench at your face and laughs. If there is anything that I have learned about life is that it never stays the same, at least in my world. You think that you have finally figured out all the things wrong with you and then the world just decides to add one more thing, because if having major depressive disorder, anxiety/panic disorder, Borderline personality disorder and PTSD, lets just add some Bipolar on top of all of it to make the cherry on top. I mean in a reality most of the things I have (anxiety, depression, BPD) they all mimic Bipolar disorder so it makes sense why I was diagnosed with those at first and no one really realized it was actually Bipolar disorder. Bipolar is so hard to diagnose and it takes someone truly listening and looking into your medical history to realize that's really what's happening. For some people that's all it is, it's just bipolar disorder and t...