A short while ago, I had a breakdown. I had been struggling for six weeks with mania, an episode which occurred due to my diagnosis of bipolar disorder type 1.
'I woke up one morning completely freaked out'The mania saw me do things such as spending a lot of money, being incredibly irritable, having trouble sleeping and making reckless decisions.
After six weeks of what felt like non-stop chaos inside of my head, I crashed.
After a drink with my friend, I’d returned home, and I made the decision that I didn’t want to be here anymore.
Nothing triggered that decision,… Read the full story