It’s called “Bipolar Disorder”

It’s called “Bipolar Disorder”

It’s not depression per se, and it’s neither better nor worse.
It differs from one person to another, that’s for sure.
What I have is called “Bipolar Disorder”.
It means that I sometimes experience moments of severe depression,
And at other times, I feel intensely excited and euphoric.
The problem is that I’m always surrounded by people,
And many of them don’t really understand this disorder.
That’s why they don’t get how I can suddenly sink into severe depression, and just as suddenly experience intense excitement.
They also don’t get how I can sleep for very long hours
Or become sluggish and eat all day.
Then suddenly, I can sleep very little hours, barely eat anything, finish a lot of work in such a short time, and have tremendous energy to move around.
Even I can’t deal with my own self sometimes.
But it would be better if people stopped treating me as if I were crazy.

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