How Does One Handle the Dignosis?

         Good evening my readers, I realize the days I take off from blogging, just how much I miss doing it, but like with everything in life, there needs to be an equal healthy balance. Today’s topic is about “How do you deal with that official diagnosis?”Many of you are starting out on this journey; others have walked it for quite some time. We know everyone handles circumstances different, that’s what makes us all so amazingly unique.

        The question I’m throwing out there today is. How do you handle the news when the doctor says… you have bipolar? Do you run, and deny the truth? Do you accept it and learn to cope? Do you get angry and fight against it? Are you afraid and just shut down? All these are normal feelings to have when given such news. But I can reassure you, it’s not the end, it’s how we embrace and react, that will make all the difference.

        I’ve heard people give different answers to this question? Many of them have felt so alone and isolated, and many never even realized that they weren’t alone. Others whose families did not give any kind of support and   they just looked the other way or looked at you like you were trying to get attention. Nothing hurts more than when those who are suppose to be our family lack in the compassion area .I’ve been very blessed over the years to have an Amazing supportive family.

        It can feel like you’ve been hit by a ton of bricks, that this is a life sentence and that you will forever be tied to the label of a diagnosis of bipolar. As with any struggle we face in this life, there is HOPE… even if we feel it’s a thread, there is Hope! When we surround ourselves with others who are dealing with this too, who have already been down this road and have learned to cope, seek those individuals out, they are the ones who can help light the way.

      Don’t shut down, reach out for help, we weren’t meant to walk this life alone, WE need one another. I encourage you all to work on changing your view, it won’t happen all at once, and I can reassure you feelings of all kinds will come, but knowing you’re not alone, you’re not crazy, there is a NAME to it, and you know there is Help out there, can make a world of difference in hearing a diagnosis and becoming prisoner to it, verses hearing it, and learning what it means and how to live a productive and beautiful life you so deserve.