This might sound slightly odd, but as much as I absolutely hate this mental illness and what it’s doing and has done to my life, marriage, relationships, and family - I’m actually somewhat thankful I know WHAT caused it all to crumble.

I’ve only recently been diagnosed, and so scared and already starting to panic about the work I have to put back into myself. But I’m also slightly relieved that I have an answer for a life long history of manic and depressive episodes, all the dissociation I’ve done, all the pulling away, all the clinging onto nothing out of not wanting to feel alone... all the times I cried for what I thought was no reason, or how deeply it hurt when I was rejected thinking that I was broken.

At 32, I finally have some answers.

What were some of the best tools you used when learning about yourself after diagnosis?