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polerina
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Dwelling on the past
35 & Over Community / by polerina
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 December 23rd, 2022
...See more Hi. I'm a 36 year old single mom diagnosed with bipolar recently. I was successful, athletic, in a committed relationship with tons of friends and now I'm starting over. I worked so hard my whole life to get to where I was then BAM I had a manic episode out of no where and I lost my career, relationship, friends and was hospitalized. In addition my medications made me gain over 30 pounds and I barely have enough energy to get out of bed. I can't stop dwelling on my life before my diagnosis and how much better my life used to be and why did this happen to me. I hate this disorder and I feel like I'll never be happy again. I'm slowly putting my life back together but I feel like a zombie with no emotions or motivation. I hate feeling like this
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