29/08/2026
REAL LIVES
Read Tammys Bipolar Story
I've lived with bipolar 1 for many years now, to be honest it hasnāt been easy, but Iām at a stage of my life where Iām truly learning to accept it. My personal experience with Bipolar is that the positives out way the negatives, some days the world is beautiful, everything and everyone, I cherish those times, unfortunately there are dark days, I tell myself āit shall passā doesnāt feel like it at the time, when I come out of a dip where I'm poorly, I start to see the world again, start to smile itās like being reborn, itās amazing, best feeling in the world.
I have grown up children who have never seen me any different, Iām their Mum.
It was difficult growing up, one minute you are like everyone else and then the next minute I felt so different, (overwhelmed/anxious/scared) for example, laughing on the back seat of the bus one day to struggling to breathe from just trying to find at seat, frightened to communicate, let alone sit next to anyone, feelings of being rejected. School had its ups and downs, able to concentrate and focus, taking everything in like a sponge, to days of nothing is going in (blank).
Nowadays are different, I found hobbies and interests all creative, using my hands, I seem to focus and switch of in my own world, my safe place . Donāt get me wrong there are days where I over do it, over obsess, no body is perfect, my full time job is looking after me, there are no days off, it doesnāt pay well but it keeps me going, my children are all fit and well, Iād say Iāve done my best and I will continue to do so
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