Tonight I'm dedicating my blog to Fra - who has from day one shown me more support, love and acceptance than I could ever have wished for. He appeared into my life out of nowhere at a time I wasn't planning or expecting to be starting a new relationship. The time prior to us meeting was probably the most out of control my moods had been in the past 9-10 years. I'm not normally one who believes in fate, but this certainly felt like it. Anyone who knows me personally knows that the two long term relationships I have had haven't been particularly healthy. My last relationship, in particular, spanned over 5 years and was extremely difficult for many reasons and my mental health was part of that. With that having ended I tried the whole online thing then ended up having a drastic drop in mood towards the end of April/start of May, the outcome of which was lots of phone calls to the Doctor and lots of anti-anxiety medications and increases of anti-depressa...
Recently having been diagnosed with Type 2 Bipolar Affective Disorder, I've decided to start this blog to write about my experiences - The Beauty that can only be experienced during mania or hypomania and The Beast that takes over during depressive phases.