I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ptsd at the age of 19. I was medically withdrawn from college then, and spent over a decade trying to as you say "take care of myself." It was dumb hard and impossible. My life did not turn around until a trusted family member stepped in and assisted me. Mental illness is dumb hard to manage. My psychiatrist actually told me that I was lucky to be alive the first time she met me, after telling me that most mentally ill persons, attempt to self medicate with street drugs and reckless sexual behavior. I am also disease free and she was shocked at that too. Gaining balance after a mental health diagnosis is crazy dumb hard. Mentally ill persons, can't stay gainfully employed; needless to say that no money can land you homeless on the street and mentally ill. I've been there.
No one knows how mental illness feels from the inside out. One day, I plan to reenact my past dilemma and triumph, for the world to better understand. Mental illness is not a laughing matter. No two persons symptoms are exactly the same. I battled for almost a decade with mental illness, and I've spent the last nine years learning how to manage and balance it. I would not have made it if my family didn't step in. I was so dumb tired and extremely suicidal too before my family stepped in to help me. Mental anguish and sickness, is the hardest to bare. I'm just so glad that even though people see mental illness from the outside looking in, God (The Divine) knows the exact dilemma from the inside out. The tears are of the mentally anguished are real. I cried my tears non-stop for nearly a decade.
Judgment of the mentally anguished, is not what is needed. What is needed is compassion and prayer to a higher being, that a state of peace and balance will be granted to every person battling mental illness. Suicide is not the answer. No one will ever truly understand the seriousness of what I've battled, facing mental illness. through in terms of mental illness.
My mission as a singer, songwriter, recording artist, poet, actor, director, shaman, motivational speaker, and decent human being; is to be a shinning beacon of light for the world and other mentally anguished persons to see. I want the world to know that I am a fighter for all that is good and loving. I stand against hatred, injustice, malice, unkindness, ignorance, and a lack of compassion.
The world needs to know that mentally ill and mentally anguished people can be helped, if they desire to be. It's not an easy thing to balance but, It's a can be done. I've traveled the bumpy road to mental healthiness, and others can travel that same road too. My success as a human being should not be coveted or envied. My success as a person should be celebrated by all because, the odds turned out to be in my favor. I am a survivor that has mental illness. Mental illness does not have me. I want every person living with mental illness to live, and not die.
National Suicide Hotline: 988
No one knows how mental illness feels from the inside out. One day, I plan to reenact my past dilemma and triumph, for the world to better understand. Mental illness is not a laughing matter. No two persons symptoms are exactly the same. I battled for almost a decade with mental illness, and I've spent the last nine years learning how to manage and balance it. I would not have made it if my family didn't step in. I was so dumb tired and extremely suicidal too before my family stepped in to help me. Mental anguish and sickness, is the hardest to bare. I'm just so glad that even though people see mental illness from the outside looking in, God (The Divine) knows the exact dilemma from the inside out. The tears are of the mentally anguished are real. I cried my tears non-stop for nearly a decade.
Judgment of the mentally anguished, is not what is needed. What is needed is compassion and prayer to a higher being, that a state of peace and balance will be granted to every person battling mental illness. Suicide is not the answer. No one will ever truly understand the seriousness of what I've battled, facing mental illness. through in terms of mental illness.
My mission as a singer, songwriter, recording artist, poet, actor, director, shaman, motivational speaker, and decent human being; is to be a shinning beacon of light for the world and other mentally anguished persons to see. I want the world to know that I am a fighter for all that is good and loving. I stand against hatred, injustice, malice, unkindness, ignorance, and a lack of compassion.
The world needs to know that mentally ill and mentally anguished people can be helped, if they desire to be. It's not an easy thing to balance but, It's a can be done. I've traveled the bumpy road to mental healthiness, and others can travel that same road too. My success as a human being should not be coveted or envied. My success as a person should be celebrated by all because, the odds turned out to be in my favor. I am a survivor that has mental illness. Mental illness does not have me. I want every person living with mental illness to live, and not die.
National Suicide Hotline: 988