Im tired of people saying bipolar is a superpower
I hear people say all the time that what I have is a super power but how??? I hate that I’m bipolar. I’ve been diagnosed for two years now and I feel it’s only getting worse. I’m so done with people giving this narrative online that you should be proud to be bipolar —why would I be proud of it? It’s the worst thing to ever happen to me. It is crazy to me that there’s people out there that don’t have to chronically be alert about their mental health and aware of any symptoms of hypomania or depression. I had the WORST hypomanic episode of my life 5 months ago that lasted 3 months and I’m extremely depressed now. I’ve been put on antidepressant (aside from my latuda) but it’s not helping. Why would I be proud to have this ? I don’t think I’m inferior to anyone for having it nor do I think I’m crazy but people need to stop spreading this agenda that having bipolar disorder is almost like a positive thing because it’s not. It’s something we have to live with and have hope that we’ll feel better but I pray in another life I don’t have bipolar. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic but spreading agendas like these only lead to false diagnosis and makes our mental health issues underlooked because it’s “nothing to be ashamed of”
Edit: so many people are saying that they’ve never heard it but I personally have heard it from therapists, psychiatrists, online, and by people in conversations I swear I’m not making it up😭 also I have ADHD too so I know they say it mainly for adhd but I still hear it for both