On April 27th, I woke up and I felt it. I felt so alone and isolated. I felt like no one in the world knew where I was or how I felt. I knew the depression had come, and the mania was over.
It's exhausting to always try and be one step ahead of the illness so that I can prevent it. Perhaps I should let that one person and his recommendation of cognitive behavioural theray go; and just accept that this episodic illness will continue to come. And that I only have to recognize it when it does, and take the steps to deal with it at that time.