Bipolar Disorder Demystified:
Mastering the Tightrope of Manic Depression
Welcome to the Tightrope
Living with bipolar disorder (manic depression)
is much like living your life on a tightrope—not because you
choose to walk that tightrope but because it’s the only available
surface upon which you can walk. One false step, one impulsive moment,
could easily end your life. Imagine being destined to walk that rope
forever—either romping ecstatically across it or fighting a force
that’s pulling you down. Rarely achieving that elusive level
ground. This is the experience of bipolar disorder.
Sometimes it feels great to be
up on that rope. Incredible surges of energy and power make you think
you’re invincible. You believe wholeheartedly that you can pull
off any trick you try. You know with certainty that you’ll walk
away unscathed.
Other times, you’ll find
you’ve fallen from your rope. You may lie tangled in the net or
stuck in a dark abyss below. Or the tightrope you’ve been walking
may now bind your body and threaten to cut you in half.
Untreated, bipolar disorder
can put you one story or even five stories up when you’re high
and one story or even five stories down when you’re low. If
you’re lucky, you may experience balance for a while. But you can
never fully trust your next step. You can never fully trust your own
mind.
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