My Story
2018
My name is Hailey and I have newly discovered that I have Bi Polar 2 which is the less 'up downy' version of Bi Polar 1. At first I was embarrassed to share my story because I thought people would think I'm crazy but the more I shared it, the less power it had over me. I didn't think of this FYI, a friend of mine told me this and it stuck. I'm going to keep this simple because reading is sometimes boring and I usually like it when people just get to the point. So here we go... SO I started seeing things... you know you're run of the mill hallucinations. Girl in a yellow dress cowering near the woods, feeling mice run across my legs and hearing people in my basement. Just normal, everyday horror film stuff. So I swallowed my immense amount of fear and had my friend, Laura Heagy, take me to the hospital to see what was going on. I have an awesome psychiatrist who reassured me that it was just my Dopamine levels were super high because I was initially diagnosed with depression and the extra dosage of Dopamine = hallucinations and paranoia. So, now I'm in the hospital, getting everything fixed in my head (all the chemi-cally things that is). And now my journey is about learning to take on what I can and finding myself and my voice again. Something that is long overdue. The pictures displayed throughout this blog, demonstrate some of the moods I experience on a daily basis and eventually I'll be able to show what I do to cope with them. |