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How a person feels like after first Diagnosis with a Mental Health problem like Bipolar I Disorder

     As a mental health enthusiast, I have learned the significance of being aware of the feelings after the first diagnosis of a mental health illness or disorder. Without proper comprehension of the impending normal, it is difficult to correctly manage a condition and live a full and successful life. In this article, I am explaining a personal experience that transpired during the initial stages of a post-diagnosis with my condition; Bipolar Disorder. This is to particularly build on the existing peer-support forums to help other fellows self-manage themselves by informing them what they can expect in case they had or have fallen victims.      After stepping out from the psychiatric ward, I first began feeling like my support system during the whole scenario had no clue of what was actually happening in my world. The immediate post-manic feeling was that of spontaneity. At one time, it felt like I was in control of everything happening and was constantly trying to justify all the rea

Struggles and Challenges experienced by Mental Health Victims after first Diagnosis with a Mental Health Condition like Bipolar I Disorder

       I can clearly recall that before I departed from the psychiatric ward, my skin was clear and unmarked by any ink for a tattoo. However, while trying to change the surrounding environmental perception of a psychotic catastrophe I had experienced, I found myself doing face tattoos that I didn't even know their meanings. To me, they were tributes to my past experience with the unprecedented traumatic condition that I couldn't even explain how it occurred. The action was primarily influenced by impulsivity, which is always a hallmark of Bipolar I Disorder, as I could identify after looking up my condition on several websites. The whole point of the face tattoos was to act as tributes to my past experience and create something incredibly distinctive that would easily divert the attention of my circle and close families from the mental health catastrophe I had just endured. Since the level of understanding and comprehension of mental health matters within my environment was sh