Hey, Miss J!

Daily writing prompt

What is the last thing you learned?

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That I wasn’t completely out of my mind, just sick from two different mental illnesses that parallel each other, then collide over and over again.

Or maybe I am out of my mind…

Sometimes, I feel like a stranger in my body. I probably need to talk to my psychiatrist again about that.

https://healthmatters.nyp.org/understanding-difference-bipolar-borderline-personality-disorder

I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolarism Type 1 way before this year. I thought BPD just meant I didn’t like it when people left me, but this explains so much more about how I behave when I get frustrated.

Or angry.

Or irritated. At. All.

Gotta love that genetic inheritance.

And early childhood trauma.

~J. Lyst

I’m pretty sure something else is wrong with me too, so here’s to finding out next visit!

I hope she don’t find nothing else… I already have like like 5 problems when you include the eating disorder…

I also ate pizza before doing this. Managed to not eat all of it this time.

… It was pretty good.

Will probably eat the rest in the morning. Or more steak. Mmm.