Despite the title, this blog will be far from depressing. Let me start by saying this blog WILL be about depression, bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia and other mental disorders and diseases but far from sad. I hope to open this blog to any and all who have dealt with mental disorders, known somebody with a mental disease, or who are just curious! I have suffered from depression since ninth grade of high school. For anyone not interested in the math, that will be seven years January 2017. Alongside that, I have also developed anxiety that makes my depression even worse. Even though I have dealt with this for what seems like a long time, I still don’t know how to DEAL with it. Everyone’s mental disorder is different, even if it’s the same disease. Coping methods differ, signs and side effects of the disorder vary, and every single person who deals with anything like this will deal differently from everyone else. This blog is to inform those who have or know someone with any type of mental disorder; to help establish that these diseases shouldn’t be frowned upon or made fun of, and neither should the way people deal with them. Hopefully through this blog I can meet a variety of wonderful people who go through the same things I do, or something completely different, in order to establish a connection while helping others in need at the same time. By no means am I an expert on any of the above, but I am hoping to become slightly more informed on the topics and ideas!
