Intro
Every morning, I wake up with an overwhelming sense of impending doom. Laundry, dishes, daycare, dress, work, dinner, repeat. Every day it is the same schedule, and every day I fight the sense of feeling like this is all too much. Within five minutes, I feel incredible happy-I am a morning person, no doubt. I brew my coffee, browse social media, and begin to assemble myself for the day. It is at this point that I begin to feel anxiety. I have to get the child ready, I have to walk the dog, I have to, have to, have to.... I have to breathe. I am a 25 year-old person, who is living with Bi-Polar disorder. I am a single mom (although, I do not do it alone) and I am working full time and in the process of going back to school. I am proud of myself for my accomplishments, but there are many days where I wake up, feeling alone and wondering about all the other people that wake up with the same sense of impending doom that I do. So here I am. I am going to be that person ...