Guest Blogger: Dawn and Schizoaffective Disorder

This is the latest installment of the bipolarhappens.com guest blogger series from Dawn:

The past few years have been extremely difficult. They would be
difficult for anyone, but when you throw schizoaffective disorder into
the mix, things seemed downright impossible! (Schizoaffective
disorder is a combination of bipolar or depression with schizophrenia.
Hell, in other words!) I was hospitalized in 2008 for suicidal
ideations and should have been hospitalized in 2009 for the same. In
fact, 2009 was worse than 2008. All I could think about was that my
life was an irreparable mess (broken marriage, severe financial
difficulties, low self-esteem, and an inability to hold down a job.

 I didn't see how I could get out from under). The only solution I saw
was to take myself out. However, even in that dark time, I still had
a minuscule will to live. I talked to a friend who understood me and
that helped.

I alternately searched the web for suicide [ Read More ]


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