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My Struggle

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 a year ago, but believe to have suffered since my early teens. I had my first panic attack at age 13...right after my parent's divorced. After the divorce, my two sisters and I moved from one city to another barely making the rent. My mother also suffered from a mental illness that caused her, and us to live on the edge. I've lived that way ever since. Got pregnant at 19, got married. Had two children by the time I was 22 and then my husband left me at 23 leaving me with two babies, no job, no money and without a car. My stepdad supported us for awhile, but then took off and all the men in my life did. My second marriage I thought was perfect...but he too left me after 18 years of marriage, right after the kids graduated from high school leaving us in poverty once again. I have worked at the same job for 22 years and have just left it due to a breakdown.....I look back at my past and wonder how I got through?

When I Realized I Needed to Rally!

The breakdown and having to move in with my sister finally broke the camel's back. I had lost everything. Five years ago I tried to commit suicide and was in and out of hospitals. The look on my kid's faces when they came to visit was heartbreaking, but nobody knew the pain I had endured my whole life. I kept my feelings a secret from everybody and just kept going. One day I looked at my life, living with my sister, hating my job for 22 years, I got the chance to get a severance package. I had to leave both my sister's house and my job. I have had enough.

What Worked For Me

I prayed and talked to my kid's everyday. I also found a man that supports (not financially), understands,and motivates me to better myself. He is not the perfect man, he has problems of his own but we really click.

The Progress I've made

I feel stronger, have more hope for the future. I'm enrolled in school and want to be a member of the medical field...helping my fellow man.