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Age: 37

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"I constantly fight the demons inside me, battling a war between logic and nightmares. I am exhausted from putting on a brave face, and I let it seem like I have everything under control, because people can get tired of me being tired all the time. In that moment I can’t see another way, because I have already tried the other way — living with a mental illness in a world that rarely understands or support it."

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Exhausted

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Last Reply: acuriousfish 06/04/2018

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It takes so much to just get in the shower, and take out my dog, and get in my car and drive to school or work. By the time I'm in class, I'm exhausted because I just used up the energy I had to get here. My affect is flat, and I can't participate, and my professors think that I'm just bored or disengaged. I wish I could tell them that I'm exhausted. Exhausted from fighting most of my life to not let this disorder take more from me than it already has. I wish I could say, "Hey, I have bipolar...
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