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The maddening adventure of trying to figure out who I am

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So, personally, I have found that battling with comorbid mental health conditions makes it very Difficult to pin down exactly WHO I am. Am I that lazy human shaped lump huddling under the blankets on sunny Saturday afternoons who glares at the sunlight peeking around the cracks of my blackout curtains who can’t for the life of her figure out how to find the energy to stand up or think productive thoughts? Or am I that sad excuse of a homo sapien whose perfectly healthy heart periodically decides to become tachycardic because someone has decided to approach her and ask her questions or try to engage her in conversation or, god forbid, calls her on the phone? Or am I the full of smiles, witty coworker that others seek out to talk to because I am kind and engaging, as well as being that one person in the office you can confidently complain to about others because she doesn’t spread the information that is shared with her. Maybe she is the emotionally fragile female who finds it difficult to form a solid opinion about anything or perhaps the bitter, vindictive, passive aggressive girl is who she really is.

But the most likely answer is that I am all of them, plus many, many more. And all of those versions of me battle for daily dominance and the most recent trigger will decide who wins that day. So I suppose it’s no surprise that my strongest feeling, most of the time, is fatigue because I hate confrontation but my inner self does nothing but fight all the time. And I would guess, my mental health tribe, that you all are tired all the time too. We are all fighters of the toughest kind and I hope you will remember that fact whenever outside ignorance calls you “weak”. We are not WEAK, we are only momentarily tired and overwhelmed but we always get back on the battlefield. Every. Damn. Day.

I salute you all.

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