I feel like I've had bipolar for as long as I can remember. At least from 5th grade anyway. I do sometimes grieve the personality I had not on medication but I also know I constantly made horrible life choices at least once or twice a year because of hypomanic episdoes
2026-05-18 23:11:06
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Deadly Asylum :
I don't remember who I was before all this.
2026-05-18 23:01:22
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KateB2024 :
I don’t remember what I was like before. As long as I can remember I’ve had some quirks
2026-07-10 18:15:12
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magicmoon_scorpio666 :
I've had this my entire life. It just didnt make sense until I was finally diagnosed.
2026-05-20 04:37:36
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SharkLynn(Taylor's Version) :
I don't have any memory of who I was before the diagnosis since I was diagnosed VERY early in my life. bipolar is really the only version of me I've ever actually known.
2026-05-19 02:18:16
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ᛒᛖᚲᚲ :
After I got diagnosed I realized I’ve been bipolar since I was like 15.
2026-06-03 17:02:17
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Sacha G :
I was diagnosed at 11 with bipolar and 8 with adhd and I experienced symptoms for as long as I can remember so I never had a normal life at all
2026-06-07 23:37:43
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Moosk :
I just cried my eyes out to my therapist because I’m going through an identity crisis at 33. Just got diagnosed 7 months ago. I hope it gets better.
2026-07-10 00:56:04
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Danielle_celina :
I miss myself also… trying to deal with this
2026-05-19 13:59:00
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Megan Doucette :
Being diagnosed with bipolar and CPTSD, has made me a better person. I didn’t like who I was before. My diagnosis gave me a road map towards healing. I am not perfect, but I can now give myself some grace when I am struggling with symptoms, instead of going crazy about why I can’t be like everyone.
2026-05-19 16:03:31
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Red1023 :
Not gonna lie, I don’t know who I was before the diagnosis.
2026-05-18 22:56:02
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Shelby :
Yes! And I also grieve the people that left after the diagnosis
2026-06-22 04:45:45
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Philly B :
Diagnosed at 25. I can remember being called weird in middle school but I do remember having some genuinely good days off medication before the diagnosis. I don’t grieve for it as much as I just don’t feel genuine anymore. Like this isn’t “really” me. The me I used to be is gone. With or without medication I can’t go back to before I had severe mood instability.
2026-06-01 07:16:13
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Ariel P Baber :
miss the old me but now am loving the new me as well. old me was more outgoing new me is more not. use to love being with people now i want to be alone most days. but i am still me and its just what i have and i love the person am becoming. bipolar 1 been my life 12years now
2026-05-18 23:00:53
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Dhan Persaud :
I don't miss the old me where I was developing bipolar since I was teenager. Now I like being stable for 12 days now. My pop culture lifestyle makes things less boring.
2026-05-18 23:17:49
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Amy Sagl :
I lost everything and had to start all over again 😁
2026-05-18 23:03:14
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Clubine48 :
I believe I always had this disorder. I was 19 when I was diagnosed.
2026-05-26 10:23:28
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Emily 🎀 :
Yes 😭
2026-05-18 23:17:45
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ريما :
no I had the same struggles but I just didn't notice them until people around me kept calling it out
2026-05-19 13:20:02
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Jalissa :
I relate to this so much! Glad to see your videos again
2026-05-18 23:51:36
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茜予 :
I feel like I was normal only in middle school but then I started being depressed and anxious
2026-06-25 08:41:46
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Ashton Mackenzie author :
My medications cut my creativity down to nothing.
2026-05-19 12:45:21
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donotsellyourselfshort :
I was screwed from the very beginning
2026-05-19 21:06:53
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localboogeyman :
I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 28, but I’ve been showing symptoms since I was a teenager. I don’t know what I would’ve been like otherwise, in all honesty. I’ve been mentally ill for longer than I was before I became mentally ill. It’s hard to mourn what I never was going to have, but I do feel sad that I had to suffer so much before I got adequate help.
2026-05-21 12:40:02
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TFMF9000 :
Well put
2026-05-20 18:51:26
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