I stand up for Mental Health

At age 23, I was diagnosed as a Bipolar, a person who obviously, has a Bipolar Disorder.

According to the Healthline website, “Bipolar disorder is a mental illness marked by extreme shifts in mood ranging from mania to depression. It is also called bipolar disease or manic depression.

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness marked by extreme shifts in mood, from high to low. This condition is also called bipolar disease or manic depression.

People with bipolar disorder may have trouble managing everyday life tasks, at school or work, or maintaining relationships. There is no cure, but there are many treatments that can help you manage the symptoms. “

When they first told me this, it didn’t make any sense, AT ALL. All I knew during that time was that I’m okay and everything was okay. But now, I can say that I have come to a point wherein I embrace it and there’s this certain awareness in me more than ever because of this.

I know most of you are curious what happened for the past three months, why the absence of this loud, bubbly lady who usually posts her breakfast smoothies, daily workouts and inspiration online..

I still don’t know how to start to share it. The words wouldn’t even come out from my hands as I type. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I must say, I have conquered a lot of fears for the past three months, my fear with eating other types of food as to what I thought was best for me, my fear of being and socialising with different types of people and I believe the most important thing that happened was that essentially, I have learned to finally let go.

For the first time in my life, I wasn’t in FULL CONTROL. I wasn’t following a very disciplined schedule that I have set for myself and have entrusted my health and wellness to a certain institution. The only major setback I can only think of is that I gained a couple of pounds, which we could all get rid of eventually, right?

Gosh. Those past three months had been a roller coaster. I was brought inside a Wellness and Recovery Center, a mild rehab if you may. Not that I was with drug addicts, but I was mainly with people who are diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, alcoholics, people who get mental seizures and other mild mental health cases. But surprisingly, I did not feel any different from all of them, nor from the people that I associate with now that I’m outside. I think that’s one good thing that my whole rehab experience brought in my life. It gave me that experience of oneness, surrender, mercy and above all, love.

I’ll be frank with you. I have so much, so much lessons and insights to share with you about such, about how people think that persons with mental illnesses are different and we need to be treated differently. Let me tell you this, in those three months, I have surprisingly found myself a second home, warmth, love and family from people that I don’t completely know. No matter how challenging it may have been and not getting everything my way most of the time, I can say that I have come out stronger, better and more motivated that ever from such experience.

Not that I’m boasting or anything but it has given me a deeper insight with life. I have much, much more appreciation with my family, with the people around me and even with strangers. It has been indeed a life changing experience that up until now, I’m peeling layers of myself and introspecting on things that I have yet to know about this beautiful experience called life. It has given me a purpose to live, a purpose to fight for, a thing to stand for.

I stand up for Mental Health. I stand up for voices that are not always heard. I stand up for oneness, for equality and fair treatment. I stand up for creativity to be expressed. I stand up for people to be nourished right and I stand up for our right to love and be loved.

I stand up for oneness. I stand up for beauty, patience, resilience and strength. I, Princess Loirenne Lasala Adao, stand up for the Truth. And that truth, lies in each and everyone of us. For when we truly live from our truths, everything flows..effortlessly…grace flows.

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