Too Polarized, the name of this blog, was inspired by a personal experience with Bipolar. Bipolar disorder generally gives off a negative connotation (OMG, she’s so bipolar!) which perpetuates the stigma around it and other mental health disorders.

Well, I’m honored to have it. This definitely wasn’t my mentality about Bipolar when I was first diagnosed but I’ve come to a level of great acceptance. Those who have bipolar disorder are generally more creative, artistic, and have good leadership skills and/or leadership roles. I am, by nature, creative and artistic, thinking “outside the box” almost every second of the day.

So why am I honored to have this disorder? After all, a disorder means that you’ve crossed the line of normal to abnormal, sanity to insanity, right? Wrong. Having a disorder is just another way of letting you know you’ve got an added challenge in your life that can strengthen you if you choose to do so. No one is normal. No one is completely and utterly insane. We all have some elements of a natural bipolarity; I am blessed to have had this  challenge because I overcame it and I was taught at an early age what suffering truly meant which brought me to accumulate more empathy and understanding to other’s painful experiences or challenges that they have faced.

So what is this blog going to be about?  Well, just about anything! Whatever my outside the thinking box gets inspired to write, that’s that. However, this blog will also be an expressive and personal adventure for myself and those who read by the sharing of my polarized self and experiences. Bipolar isn’t all of me, it’s a part of me that I fully accept.

Reading this blog is like entering the inner workings of my mind, which will without a doubt be nothing but interesting.

~Peace & Love, Dana