What You Don’t Often Hear About Bipolar and Mental Health – May 2019 reblog #2

For many, some of the symptoms behind Bipolar Disorder, as well as other mental illnesses, are more well-known – restlessness, increased periods of happiness, AKA a “high”, or going through intense periods of sadness, AKA a “low”, and overconfidence/feeling overly insecure. But with many illnesses there are uncommon symptoms that are not as easy to understand such as: engaging in risky behavior like impulsive sex, gambling away a paycheck, or going on big spending sprees.

Those exact symptoms played a large role in my life for years until my first hospitalization. I frequently spent my money on anything and everything. I had close to 10 credit cards and all of them were maxed out. When I’d get into a disagreement with my family or my boyfriend, I would search for temporary happiness in the form of materialistic items. It led me to be $10,000 in debt, and…