I've been depressed, diagnosed, since I was 10 and it got really bad after I had both girls, I had postpartum depression. I'm not currently on any medications but have been in the past. I also have borderline personality disorder that was mistakenly diagnosed as bipolar and I also have post-traumatic stress disorder (this isn't an everyday thing for me, there are certain triggers that make it more pronounced, like moving away from my "safe" zone). I'm proud of all the progress I've made because there was a time when I was ashamed and embarassed by this but now I embrace it and I don't hide it anymore; it took me many years to be okay with it. My relationship with my husband is so so so much better now...we almost divorced because I was not taking care of myself and A LOT was coming out on him. We split for 5 months because I was not in a good place...now we are much much better. I can't believe how far we've come
but I also know that if I'm not careful I will become that person I once was and I NEVER want to be that again.
