In 2012, I was diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder.
This blog is how I track and record my moods. I write down how I feel—a paragraph or a sentence or a page—and pick one word or phrase that summarises it all.
Why?
Professor Clive Holes once said: “You kind of own something if it’s called the way you want it called”. Sure, he was referring to Google Maps’ omission of a name for the Persian Gulf, but the same logic applies.
By naming these episodes, by giving them an identity, I put a claim on them.
They are under my control, not the other way round.