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Sat May 17, 2008, 4:55 AM
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So after two months I finally manage to take some time and update DA a bit. Not that I have anything to update apart from a journal. Maybe I should consider journals as an art. Right, anyway.
Two months of therapy have passed, and I have learned a lot about the human psyche as well as myself. The end conclusion was most interesting though. During my last weeks, I Had asked for a thourough evaluation of my psychological self. So I got to do some fun tests, such as the Rorsach-test (that's the one where they show you ink-stains and ask what you see in them), a lengthy Yes-No test with 567 questions, etc. And so we found I have a form of a bipolair disorder, type II, which is similair to manic-depression. I remember the psychologue telling me this very gently, as if she was afraid she'd insult me. But I was relieved. Finally I knew what was going wrong all these years, and that it's just something I couldn't help for most part. I felt almost redeemed in the dys after I had gotten the news. It suddenly made more sense, all these things that went wrong and that I couldn't fix. I wasn't the problem, it was (and is) my disease. Because that's what it is, a disease (not contageous, don't worry). It's something I can't help, but I have to live with, and learn to control through various little things that are obvious to other people, but not to me. I was able to let a few things that have been bothering me, go now. Pain subsided, thoughts and memories became just that, and it was as if the sun broke through a rainy day. The enemy within has a name now. Which makes it a lot easier to send hatemail (I kid I kid).

More news, I got a new girlfriend, and she has a page on DA. Gogo visit Lienemien. Now, k tnx. µ

Note to self: journals getting shorter. Must change!

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:iconthe-grimm-reeper:
they put you on meds for the disorder?

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:iconyveske:
No, I'm currently not taking any meds as it is not needed while I'm in a so-called 'manic' phase of the disorder; Basically, my form is where I go from being quite happy, to very depressed without any real cause for this over the course of time. When I should feel myself slipping into a depressed phase, that's when I should take meds. It's all a bit vague perhaps, but it's not easy to explain.
:iconthe-grimm-reeper:
No i get it, i hope this knowledge bring stability to your life now =)

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Come On Baby... Don't fear the Reaper
Check Out My Gallery... Don't fear the Reaper
It's Very Fly... Don't fear the Reaper
This Sig is Sneaky...
:iconzandaa:
I'm glad to hear you finally know what was wrong Yves, you're a good person and don't deserve being left to suffer in the unknown. I hope things will only go up-hill from now on and I hope to read way more of your writing as it comes. I've missed ye all this time mate :manhug:

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:iconjunipersweet:
I read this journal already! Why didn't I write what I wanted to?
Probabely I was just as tired as I am now.. damn, after a while even such an overdosis of sunlight can't keep me up.
I am very glad you found out what "is wrong with you". Call me arrogant or I don't know what,
but I feel I can well understand what you've been and are going through. Maybe that's just some syndrom of me,
"aanvoelen" what other people feel. I too must have at least something, because normal I am not :P
Anyway, how are you dealing with things ?
Congrats on the girlfriend. Can be a ehm "steun" . *english going to garbage bin to make room for Finnish*
Write another journal :) We want to hear from you.

PS: The ink test sounds fun ! What did you see? Always wanted to try that... I tend to see flies and salads

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