To be honest...

...I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this.

I am often struck with this urge to do more to help create a world that my children will be able to live in without the stigma that will come from the mental health problems/differences that they will most likely inherit from me.

I believe that the best way to wear away the stigma surrounding anything is to help people understand the things that they currently don't. I'm not a celebrity, so I don't have access to the sort of media attention that is really required to make a big difference so I have to start here, with this blog.

Time for a little disclaimer: I'm not a psychiatrist. I didn't even finish my Psychology A-Level. All my knowledge has been gathered from my own experiences and and diagnostic manuals and articles. I do not represent all people with Bipolar, only myself, although I will post about Bipolar in general when the mood strikes me. My intention is to give a feeling of what it's like to be me, and hopefully be  educational and interesting while doing it.

I'm pretty sure already that my posts will stray away from Bipolar Disorder quite a bit. I'll be posting about politics, Feminism, knitting... anything that tickles my fancy.

So... here goes!

HELLO INTERNET!

Also- You may have noticed that this is anonymous  (although most likely I'll have directly linked you to this and I don't expect many other people will ever see this...). Noorden Zuiden is not actually my name. It means 'North' and 'South' in Dutch. The whole point of this is that I'm not ashamed of being Bipolar, but unfortunately we don't yet live in a world where I can reveal this to everyone in my life without repercussions so I will never mention my real name, the names of other people in my life or my workplace. For now.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far! xxx