Your Story, Part One – Who the hell did I marry?

This is it. This is me. This is us.
The saddest part is, I don’t think my husband will ever understand…

Don't Tell Me To Cheer Up

My main goal for this blog right now is to share the stories of people that are suffering from mental illness in many different ways, and from many different angles. The following was written by my husband:

“When I was 18, my idea of marriage was living with my wife, struggling through school, freedom from those tyrannical parents, eventually having kids, and then someday retiring together and dying of old age. I knew my fiancé was recently diagnosed with bipolar II and I had a pretty good understanding of the science part of the disorder. What I didn’t understand or anticipate was the effect that it would have on our lives and the support that would be required from me to try and keep her stable.

My wife and I met when we were 18, quickly fell in love, moved in together, and tied the knot all within our first…

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