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Hello, I'm Mailia, a wife, a mother of four and a nurse. It took me years to admit something was wrong. I was embarrassed. Initial diagnosing and medication therapy was ROUGH in the beginning. It’s been three years now and I was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder type I. I have lost weight, don’t sleep well, and my coworkers have noticed the change in me. I feel for anyone dealing with mental illness especially when their family members or friends don’t understand. Every day I continue to live with and accept what is. I’m learning balance and have a great support system.

Chelsea was a 43-year-old married librarian who came to an outpatient mental health clinic with a long history of depression. She described being depressed for a month since she began a new job. She had concerns that her new boss and colleagues thought her work was poor and slow, and that she was not friendly. She had no energy or enthusiasm at home. Instead of playing with her children or talking to her husband, she watched TV for hours, overate and slept long hours. She gained six pounds in just three weeks, which made her feel even worse about herself. She cried many times through the week, which she reported as a sign that the depression was back. She also thought often of death but had never attempted suicide