The Best Days & The Worst

Erik Blackwell
4 min readJan 31, 2023

Trigger Warning: Contains references to suicide

by Author via DALL-E

There are good days, but nowhere near as good as they used to be. I miss my hypomanias and low grade manias. Nothing compares, but I don’t miss the psychosis. I do miss being on top of the world. The renewed sense of wonder, the amazing discoveries and connections, and the feeling that everything was perfect. I definitely miss that. I think every bipolar misses it after…

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Erik Blackwell

I write mostly about my experience with bipolar disorder, and my hope is that it helps someone. You’re in good company, and you are not alone.