Essentially Samantha

  You are chosen - 1 Thess 1:4. You are called of God - 2 Tim 1:9. You are being changed into His image - 2 Cor 3:18 . You are a new creation - 2 Cor 5:7. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit - 1 Cor 6:19 . You are forgiven of all your sins - Eph 1:7. You are redeemed from the curse of the law - Gal 3:14 . You are blessed - Gal 3:9. You are the head and not the tail - Deut 28:13 . You are above and not beneath - Deu 28:13 . You are victorious - Rev 12:11 . You are set free - John 8:31 . You are strong in the Lord - Eph 6:10 . You are healed by His wounds - 1 Peter 2:24 . You are free from condemnation - Rom 8:1. You are reconciled to God - 2 Cor 5:18 . You are joint heirs with Christ - Rom 8:17 . You are more than a conquerer - Rom 8:37 . You are accepted in Him - Eph 1:6. You are complete in Him - Eph 2:5. You are dead to sin - Rom 6:2. You are alive with Christ - Eph 2:5. You have the mind of Christ - Phil 2:5. You can do all things in Christ Jesus - Phil 4:13...

 I see that a little round plaster sums up my mental illness picture. Its what they stick on my bum every other Wednesday at the top of my bottom to keep the antipsychotic from running out of my skin. You see I am battling 3 mental illnesses. Have been all my life although I only found out about them just after i gave birth when I had my first ever proper manic episode. Before I gave birth I used to think I had severe PMT. However looking back now I see that it was the Bipolar all along. I have Bipolar 1, PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder. I am a DBT graduate and have tried most medications apart from having surgery to re set my Vagus nerve, you name the medication and I have had it. The side effects keep me on a strict regime of Lithium and Quetiapine. It holds the mania back incredibly so I can function like a normal human being. To know me you would never know there was anything wrong except sometimes I am not around for long periods. I tend to stop indoors when I am unwe...