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I titled this a wasted life for two reasons, 1) I have wasted six decades suffering mental illness, and 2) hoping others in the board have an opportunity to find their recovery place long before six decades pass by. I was not diagnosed until I moved to the northeast. Never took meds, a didnt realuze...

Thanks to both of you.

The rest of my story is in "My Story"

You may have read my "new member intro ". I will try not to repeat myself. In response to 100footpole who asked in my intro: Is there a reason you are stopping church, peer group? i stopped church because, I am a strong person, but when it comes to social skills...trying to overcome social...

I wrote twice, but my iPad freezes and I loose everything. So briefly

I will come back a bit later and write AGAIN!!

I am Bipolar II ( severe depression, social anxiety, terrible isolatetion. I have lived alone for 30 years. I finally got past being lonely long ago, know I just want the world to leave me alone and I watch it go by outside my small living room window. I should be walking to the city park daily a bl...