How My Bipolar Changed My Life

At the age of five I was a very unruly child. I was diagnosed with bipolar, which led me to become angry and want to hurt others. My parents could not take me out to eat because I would cause a scene and embarrass them. Every time my brothers got a new toy I had to play with it first or else I would throw a fit until I got my way, which made others not want to be around me.

As I matured I started to grow out of my bipolar and was able to control it better. Today, I still have outburst but they happen less frequently compared to when I was younger. My five year old self would probably be proud of the man I have become today. When I was five I didn’t think that I would ever be able to control my anger or not to have take medication to control it. I think that if I met myself at the age of five face to face, my younger self would give my older self a hug and cry with happiness because there is hope that it will get better. The anger will lessen and people will want to be around you because there are no more episodes. …show more content…
The fact that I have become a leader in my school would put my younger self in awe. I struggled for many years, yet I still persevered through it and have achieved many things. I would have never thought that I would be number six in my class academically, or even a leader in the classroom as well as on the athletic field. I have changed in so many ways since I was a child and am still continuing to change as I grow up and look into my