I have a pretty irrational fear that mental illness makes me hard to love. I’ve struggled with this for a very, very long time.

I have anxiety/depression, I’m bipolar and I have mood swings like crazy. I absolutely hate this. Medication lessens things a bit, and so does therapy. But I can’t shake the feeling that no one is ever going to accept this about me. I’m so scared it’ll drive guys away-as it already does with people I want to be friends with.

I just want to be normal.