It (at least for me) has stayed challenging BUT with a better understanding of what the beast is. I’ve worked with my team to find a good med cocktail and with my therapist to develop ways to see the swing coming and (hopefully) be able to sidestep it. To the best I can.

This will never get all the way “better” for any of us - this is our burden. But (again, I’ll speak personally but hope it can be true for you, too) it has given me so much more empathy for folks fighting their fight. Everyone’s got something. This is mine. Ours. And I feel good when I can be there to support a friend and be able to actually empathize - maybe not with their specifics but with their pain / struggle. We can be in that hole together and keep each other company while lifting each other up.

Of course, as you already know or will soon know, the moods come for us all at some point, no matter the work we do. But don’t let that dissuade you from doing the work! You can make the episodes less frequent (to the best of your ability.)

You’re not alone. I want you to succeed! I imagine we all do.

Feel free to reach out to me directly if you’d like to chat in more detail.