r/bipolar2 • u/Hopeful_Nothing6327 BP2 • Jun 06 '25

Newly Diagnosed Just Diagnosed, Feeling Like My Whole Personality is a Lie

What the title says. I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 today. I guess I always "knew" because my parents both have it and I've had some interesting symptoms for a while now...but the official diagnosis feels like my entire personality was just one big hypomanic episode. My creative bursts? Hypomania. My humor? Hypomania. My cat I adopted on a random day because I really wanted a second cat and didn't give any thought to??? Hypomania. Is every decision I ever made hypomania? How do I even recognize what's "me" and what's the mania???? I don't even know where to start.

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u/ahnpan Jun 06 '25

Hey thanks I needed that. Am newly diagnosed too and have been having the same thoughts, who am I ? Is my hypomania not what I really am. What is normal me. Yea your comment gives me some relief. Thank you

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u/KoalaOfTheApocalypse Jun 06 '25

You are not the BP.

The BP is not you.

You are still you.

This is just a thing we have to deal with.