Fast forward over a diagnosis of bipolar II, and a life change with medication, sleep protocols, and other lifestyle changes (no alcohol), and my moods are stable. However, I've discovered what I thought was natural extroversion was actually my hypomanic moods, and my normal state was introversion.
Yesterday, my psychiatrist agreed that I am, indeed, an introvert.
This may be one of the hardest adjustments to make with my bipolar -- that some of what I regarded as natural aspects of my personality were actually traits fueled by chemical imbalance. This adjustment is harder than it sounds -- I find myself quoting a Myers-Briggs score from 20 years ago that is no longer valid, and it hits me with a small shock.
What will it mean for me to be an introvert?
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