Well its been almost a year since my last blog post and I am so excited to be back here where I feel most comfortable. A lot has happened in the past year since my last blog post and I have a lot of catching up to do so lets get into it shall we :)
When I last left off back in 2015 my life really was starting to turn around. I had just gotten a fantastic job, I got my car back and was rebuilding a positive relationship with my parents again. I moved out of my Aunt's house and began to live a more independent life rooming with my cousins. My mental health was in great standings. The medication I was on was helping me and I was seeing my therapist regularly for my bipolar disorder, I met some fantastic new friends (shout out to Zynobia Gomez, Jasmine Highsmith, and many more). I landed a beautiful role as the, "Double Minority" for one of my good friends plays, "SPEAK TO MY SOUL" something that I have not done in a very long time. And for the first time in my life I was working two jobs and finally THRIVING! I was so proud of myself and I was actually feeling like a productive member of society. But all that hard work that I did seemed to go down the gutter and was very short lived.
One thing that I mentioned in my past about my struggles with my bipolar disorder is that when everything seems to be going right that I feel the need to slack off on taking care of myself and my mental health. And that's always my downfall. I stopped taking my meds in October and for awhile I was still doing pretty well. Slowly but surely however my mental health started to deteriorate again. Over the holidays I was not myself. I started relying heavily on Alcohol again as a way to cope with my stress and pain. And boy there was a lot of stress, The holidays for retail and working in a call center environment started to get to me very badly and I couldn't seemed to get a grasp on things.
Long story short, I FUCKED UP....AGAIN!
I ended up having another bipolar crisis and ended up in the hospital again. I lost everything that I worked for and now I was yet again back to pick up the pieces of my life.
So fast forward to 2016. I'm back at a different place again. I moved back in with my parents in Lancaster, I'm in a happy and loving relationship with my Boyfriend, Ryan Glynn and plan to move to Philly with him. I'm working full time in retail and I'm well aware of my mental health and track it daily.
There have been so many times where I wanted to give up on myself and even as I write this I still feel that way most days. However, I must have some type of purpose to be on this earth because God keeps on giving me numerous second chances. I am just glad that I'm here to continue my journey and hopefully help somebody in the long run.
I'm very excited to be back on my blog after a long hiatus and I hope you still would love to continue the journey with me as I share my story of being a Miseducated Black Gay Guy.
Look for my future posts every week full of different blog post topics and videos.
Until next time!
PEACE. LOVE. GRATITUDE <3
Kareem Anthony