{"id":2545,"date":"2018-10-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:08:14","slug":"so-your-character-has-cyclothymia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-has-cyclothymia\/","title":{"rendered":"So Your Character Has Cyclothymia &#8230; Featuring Lily @ Lily the Lost Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"355\" data-original-width=\"474\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/So2BYour2BCharacter2BHas2BCyclothymia2B...2BFeaturing2BLily2B25402BLily2Bthe2BLost2BGirl.png?resize=640%2C478\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I&#8217;ve actually never heard of Cyclothymia before I came across Lily. It&#8217;s apparently similar to Bipolar Disorder but with some differences, so I&#8217;m happy to have Lily on to share.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- more --><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cyclothymia.jpg?resize=150%2C200\" width=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Hi! I\u2019m Lily, I\u2019m 21 and I live with Cyclothymia. I blog as a way to deal with my mental illness and help educate others about it so we can eventually break the stigma surrounding it. I also love animals, so I\u2019ll most likely be crying over cute animal pictures if I\u2019m not blogging, reading or sleeping.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lilythelostgirl.com\/\">Blog<\/a>\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilyTheLostGirl\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>How does Cyclothymia physically feel? How do you think it compares to those who don\u2019t have this?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">One second with Cyclothymia my head feels too heavy with a dark, depressive fog weighing it down. Usually, during this foggy and dark period, I tend to sleep and get very little done. And whatever I do, I\u2019ll usually need to rest or nap for a few hours\/ days after. Other times I feel excited and full of energy. It\u2019s like I have electricity running through me motivating me to get things done and to achieve my goals. A small task like doing dishes or tidying the house may seem like nothing to a friend without Cyclothymia, but to me, it might be something I have to really prepare myself for. You do feel different in a way when it comes to things such as that.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>How do you feel about having&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Cyclothymia<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>?<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I used to hate having Cyclothymia. Honestly, a lot of the time people just hear a word they don\u2019t know and think it\u2019s some horrific disease. Or if they know it\u2019s a form of Bipolar they tend to treat you a little bit differently. However, after reading Carrie Fisher\u2019s books and learning about stories from others that suffer with the same thing as I do, it\u2019s made it a lot easier to deal with. I\u2019ve come to accept that this is a part of me, but it\u2019s most definitely not who I am.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>What challenges does&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;pose?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">As I briefly mentioned before, it can be fairly exhausting and debilitating on bad days. Little things like washing my hair or having a shower may seem like the biggest thing I\u2019ve ever had to do in my life. I can\u2019t get my feelings out so my friends and family know what\u2019s going on with me. I end up closing in on myself on bad days. On the other hand, I start incredibly huge tasks and have fantastic and exciting ideas, put them in place\u2026. but never get round to finishing them. One really bad habit I have due to Cyclothymia, which has turned into a challenge, is spending money. If I get involved with a project or set my mind on something, chances are I\u2019ll need EVERYTHING to do with that idea\/ project. So I\u2019ll spend way too much money and end up with an empty bank account. Huge problem for me.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Is there anything you like about having&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I love that you can either embrace Cyclothymia or you can use it to educate others. I have embraced my illness, I\u2019m unashamed about it and I\u2019ll be brutally honest about it. But it doesn\u2019t mean that my illness is who I am, what I am or what controls my life. It just means I\u2019m a bit too much of everything sometimes. Cyclothymia is something that is rarely talked about so having people openly talk about it is fantastic. Having an illness isn\u2019t something shameful. Talking about it and sharing your story can be extremely beneficial to others in order for them to understand it and maybe even come to terms with their own experiences.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Do you think your day differs from others because of&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">This probably sounds like an advertisement for a work placement, but no day in my life is ever the same as the previous. I can be busy working on projects such as my blog, or the organization I\u2019ve founded one day, and the next I will be in bed, unable to move or even keep my eyes open because of how bad I feel in my head. I think what I do and how I handle whatever I\u2019m faced with in a day depends on how good\/bad I\u2019m feeling in my head and body. Sometimes my body will want to exercise, but my mind won\u2019t. Other times my mind will say \u2018let\u2019s go to the gym\u2019 and my body will be like \u2018no thanks, you nutter you\u2019re too sick to go.\u2019 So it all comes down to what kind of day I\u2019m having mentally and physically.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Do you have any cultural differences between others who also have&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;and those who do not?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I can definitely see a stigma around it rather than huge cultural differences. More teenagers these days are romanticising my illness and it\u2019s so frustrating because it\u2019s definitely not something you want. It\u2019s too much of every emotion, and trust me, it\u2019s not fun when you go through all the emotions before you\u2019ve even made it to your lunch break. It makes day-to-day tasks so much harder than what they are and the medication\u2026. let\u2019s not even start on how difficult it can be for people who take medication \/ can\u2019t get access to the correct medication to help them. Elderly people seem to think that medication isn\u2019t the way forward and that when it makes me\/others sick then it\u2019s clearly not working and we should probably do something \u2018the good old fashioned way\u2019 in order to \u2018cure\u2019 ourselves from this illness.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>What are some stereotypes about&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;that irk you?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">One thing I love being asked about is the manic episodes. That\u2019s because people have a stereotype in their mind and it\u2019s really hard to convince them that not everyone that suffers with Cyclothymia is that way. Mainly this stereotype includes a crazy, insane person with wide eyes talking about how colors are too bright and that they need to get to a field with a child to give to the aliens or else the world will combust. Maybe not that exact situation, but hopefully you get what I\u2019m trying to say with that one. But not everyone that suffers from Cyclothymia \/ Bipolar suffers from psychosis and that\u2019s perfectly fine. Just because the media gives you an idea of what something\u2019s like, it doesn\u2019t make it factual or accurate.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>What media portrays&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;badly be it a movie, a book, or a TV show?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">As much as it pains me to say this, I don\u2019t think <i>The Silver Linings Playbook<\/i> really got what it was like to have bipolar\/ cyclothymia. Pat (played by Bradley Cooper) just seemed overly obsessive (which can be true in some cases) about his ex-wife. But if you look deeper into the storyline or even care to take a closer look at the storyline, you can see that he suffers mainly with anger related problems and that could be down to his mistreatment from his father\/pressure from his family to \u2018be better\u2019. To me, Pat didn\u2019t have bipolar but I did feel like both the book and film made a good effort to challenge mental illness. However, having a love interest doesn\u2019t \u2018cure\u2019 your illness or make it go away. That is something that irks me greatly about the media\u2019s portrayal of mental illness.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>What media portrays&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;well be it a movie, a book, or a TV show?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Carrie Fisher\u2019s books are 100% accurate, honest, brutal and heartfelt. After reading them I felt like someone really understood me, and that if I could speak to Carrie she\u2019d tell me that my illness is just something I have to live with, just like a roommate, it doesn\u2019t have to be me. If you\u2019re looking for something to read and really understand what it\u2019s like to have Cyclothymia\/ struggle with Bipolar, then I can\u2019t stress enough how fantastic Carrie\u2019s work is. She will forever be a hero of mine and I feel like her books are sometimes like the Bible for when my illness gets too much.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Who are your top three favorite characters who have&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"background-color: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>&nbsp;in books, movies, or shows?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I, funnily enough, haven\u2019t come across too many characters with Bipolar in the books I read or shows I watch. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m reading or watching the wrong things but that\u2019s the truth. However, there was one book I fell in love with and let it break me even though I knew it would destroy me. All The Bright Places is most definitely one of the most brutally honest, heartbreaking, hilarious, thrilling, beautiful and exhausting books I have ever read in my entire life. Finch is\u2026. phenomenal. I fell in love with him, I felt like I had a friend that understood the way my brain works, and I felt his story could easily be mine. I won\u2019t give away an entire plot in case anyone really wants to be broken by this beautiful book\u2026 but I sobbed for days after. I couldn\u2019t tell if I was sobbing because of the heartbreaking story or because it was too similar to a path I went down.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1280\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=640%2C400\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Thank you again, Lily, for your candidacy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"background-color: white; clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px;\"><span style=\"color: red; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px;\">Are you interested in participating in this project? Shoot me an email at&nbsp;howellvictoriagrace(a)gmail.com.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"background-color: white; clear: both;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Do you have any characters that have Cyclothymia? Did this inspire you to write a character with this illness? Do you have&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Cyclothymia<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;and you have further input? Feel free to share! 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It&#8217;s apparently similar to Bipolar Disorder but with some differences, so I&#8217;m happy to have Lily on to share. Hi! I\u2019m Lily, I\u2019m 21 and I live with Cyclothymia. 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