It can be incredibly difficult to find yourself after a lifetime of mental illness. It can feel like you never developed a personality without your illness. There is light at the end of the tunnel though; you can find a new version of yourself who thrives on peace instead of chaos. 

Those of us who struggle with chronic migraines know that the often misconstrued definition of “A Very Bad Headache” would be a dream and we wish nothing more for that definition to be true. However, a more accurate definition would be “world ending all consuming pain that makes you wish you could be like that headless chicken that lived for three days”. To put it simply.