How to stay motivated in the face of repeated failures?

[Tobin S.]

2. Has any therapist ever thought that you might have bipolar disorder?

It looks to me as if you have a continuous cycle of feeling really good and feeling really bad. Contrary to popular belief, most people with bipolar disorder do not have rapid cycles. They are not happy one minute and sad the next. The total cycle can be over a year.

I think my cycle was about a year and I would have crashes like you. I was hospitalized three times for them.

I would take the information you have posted here to a doctor and have him or her evaluate it.

It's very difficult to make any progress psychologically while you are in the throes of mental illness symptoms. You have to get that under control.