Lola Ebola.
Tēnā koutou, Sanibonani, Hello, Howzit ek sê
Greetings from the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa/New Zealand. I’m an ex-pat South African originally hailing from (I’m sure my greetings may have tipped you off) KwaZulu-Natal, living in New Zealand for the past 6 years. I was honoured to receive a request from blahpolar to write a guest blog post here at Our Lived Experience.
My name is (not) Lola Bipola. As Blah pointed out to me the other day, I’m quite lucky to have been given a name that coincidentally rhymed with my disorder. That was some serious psychic foresight on my parent’s part. But it all seriousness, I have chosen to remain anonymous because I’m studying to become a psychologist. You would think that wouldn’t be any reason to hide one’s identity, but sadly, (research has shown) the truth of it is, mental health professionals are the worst…
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blahpolar 
“Lola Ebola”! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I was gonna mention that, but thought I’d leave it to you ;-)
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Use it in your next post for us :D
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Eish! Met ys ja
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KZN ne… Me too, somewhat.
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Ja jong – and we lived in George too… but not for long
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Very cool post, thanks lots and lots for doing it. Hope you’ll do some more along the way.
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Sure thing!
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My comment from OLE:
Proud ‘n pleased to see you join me here at Our LIived Experience as a fellow guest blogger, Lola (although I don’t hail from S.A. or the Land of the Long White Cloud like I wish, – um, more like Los Angeles!)
I knew your post would be insightful, fascinating and humorous, and it is. Thanks for sharing your journey with us here – that Blahpolar has great taste, I must declare!
And you’ll make a fabulous psychologist…one of the best.
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May more people who understand our demons become our psychologists, nurses, doctors, and shrinks. You’re amazing, Lola.
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Thank you Zoe! That really means the world to me xoxoxox
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