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	<description>A blog about living with bipolar disorder as a force of good in one&#039;s life, from Leslie Hull.</description>
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		<title>The Hat Drops. The Tears Fall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Today I was at an adoption event and a lovely woman that I&#8217;ve met just a few times, turned to me, somehow recognized my emotion, though I thought I was unbelievably opaque about it, and said  &#8220;uh oh. Sloth!&#8221; I&#8217;ve felt unusually emotional lately, even by my measure, and I just haven&#8217;t known what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Shoe To Drop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been 13 months since I have had to crawl out of the terrifying hole that is depression. Some say a depressive &#8220;episode&#8221;&#8230;Well that was one long episode! It was nearly 2 years worth of episode and as so many of you know, a minute feels like an hour &#8211; and hour feels like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Cruising Altitude Bucket List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Because I have been forced into the anxious flyer category, now, while in the friendly skies, I have more epiphanies, more moments of clarity, more wine and  now, more plans about what to do with my life If I make it back down to the ground after lift off, then on up to 10,000 feet, I&#8217;ve decided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/12/my-cruising-altitude-bucket-list/</link>
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		<title>No Virginia, There Isn&#8217;t Such A Thing As A Perfect Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are your directives Virginia: Halloween BOO! Next, hurry up and be way grateful while your hand is stuck up in some poor unsuspecting turkey, then on your mark, get set, GO! 12:01 am black Friday and shop, shop, shop, while you had better hark hear the angels while you deck your halls while you roast your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/12/no-virginia-there-isnt-such-a-thing-as-a-perfect-holiday/</link>
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		<title>Being Thankful Alone.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grateful. Yup, alone. You would think as outgoing and extroverted &#8211; how nice, friendly and warm I am, I would have tons of options of what to do on the big day&#8230;.what to do? What to do? I&#8217;ve spent the last year coming out of my shell. Match.com resulted in many dates that I wouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/11/being-thankful-alone/</link>
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		<title>Give A Little, Get A Lot!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last few months, I have been in and out of a funk. Last week, oh so refreshingly, I was all bark and all bite. A big shout out goes to my employees who don&#8217;t deserve to be on the receiving end of my mercurial moods but curiously continue to show up day after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/11/give-a-little-get-a-lot/</link>
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		<title>Mental Health Day: Out From The Shadows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February of 2010, I wrote, out loud, about my bipolar. After the article was posted in World of Psychology, I thought of changing my name and entering a convent but there&#8217;s that silly little rule about a vow of celibacy. I googled, frantically  trying to identify a disorder for someone who feels the pull to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/10/mental-health-day-out-from-the-shadows/</link>
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		<title>Come Skate Along The Edge With Me!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to think I&#8217;m normal. I&#8217;d like to think I&#8217;m plain vanilla, Midwest nice &#8211; boring! Yes, boring might be fun (yawn), but the reality is that with the exception of &#8221;nice,&#8221; I&#8217;m probably none of those things, at least not on any consistent basis. I am a woman who has an ongoing love/hate relationship with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/09/skating-along-the-edge/</link>
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		<title>Why Not Mommy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve never been big on doing things the &#8220;normal&#8221; way. If I did, I wouldn&#8217;t live my life skating blissfully along the edge. Like some curious bystander, I&#8217;ve witnessed the engagements &#8211; wedding showers - bachelorette parties -  weddings (I gave up counting bridesmaid dresses) - baby showers &#8211; births &#8211; second children &#8211; third and so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/laughter/2011/09/why-not-mommy/</link>
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		<title>I Will Be Your Warrior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are told that a loved one has cancer, you can almost hear the tires as your life comes to a screeching halt. Time stands still, everything moves in slow motion. “I don’t understand. I don’t understand what you’re telling me. I don’t understand.” And that about sums up my reaction. I think, in [...]]]></description>
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