How Mental Illness Can Affect My Emotions
We all know mental illness is crazy - literally. Sometimes we are high like a kite in the wind, zipping this way and that, sometimes diving into the sand at the beach. But we are flung back up and fly again. Sometimes we are...
Take It One Moment At A Time
I have a really big problem. You are probably thinking, " Girl, you got a boatload of problems." :) But this is a problem a lot of us have, mentally ill or not.
I get sucked into this pattern of trying to do too much...
I get sucked into this pattern of trying to do too much...
World Bipolar Day 2018
Well here we are once again: World Bipolar Day. This is a strange day for me. It is a day to mourn loss and celebrate victories however small. Geez, what I have put this body of mine through. Nearly killing myself on more than one...
The Choices Of Being Beautifully Bipolar
I was speaking with a friend the other day and reviewing comments to some of my blog posts and noticed that a lot of what we deal with while being beautifully bipolar are choices. I often write, and you often feel, that there is...
Looking Forward When You Are Mentally Ill
I have a hard time looking forward. I am always broke. Will I always be broke? I'll be honest I am on Social Security Disability because this is all I can do - blog a couple times a week and even that takes a...
The Brief History Of My Mental Illnesses
Some people are able to be diagnosed with certain mental illnesses by small actions and symptoms. Often times more severe forms of mental illness surface in a person's early 20s. I didn't really meet either of those criteria. I was diagnosed after being released...
My Dogs Are Medicine To My Mental Illness
I have a hard time getting out of bed most days. Unless I have another doctor's appointment or psychiatry appointment or therapy appointment, I find it hard to get up early. I just want to sleep. I want the day to pass while I...
Resting Is Imperative For Mental And Physical Healing
Sorry I've been away, dear reader. I had surgery a week ago. I have never had surgery before and let me tell you, it is for the birds. I am in such pain. Originally I was on a medication that I was allergic to....
I Do Not Wish My Mental Illness On Anyone
There are a couple of people I REALLY, REALLY do not like. That ex-bestfriend in high school who slept with my boyfriend. I also don't think fondly of the boyfriend who abused me. Surprised? I didn't think so. I don't want to ever see...
Depressive Struggles
Being beautifully bipolar can be tough to say the least. One minute you are lower than the ground you walk on, the next you are higher than the heavens. Luckily, there is some in between time where things seem to balance just so and you function like everybody else.
Depression is a part of bipolar disorder. It rears its ugly head in many different forms - irritability, lack of interest in just about everything, isolation, fatigue....
