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Giving Someone With Bipolar Disorder Bad News Safely
I’ve had a number of people tell me lately that they don’t feel comfortable telling me bad news. The idea that people close to me are hiding serious issues from me because they are afraid of triggering...
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Like Black and White
The effect bipolar disorder has on my life is never quite as apparent as it is when I see two distinct periods book-ended together. The way things have been for the last four years I generally have...
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Brain and Body – One Unit
With my next surgery only three weeks away, any sort of mental stability has been… skittish, at best. The nice weather has helped instill some good hypomanic moments, but I have been randomly...
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The Difficult Relationship of the Empath
I read an article today I thought I would share called The Toxic Attraction Between an Empath and a Narcissist. While I find the article to be a little rough (and I certainly don’t agree with all of...
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Catching Up; The SSDI Denial
At this point, more than one curious person has asked me about my attempt in applying for SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) and to be totally honest, it is something I have been trying to...
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Travel; Mental Health Hurdles
This year my Grandma turned 80 years old, and to celebrate my family wants to host a camping trip in her honor. The reality of the situation though is that traveling anywhere (whether it is just...
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Stepping Stones; Stepping out of PTSD
Trigger Warning – my brand of PTSD came from situations involving sexual assault, and this post may contain loose details about that situation or other sexual topics regarding my recovery. Nothing...
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The Bees Knees
Though I do have mania that occurs on its own it has always attacked me more like a lightning bolt. It hits rapidly and jolts me into some kind of dream world before disappearing as quick as it came...
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PokéMania
I remember waking up early on a Saturday morning before my parents were awake to play Duck Hunt on the NES as a child. I wouldn’t call that my introduction gaming induced mania, but it certainly had me...
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Putting Myself Out There
Despite how busy summer has been I have found myself doing very few of the things I wanted to do. I’m fully aware that feeling helplessness doesn’t look good on me, so I decided to try a few things...
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