A Blog for Mental Illness
If you are living with a mental illness, you always have to look for the curve ball. These curve balls are what we call triggers. Real Life Scenario I had a very costly trigger today. It began last night when…
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Is it Depression? Have you ever felt like you had depression? The blues? Or you felt down but unsure if it was a mental illness? What about your spouse? Would you know depression if you saw it in your spouse?…
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President Trump and Mental Health This week President Trump and mental health came face to face because of a disrespecting celebrity. We saw a disturbing photo in the news and on-line of a beheaded President Trump. Kathy Griffin’s “sick” photo of…
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A Much Needed Break The mania, depression has given me a break…for now. Yes, there are times when I feel “normal”. Feeling normal is not the norm for me. For most bipolars, he/she experiences one or two cycles a year. The…
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“Our flag does not fly because the wind blows it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” – Unknown “Home of the free, because of the brave.” – Unknown Nightmares Under the Sun This…
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A Bipolar Interviewee This Bipolar Interviewee scheduled an interview with a law firm for yesterday afternoon. Trying to find a job is not the time to break down and have a freak show. Since the weekend, I have been feeling…
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A Mother’s Day on Thursday After having my own bipolar roller coaster on Mother’s Day, I spent the day with my mom for her day on Thursday. We had a fabulous time together. We ate, we talked and went to…
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Bipolar Roller Coaster – WEEE! Today is day five after quitting my nineteenth job since college. When I was in my twenties, single and on the bipolar roller coaster, I quit a lot of jobs simply because I liked the…
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A One-Way Prayer Providing Help During Bipolar Moments It is no secret that prayer is very important to me in managing my bipolar. Anxiety washes over me like a tsunami, I pray to God. Anger reaches its boiling point and…
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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms Bipolar disorder symptoms can vary from person to person. Just because you saw the movie Silver Linings Play Book where Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper act as though they have bipolar disorder, doesn’t mean that all bipolars behave…
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Read further to discover more about Bipolar 1 I want to first apologize to my readers and guests since I have been silent these past two weeks. Whenever I go silent, I am experiencing a bipolar 1 episode. I have…
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Life Conquering Ministries – First Appearance in Public On Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 10:30-12:30 the Southwest Campus Women’s Ministry hosted “Pinterest and Popcorn”. The event had a number of booths with an eclectic tapestry of ideas and topics. There were…
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