Conquering Bipolar with Jesus
Everyday I feel like I am fighting a battle. Fighting to stay awake, fighting to stay present, fighting to stay focused, fighting to get out of bed and get a shower, fighting to stay up instead of down. If I…
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Life is tough darling, but so are you. – Stephanie Bennett
“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.” – Elizabeth Gilbert Anxiety and Depression Over the years, my mental illness has weakened my backbone. Mainly anxiety and depression has chipped away at it. I said “no” to many opportunities…
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Is the Insomnia ending? After a week of little sleep, today I slept in past 11 a.m. I also took a nap that lasted for more than an hour. This must have been my catch-up day on sleep since I…
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Have you ever been in the land of insomnia? I have. I am there right now. Staying awake until 2 a.m. when I have to get up at 6 a.m. This is rather a huge adjustment. I used to go…
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Rapid Cycling Bipolar Symptoms Today was a trying day. I was experiencing rapid cycling bipolar at work. Rapid cycling bipolar is when you cycle through the two poles of bipolar, depression and mania, very quickly. For me it is one minute I…
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I am definitely not a night owl. Now, that doesn’t mean I am a morning person either. Here lately, I have been wanting to stay awake past the time that I need to go to bed. I am willing to…
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It is nearly 2:00 a.m. and I can’t sleep. My husband is working right now. The dogs are peacefully asleep by my side. But sleep eludes me. Having bipolar I with psychotic features can be somewhat fun. The manic episodes give…
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Out of the Blue Today I met someone who has bipolar like me. We had an immediate connection as if we had known each other all our lives. It did not take us long to become bipolar friends. With our time…
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Last night I was sitting in the waiting room of my psychiatrist’s office. I am a people watcher so I checked out my surroundings to see with whom I was keeping company. I saw a middle-age man in a sort of mechanic…
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What is hypomania and mania? Hypomania and mania are one side of the mood coin of the mood disorder, bipolar. Hypomania is less intense than mania. If mania is a nine or a ten on a scale of one to…
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What are Phobias? Bipolars can experience phobias, too. These are intense fears that are out of proportion for the particular situation. When a bipolar person is faced with a dreaded situation (public speaking, heights, leaving the house, needles, spiders, small spaces,…
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