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The Darkness Comes (Originally published December 31, 2013)
The darkness threatened to close around me. I felt the tentacles stretching towards me, reaching, snaking their way through to my body and soul. I could see them, slowly moving in, becoming stronger, increasingly darker as they approached. The fogginess … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder 1, bipolar disorder 2, dark, darkness, depressed, family, health, helpless, hopeless, hypomania, mania, mental health, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychiatry, therapist, therapy
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How Did I Get So Lucky? (Originally published March, 2013)
Before delving into the more wacky side of bipolar disorder/depression/generalized anxiety disorder (That’s right, forgot to tell you about the latter, didn’t I? Silly me!), let me take a moment to say how grateful I am for this, that, and … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar 1, bipolar 2, bipolar disorder, counseling, counselor, depression, family, medical, medicine, mental health, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychiatry, therapist, therapy
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On Life, Death, and Birthdays
Today would have been my sister’s 45th birthday. She died five years ago. We weren’t speaking at the time of her death. Was it a suicide? She’d attempted suicide before. Was it an accidental overdose? Or was it one of … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar 1, bipolar 2, birthday, daughter, depression, dysfunction, family, mental health, mental illness, self esteem, sisters, sons
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