Category: Living With Bipolar Disorder

  • Panic In Prose

    Panic In Prose

    I’ve been searching for a way to explain my anxiety. My depression. My hypomania. I’ve been searching for a way to explain it in a way that makes sense to people other than me. I’ve spent nights lying awake in bed describing it in masterful prose, swearing to write it down in the morning, but…

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  • Nobody Cares About the “Crazy” People

    Nobody Cares About the “Crazy” People

    The idea of being not just hospitalized, but forced into a long term psychiatric institution brings shivers of fear down my spine and overwhelming anxiety that I can’t shake.

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  • Making Summer What I Want

    Making Summer What I Want

    Summer is my season. It’s not just because I like warm weather and sunshine. It’s because the summer months are the best for my mental health and the time of year I’m most likely to be “okay” for a long stretch.

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  • A Not So Secret Double Life

    A Not So Secret Double Life

    I have compartmentalized a lot of who I am as a protective measure. Living a double life, so to speak, is how I get by. But it takes so much energy.

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  • Destigmatizing Psych Meds

    Destigmatizing Psych Meds

    Choosing a treatment for mental health concerns is a very personal decision. Whatever you choose to do or not do should be thought out carefully and researched before you embark on your journey. However, one treatment method that I have consistently seen misrepresented and subject to fear mongering by people who either have no experience with…

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