Reconciling the Past and Staying in the Present
Amy Gambles piece on Reconciling the Past and Staying in the Present resonated with my experience. I often feel like I have fallen down from up high, and am less of a person [...]
Dear Younger Me
You fuel your rage by seeing a psychoanalyst one to three times a week, exploring over and over how you had been abused as a child. You deepen your depression by studying psychodynamic theory [...]
To Conform or Not to Conform
Throwback Thursday, originally posted November 6, 2013:
Ambivalent about My Dogs
I am ambivalent about posting these dog photos. Although I love my dogs, I am still suffering from PTSD from an incident in which I could not control them, and they [...]
My Dad and Dementia
My dad has dementia - not Alzheimer’s, the most common type of dementia - but dementia nonetheless. His dementia has slowly progressed over many years and is greatly exacerbated by his heavy drinking. [...]
Holiday Drinking Triggers Me
Originally posted on STIGMAMA.com at Holiday Drinking Triggers Me, by Kitt O'Malley. Holidays I find unsettling. Not only are the days far too short, but visiting family can destabilize me and trigger bipolar symptoms. [...]
IBPF Consumer Track Meeting
Yesterday I attended the IBPF (International Bipolar Foundation) Annual West Coast Meeting - Consumer Track. The one-day consumer track meeting covered quite a bit which I outline here, providing links to more information. [...]
Full Circle
Mission Hospital Laguna Beach ~ my 2005 "Alma Mater" as South Coast Medical Center This morning I interviewed with Mental Heath Association of Orange County to be a volunteer Hearing Advocate representing [...]
Help My World is Chaos
We've been in the process of renovating our house over the last three years. My husband and I made the HUGE mistake of buying materials for several major projects up front, making decisions on [...]
The Boundaries of Love
Laura Droege's piece, "The Boundaries of Love," is so insightful that I must reblog the post to share it with you. My personal boundaries can be at times poor and permeable, so I [...]