Doctor’s Orders
Yesterday afternoon I saw my psychiatrist at group therapy. After confessing that I've been spending over ten hours a day (honestly, probably far more) on social media and that I've been unable to [...]
Success Over Stigma: Living a Successful Life with Bipolar – black dog pie: a magazine on depression and bipolar
Love this quote: "the reason you don’t actually cross the road when you see your BPD neighbour is that….. you have no idea she has it" BY GENE FOR BLACK DOG PIE · JULY 8, [...]
Motherhood While Depressed and Bipolar
Since I was eighteen-years-old, I suffered from symptoms of moderate to severe chronic depression. Until I was thirty, I coped with chronic depression using psychotherapy. When I suffered a severe breakdown at thirty, I [...]
Pledge to Blog for Mental Health 2014 Project
I pledge my commitment to the Blog for Mental Health 2014 Project. I will blog about mental health topics not only for myself, but for others. By displaying this badge, I show my [...]
Ode to my Sewing Machine
I concur with Doreen Bench I am an artist with limits I cannot do everything I cannot be there for everyone I am a mother I am a wife I am an artist [...]
Lazy Summer Days
Okay, so I've not exactly kept to my commitment to get outside and play, nor have I gotten any interior painting done. My son has played video games since he got out of [...]
Minor Tweaking
So last night and today I made some minor tweaks to my site. My blog subtitle now is: Living with Bipolar Disorder. Loved by God. Hope the new subtitle resonates with others. My former seminary [...]
Thank You Mentors
Not precisely Ten Things of Thankful, but I am using the theme of the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop as an opportunity to thank those who have mentored me in my spiritual [...]
Ramping Up
Have not been falling asleep on my own recently. Have had to drug myself, dosing myself with a combination of clonazepam, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), and a sleep aid herbal supplement. I chew the clonazepam and herbal [...]
Suicide Infanticide
Long, long ago When my son was very, very young I thought of killing myself But what about my son? I can’t leave him behind Well then, I’ll take him with me Oh, [...]