‘You Don’t Know’ & ‘I Am the One’
Susan Zarit of Bravely Bipolar posted this video clip from the 2009 Tony Awards Performance of 'You Don't Know' and 'I Am the One' from the Broadway musical Next to Normal on her blog post [...]
NAMI Week Five
Colorful and Monochromatic Roses At the end of week five of NAMI's Peer-to-Peer training, we learned the concept behind Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT. To begin seeing the world in less black and white [...]
Prevent Suicide
RIP Robin Williams National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 Everything below is directly quoted from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/: Why call? No matter what problems you are dealing with, we [...]
NAMI Week Four
Kitt's Story Today was week four of NAMI Peer-to-Peer classes. In week four, we shared our personal stories. I am taking the opportunity to copy and paste my story here: My [...]
Am I Bipolar or Do I Have Bipolar?
Do I have bipolar disorder or am I bipolar? I know many in the mental health community feel strongly about the meaning of this linguistic distinction. Can I honestly claim that I am not defined by [...]
Thought Wisps
Thought Wisps F*ck what was I thinking? Cannot recall. Had a thought or perhaps even more than one. Something to write for my blog. Now I'm drawing a blank. My mind cannot [...]
Dragging My Knuckles
My Brain and Mood Today ~ Grey and Cloudy with a Chance of Rain Yesterday saw my nephew off at the airport. Now I'm dragging my knuckles on the ground. Head [...]
Exhausted Again
Exhausted and Bare As could be expected, I am exhausted. Have run out of juice. A couple (few?) weeks of hypomania and overstimulation, and now I'm dragging and headachey. Got what [...]
Brain Slog Today
Brain Slog Self Portrait Okay, now as the result of overstimulating myself into hypomania and over-work by obsessively and excessively engaging in social media and spreading myself too thin --> I'm totally [...]
Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, & Medication
Sertraline 25 Mg Oral Tablet by zrrdavatz, on Flickr This post is inspired by #medsandmotherhood week at STIGMAMA.COM, most specifically, this article: Pump and Dump, by Walker Karraa, PhD #medsandmotherhood. Before [...]