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The Play is the Thing
As I’m more and less skillful in adapting to the changes in my life, I also get to ride the slippery slope of my bipolar disorder. Mania shifted to agitation, which dropped into a mixed state of...
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The Cost of Honesty
It’s hard to be honest when The Illness reaches this level of intensity. I’ve been told the despair and hopelessness are too scary, too intimidating, too uncomfortable to witness and cause a ricochet...
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Cancelled Until Further Notice
I know it’s bad when I start canceling. Responsibility. Dependability. Steadfastness. These are qualities my illness took away. I’ve never had them, really, just wanted them. I remember trying to...
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A Different Kind of Vacation
ø ø ø I’m trying something different. I’m taking a vacation from my life. I don’t know if this is brilliant—a true Oprah “Ah Ha” inspiration—or a self-destructive twist of bipolar delusion. I guess...
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It Takes A Village
Michelle’s post today in The Green Study got me thinking. She focused on how easy it is to over-share in blogs and wondered if it’s all just naval-gazing from self-absorbed recluses. Well, that would...
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Totally Subjective and Non-Scientific
Yesterday was my first day in the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP). This handout was the first bit of business our group worked through. In Parts One and Two, we marked the items we’ve...
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Fewer Doritos, More Gene Kelly
Now that the whole Valentine’s Day business is over, I can get back to the posts that REALLY matter. Me. Me Me Me. Me. Sometimes I’m dumbfounded by my self-absorption, my complete lack of empathy or...
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Fighting For My Life
I’m in a mood. I’ll just put that out there as a disclaimer so you know what follows is tainted. This is a mood that seems to keep coming back. Well. That’s bipolar disorder in a nutshell. So to...
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30 Day Forecast
Wednesday was my last day in partial hospitalization. It was a surprise. I went to the scheduled appointment with my counselor to talk about my progress and the work I’d been doing on my discharge...
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Mean and Scary
Since my last post, words of love and encouragement, texts, phone calls, offers, cards and funny videos poured over and through me. Part of it is Facebook. This was the first “I’m thinking about...
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