My Mania and Addiction

I wasn’t always this way. I started out having a drink or two at parties surrounded by friends. Fun times by a bonfire…

How to cope with over-stimulation when you are a Highly Sensitive Person

When the attention span shortens and we notice our mind drifting away, we can say these are the first signs of over-stimulation.

My Parents: From Anger to Understanding

Recently, I started seeing a therapist to help me through some of my anxiety. Seeing a…

My Mental Health and the Holidays

The holidays are a rough time of year for me. I feel like I a missing something inside. Something…

My Positive Mania

Mania: is a facet of type I bipolar disorder in which the mood state is abnormally heightened and accompanied by hyperactivity…

Breaking Away from a Narcissistic Mother

Growing up my mother wasn’t around much. She usually worked odd hours. My father was the…

The Price of Belonging

“You look at me, and you don’t like what you see. But this is the price…

Parenting with Mental Illness

I imagine every parent feels this nagging voice in their head that questions if they are doing things…

My Irrational Breakup

What do you say to someone that you have been married to for several years, and one day you wake up and you feel like…

My Paranoia

Paranoia is the irrational and persistent feeling that people are ‘out to get you’.