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…

My Positive Mania

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

My Thanksgiving

When I was younger I used to look forward to the holidays. What’s not for a kid to like? Tons of food, presents, and you don’t…

My Bipolar Teen Years

Trigger Warning: This article references abuse and sexual assault. I am not a professional. I write to help others and tell my story.

The more I write the more I think it really all started when I was in my teens. I know most of my issues with my mother happened…

My Mental Illness

Anxiety. The constant nagging dread. Insomnia that seems to last forever. Your mind races in circles for hours. Paranoia…

My Hospital Visit

This is the hardest one I have written. It took me weeks to get it all out. I am not a professional. Just a normal person…

My Diagnosis

I started seeing a psychiatrist in 2013 after my grandmother moved away. She was unable to care for herself. My oldest aunt decided it…

My Opiate Loss

You left us. What am I suppose to tell your grandchildren? What am I suppose to tell your kids? Did you think about any of this…

Social Media and Mental Health

The rise of social media has opened the door for more communication than ever before. The upside, you can…

My Thoughts: Claiming Disabled on an Application