Bipolar Disorder

Today I am deciding to make a change. I am not happy with my life so I think it's time I step back and take a look at myself. I have lost friends and family due to my behaviors while under the influence of alcohol. Yet it still calls my name.

I started drinking when I was 14. I had a friend who had an aunt that still wanted…

My Defining Line of Depression

I am feeling down. Feeling lower than low. I can’t explain it. There…

February 2020

February 21, 2020

I woke up in a dark cold room. No longer dressed in my own clothes. Blue scrubs that…

My Paranoia

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

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…

His Story

I feel guilty. I hate that my family suffers because of me and my mental illness. I asked my husband to write about how he handles it all…

My Bipolar History

Hereditary traits

Is My Bipolar Hereditary?

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 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…