Clarity in the Aftermath of a PTSD Episode When symptoms subside, how do I recover and stabilize? I succeeded in not jamming myself full of drugs and alcohol yesterday, despite what felt like the most significant onslaught of PTSD symptoms I’ve had in a long time. After running my mind ragged and writing myself tired, …
Self-Love Is The Answer To Feeling Well Everyday Why Outward Accomplishments Lack Long-Term “Feel Good” You know those 2 or 3 big things you want for yourself? The things that will allow you to have self-love, or let yourself be loved after you accomplish them? If you just could “get your shit together more,” or …
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Experience “A Day In The Life” Of Bipolar Mixed Episodes My personal notes from a five day brush with hell It’s my birthday today, and I am MANIC. There’s also a heavy helping of loathing depression… I think I might be entering a bipolar mixed episode. Can I ask you something, reader? When the party …
How The Ocean Can Teach Us to Deal With Bipolar Mood Swings Ebbing and Flowing with the Tides of Our Mood Over the years I’ve learned to ride my moods like a wave. Much like the ocean, bipolar mood swings swell and recede depending on the cycle of our lives, and energy surges or subsides, …
How much future tripping can I handle until I scare myself out of bed? Anxiety loves this game Why am I awake before the sun is up? Oh no… you’ve gotta be kidding me. Anxiety? Today?! Is it before 6:00am? My alarm isn’t until 8:30, I have at least two, maybe three more hours of …
When Depression Greets You In The Morning… A Day In The Life Of Being Depressed There’s a big black blob in the corner of my room when I wake up some days. Those are the days I know I’m depressed. It comes out of the corner and lays down on me as soon as I …
Healing from a psychotic break is absolutely possible. It takes time, patience, and the right mix of treatment tools. Losing your mind, having a psychotic break, relinquishing your control on reality. However you want to see it, whatever you want to call it, psychotic breaks are a serious, sometimes dangerous, side effect of psychosis. The …
Mental health hurdles can be overwhelming! How can we find the “good side” in everyday recovery? The problem with mental health – in general – is people don’t tend to see the “good side” of mental wellness. There’s a lot of talk about the suffering, the inconvenience, and the somberness that plagues the days of …
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