“Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of good luck, because it forces you to reevaluate things, opening new doors to opportunities and information you would have otherwise overlooked” (58) is a quote from the book I mentioned reading in an earlier blog post titled “1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do […]
Read MoreThere is no hard and fast rule for when I know I am depressed but generally speaking a lack of motivation, constant negative or anxious thinking, hypersomnia and a sense of worthlessness characterize my waves of depression. As someone with Bipolar Type One, I am prone to manic episodes but I have had more serious […]
Read MoreIn May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address to Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. Why does this matter to you or me? Well maybe it matters less to you and more to me because I found a hard copy of this speech also referred to as “The Make Good Art Speech” at […]
Read More“The subject of genius and mental illness has been discussed and debated on a scientific level for decades. Our cultural awareness of the link between mental disorder and genius is as old as philosophy. Plato wrote of what he called “divine madness,” and Aristotle recognized that creative people tended toward melancholia. It is no coincidence […]
Read MoreMe as Wonder Woman. I’d argue its a constant mindset. When discussing bipolar disorder we tend to focus on the negative such as the crippling lows and delusional highs. However, this negates the beauty and positives one can find to living and struggling with bipolar disorder. I like to say that being bipolar is like […]
Read MoreI had the great pleasure of reading Mark Lukach’s memoir “My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward” recently. It was interesting to read from the perspective of a loved one and their experiences dealing with the mental health of their significant other. It’s easy in the struggle to maintain sanity to forget that it is […]
Read MoreI had the recent pleasure of being featured on the emerging blogger series on Mental Health @ Home. I talk about manic psychosis and my own experiences with it. The blog post on this site will be featured in two parts with the second part having been released today. The post goes into detail about […]
Read MoreI had the recent pleasure of being featured on the emerging blogger series on Mental Health @ Home. I talk about manic psychosis and my own experiences with it. The blog post featured on this site will be released in two parts and details my delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia experienced while under a manic psychosis. […]
Read MoreLurking Behind Every Corner, Is Insanity. A Drug Cocktail Keeps It At Bay, Prevents The Hallucinations, Delusions and Paranoia. Is My Fractured Mind Any Less Of My Mind? I still Possess the Memories, Of Skeletal Arms, and Millions of Dollars. But What Do These Memories Mean? If Anything? A Semblance of Insight. Insight Into The […]
Read MoreRacing Thoughts, Thoughts Disjointed, Spinning A Tale of Non-Reality. A Rush Of Euphoria, A State of Bliss, Can Anything Get Better Than This? Up So High, Looking Down Below, At Logic Left Behind. Thoughts Racing, Spinning A Tale Of Non-reality, Until the Psych Ward Becomes A Reality. Hallucinations, Delusions, They Become […]
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