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Your Microwave Isn’t Bipolar
Bipolar is a word deeply rooted in scientific advances. That’s how it was meant to exist initially, to describe neurons, atoms, and anything with two “poles” within the scientific field. I’m still...
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Of Little Girls (And Waterfalls)
I was a little girl once in that polka-dotted dress standing in front of a waterfall while mommy snapped a photograph. I don’t remember any cares, any thoughts of the next day or the day after just...
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Evolved
Almost a decade I’ve worked with a psychiatrist, the same one, and therapists, many, to get to a point of wellness that never felt tangible. As a mentally ill person, you work hard, sometimes...
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Before Death
I understand that most people have goals in life, their own personal “bucket list”. I had created mine originally when I thought I had a possibly terminal illness. This list gave me hope. Read...
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Crafting: Flower-Making
Today I bought some Modge Podge at the Dollar Tree. (A/N: So yeah, “some” equals four bottles) I used my fabric flower stash and my button hoard to make my first batch of fabric flowers in quite some...
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Craftiness: Fabric Flower page makers and barrettes
I’ve been making fabric flowers that will soon be turned into page markers (using colorful paperclips) and barrettes. I also got my first glue gun which I’m very happy about. I also bought glitter...
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I Will Eat You Alive*
*Heed a self-harm discussion warning when reading the full piece. Title taken from “Where I End and You Begin” by Radiohead. “Being told it’s time of get rid of a medication is akin to being told...
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What is a Mixed State and How to Deal with It
I can’t give anyone words of hope when in one of the arguably most violent, damaging, and dangerous Bipolar states one with the disorder can experience. To give an idea of what a mixed state is like, I...
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The Vietnam Violinist
There was a man I knew for a short period of time, recently or years ago, while playing street music in Anywhere City who I will call “Peter”. I am keeping the place, time frame, and name private,...
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When It Gets Clearer (My Tale of Japanese Punk and a New Year’s Eve that...
I wasn’t exactly “well” at the time. It was New Years, 2008 entering 2009, and I had been manic on and off nearing two years in the early stages of my illness. I honestly couldn’t tell you what...
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