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I get by with a little help from my friends
A text I recently sent to my best friend stated: “I’m having the type of panic attack that involves heart pain, do you think I can take...
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Mar 5, 20233 min read
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Enough is Enough
Its incredible to believe, but today is the one year anniversary of my coming home from a residential treatment program in Ohio, Hopewell...
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Mar 1, 20235 min read
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A Talk with God
God? YES, MY DARLING? I don't want to live any more, can you please take me to Heaven? I'M REALLY SORRY, SWEETHEART, BUT IT’S NOT YOUR...
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Feb 20, 20236 min read
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Dear Madame Governor
I wrote this when I was hospitalized in a terrible center in Downtown Detroit. I was astounded at how terrible to the services were, and...
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Feb 13, 20233 min read
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Get Real
What would you do if your brain was telling you one thing, but everyone you loved was telling you the opposite? Who would you believe?...
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Feb 5, 20233 min read
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That's Shocking!
Okay, how do we get to your house? Um….I don’t know. I know my address, can we use your GPS? *twenty minutes later* Okay, is this your...
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Jan 29, 20233 min read
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Aren't hospitals supposed to help, not hurt?!
Take off all your clothes and put them over here, put on these gowns. We don't have a gown that will fit you, so put one on the front...
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Jan 27, 20233 min read
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How One Phone Call Changed My Life
Have you ever had an experience where one phone call changes your life? I call it a miracle, others may call it coincidence or...
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Jan 22, 20233 min read
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Mental Health Rights
Being an adult with a disability can be very frustrating at times. I was in all AP classes in high school, always on the Dean's list,...
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Jan 17, 20233 min read
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Med Crisis
Medicine is supposed to make you feel better. You go to the doctor because you're not feeling well, and you expect that they will give...
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Jan 10, 20233 min read
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OCD Dates
Today is January 7th. To most people it's just a day. Maybe the day after the Jan 6th attack, but in general, just a day. But for me,...
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Jan 7, 20233 min read
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Holiday Flexibility
"It's the most wonderful time of the year!". But is it, really? Sometimes I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to make it the...
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Dec 28, 20222 min read
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I can do hard things!
Something amazing happened this week. Even though I've got a sinus infection and am not feeling great (don't worry it's not contagious,...
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Dec 18, 20223 min read
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The Good Fight Continued...
As a follow-up to last week's post, I wanted to get out some more information about the bills in Congress right now. These are the bills...
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Dec 13, 20221 min read
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Lability
One of the most challenging parts of bipolar is the lability. Just in case that’s a term that's unfamiliar to you, it means rapidly...
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Dec 13, 20223 min read
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The Good Fight
Better to fight for something than live for nothing. George S. Patton One time this summer when I was in a hospital and patients kept...
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Dec 6, 20224 min read
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ECT Memory
About a year and a half ago we started to realize that my bipolar was medication resistant. We were trying all of the most research based...
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Dec 2, 20223 min read
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Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! For some people, Thanksgiving is a time of getting together, eating too much food, watching football and parades,...
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Nov 22, 20223 min read
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Knowing Your Own Strength
You never know how strong you are until you don’t have a choice. I have a really large support system, with so many friends and family...
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Nov 5, 20223 min read
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"It's Not That Easy Bein' Green"
“It's not that easy bein' green Having to spend each day The color of the leaves When I think it could be nicer Bein' red or yellow or...
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Oct 29, 20222 min read
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