It has been three years since I started talking and writing openly about my Depression and life with a Bipolar 1 family member. Being transparent about my struggle has changed the rules of engagement in my conflict with mental illness. I discovered that by talking only to therapists and an inner circle for so long, …
I have some very important personal information and updates to share that should take no more than 15 minutes to read through. For the past two and a half years I have suffered through, and then ultimately started improving from a debilitating health crisis. Unfortunately, because of perceptions in our society, as I go on …
In our current system, someone having a psychotic episode has a legal right to be psychotic. In other words, they can have lost touch with reality and yet be treated as if they haven’t. Is this a case of civil rights taken too far? First, lets define psychosis. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) …
The day someone I love was hospitalized, the whole world turned sideways. New York City’s noises went from buzzing chorus to solo screams. Each honk, siren and raised voice split me in half. There had been several weeks of lead up. I’d observed from another state my loved one skyrocketing into mania. This mania was …
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