Tag Bipolar Disorder
If you are political and lean left, trigger warnings are used to defend people from hearing things that they might disagree or feel insulted by. If you lean right, it’s that thing the snowflakes use because they are scared of… Continue Reading →
Almost everyone has heard of or known of a patient with depression who says they are in pain. It must sometimes seem weird. After all, how could a psychological condition be causing physical pain? Well, that pain is not something… Continue Reading →
On the final episode of the TV series, The Newsroom, the character Gary Cooper poised that it would be fun to teach kids something wrong, such as wood coming from birds, and keep it up as long as possible. When they’re all… Continue Reading →
I’ve been asked why I can’t just ‘get over’ my depression. Why can’t I just ‘forget it ever happened’. Well, it’s simply because any serious attempt of suicide is akin to losing a limb. I’m not demeaning the physically disabled… Continue Reading →
That title up there is actually the worst thing to say to anyone who is or was ever mentally ill. If someone has diabetes or have just been stabbed with a sword, you don’t say, “Get over it.” I want… Continue Reading →
Two years and two months ago, I took a sword and held it to my stomach. I leaned the back of the handle against the wall in my room and told myself that if the tip of the blade pierced… Continue Reading →
With the new year come and gone, I looked back at the past few years of life and see how far I’ve come with my condition. 2013 was a life changing year for me. Not only did I have my… Continue Reading →
I want to describe the feeling of depression to you, while it’s still raw within me. I’m not talking about emotions, but the actual, physical hurt you go through. I’m describing the feeling, right now, as I type, as it… Continue Reading →
So, relapse. What should I say about it? I mean, the term itself is pretty straightforward. It’s a relapse of an individuals mental illness. I guess I could describe the experience. I don’t think I’ve ever really read someone describing… Continue Reading →