Do your problems happen to be part of you? Or do they define you? I had to ask myself these questions last July when I faced the diagnoses of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. Was I bipolar? Was I borderline? No. I have these challenges, but these challenges are not who I am. I’m… Read More »Don’t Let Your Problems Fool You: You’re Not Them
I bought myself a treat two weeks ago. Big mistake. Big. Huge. The mistake? I didn’t read the ingredients list. Normally, I’m an ingredient-reading maniac. I read all of the ingredients on every list. ALL OF THEM. This time, I figured the meds would keep me safe. That’s what they’re for, right? To keep my… Read More »Food and Mood: Why I’m A Compulsive Label-Reader
I gave up yesterday. I consider it a good thing. For the last two years I’ve been in a case for disability benefits. I filed in Utah while still married. We moved to California and I continued the case, changing doctors to find one that might help my case. Looking for a lawyer after being… Read More »Why I Gave Up
I just swallowed three more pills. One mood stabilizer, one atypical anti-psychotic used as a sleep aid, and one anti-seizure medication also used for preventing chronic migraines. The last one I take morning and night. That one only started a month ago. A month before that, I added an anti-depressant to the mix. I also… Read More »One More Day, One More Pill
Healing is hard. I remember my first major experience with physical healing. I was three. I fell down in the front yard, and agony shot up my right arm like lava running up my nerves into my brain. My mother and aunt came running out of the house, and moments later, street lights whizzed by… Read More »Five Steps to Healing from Crisis
How often do you count your blessings? How often do you list the things you’re grateful for? I saw first-hand the strange power of gratitude when I spoke to my therapist Monday. For most of the meeting, I complained about two things: my ex, and my step-father’s death. Now, both of these things have affected… Read More »Acknowledging the Strange Power of Gratitude
What a beautiful sentiment. Or is it? This meme is floating around the internet encouraging a toxic idea. See, none of us are perfect as we are. I know this is trying to promote the idea of self-acceptance. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work, because we all know one thing very well. Not a single one of… Read More »Why You’re Not Perfect As You Are
So guess what? I have writer’s block, and I’m going to try and talk about it in writing. I did a video on three different forms of writer’s block on YouTube, and I decided to dive in a bit further today. Check out the video below for my initial thoughts, then finish up with the… Read More »Writer’s Block: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
I’ve got my Bengal Spice morning tea beside me, breakfast in the microwave, and a serious bone to pick with the idea of life as adventure. So let’s dive into some #realtalk about life while I politely disagree with Helen Keller who said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Every day… Read More »Your Life Is Not An Adventure
Have you ever had one of those days where the world seems to be crashing in on you and you can’t do anything about it? Most of us have I think. I’m having a life like that right now. Some of you know this, some of you don’t. Right now, I’m going through divorce. So… Read More »It’s Always Messy for Someone