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Dealing with Disappointment
It’s been about two months since I started my blog. When I first started I was luckily put into contact with a couple popular mental health publishers. They were looking for potential bloggers & I was so excited to apply. Unfortunately one of the publishers went with another applicant which I found out this week. […]
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Do’s & Don’ts of Dating
Dating is hard for the average person. Add in a mental illness & dating can be even more arduous. Here is my short list of the Do’s & Don’ts of dating someone with a mental illness: DO: Have complete transparency When I first started dating my current husband I was completely honest with my bipolar […]
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bipolar mommy
I’ve been struggling with a little bit of writers block. Last night I opened up my WordPress and attempted to write 3 times. Each time I got a few paragraphs in and then deleted the whole post. It’s frustrating & mostly due to my constant need for perfection. I’m trying to write while Blippi plays […]
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Accepting Bipolar
I was recently asked to do a collaboration on another popular bipolar blog. She’s someone I met via a Facebook networking group primarily focused on mental health blogs. She had reached out to me last week but due to a depressive state, I wasn’t able to respond. Luckily she reached out to me again to […]
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anxiety is real
Anxiety is real. That should be an obvious fact. Many assume being anxious is merely a silly feeling wherein we make up irrational thoughts in our heads. My anxiety can be nuts at times. Motherhood did a number on me. While I had suffered from anxiety in the past, having the two boys so close […]
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the voices in our head
Due to Covid, some health plans are offering free tele-health mental health services. I have been fully taking advantage of this by making sure to see my therapist & psychiatrist regularly & it’s been completely free of cost. Yesterday’s therapy was extremely insightful. While my mood swings are typically triggered by a chemical imbalance in […]
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