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Connecting With Others #Online

Aug 3, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Mental Illness, Recovery, Self care, Stigma, Support Group, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Guest Post: Connecting With Others Online – by Fliss Baker for NewLifeOutlook Connecting with other people is vital to surviving, living and enjoying life. It is imperative in managing our mental health; we are encouraged to talk, talk and talk some more about…
Going to #BlogHer16

Aug 1, 2016

in Anxiety, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Writing

This week, I’m going to BlogHer16. This will be my first BlogHer conference, my first blogging conference. I’m anxious. Worried about not having the energy to participate. Worried about being overwhelmed. Surprised I’m not worried about triggering mood cycling. Deep…
Bipolar, Rage & Violence

Jul 29, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Mental Illness

Sure, having a mental illness does not mean that you will be violent. Still, some of us with mental illness, myself included, do have or have had violent thoughts and impulses. For the most part, I have not acted on mine, at…
Poetry Reading in Long Beach

Jul 27, 2016

in Anxiety, Human Rights, Poetry, Writing

Sunday I drove up to Long Beach for the On The Edge poetry reading of Ra Avis, Bill Friday & Matthew Blashill. I was nervous about going to a poetry reading, as I haven’t attended artsy hip anything in decades. As I…
I Miss My Old Blogging Friends

Jul 24, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Hypomania, Overstimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Volunteering, Writing

I wrote the following post last year. Still applies. Now I’m busy with caregiving. My responsibilities have grown. My focus has changed. Now I blog less about living with bipolar and more about caregiving. Still, I do not have enough…
Titrating Stimulation

Jul 20, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Social Stimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling

As BlogHer16 approaches, my anxiety increases. I know the conference will overstimulate me. To not be overwhelmed, I must revisit a topic I touched on briefly when I starred blogging in September 2016 – my need to titrate stimulation, carefully…
Kitt's New Media Kit

Jul 17, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Caregiving, Self care, Stroke, Writing

Getting ready for BlogHer16 I set up a new Media kit page. Noticed that my statistics have fallen this year. Yes, 2016 is not over. Still, it is more than half over, and I’m at lower than half the views I had last year.…
Flight Back Home

Jul 15, 2016

in Caregiving, Dementia, Family, Grief, Involuntary Hospitalization, Medication, Mental Illness, Stroke, Writing

Friday, July 15th Last Saturday, the day after we returned from Oregon, my mother was psychiatrically hospitalized for the third time since her stroke last November. Yesterday morning, I met with the treatment team at her psychiatric hospital. They do not…
Bad Mom – Spoken Word for Tha.Speakeasy

Jul 10, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting

Old post, but always relevant for those of us who parent while human.
Arm's Length

Jul 6, 2016

in Alcoholism, Bipolar Disorder, Caregiving, Family, Mental Health, Recovery, Self care

My psychiatrist has asked me numerous times how my sister has handled my parents differently than I have? How has she protected herself? How has she kept herself from being so enmeshed in the family dynamic? The answer is that…