Category: Acceptance
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Denial Fails Me Now, or F*ck Cancer!!!
In group yesterday afternoon, my psychiatrist recommended genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes (of which there are 50). He advocated doing so to guide future medical care, rather than living in denial or in fear. I am not at risk, but my son and husband may be. They are private, as is my large extended family. My husband is one of…
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You’ve Got This!
Healthline launched a video campaign called “You’ve Got This” where we who live with bipolar disorder can make a short video offering hope and inspiration to those recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Check out videos from the campaign: http://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder/youve-got-this Healthline donates $10 for every submitted video to To Write Love On Her Arms. The more exposure the campaign gets, the more videos…
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Sick on My Birthday
Today is my birthday. I am 51 years old. Unfortunately, I have a cold. Nothing serious, but being sick annoys me. Not sure if I will be going to group later this afternoon. Do not want to get anyone else sick and want to heal myself. Last night our son said that he, too, felt…
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As a Child
As a child I wanted to be a doctor To cure people of disease As a teen I wanted to be a neurosurgeon To fix brains with a scalpel As a young woman I became a psychotherapist To fix troubled youth with broken lives With the exchange of spoken words I kept falling apart My…
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Success Over Stigma: Living a Successful Life with Bipolar – black dog pie: a magazine on depression and bipolar
Love this quote: “the reason you don’t actually cross the road when you see your BPD neighbour is that….. you have no idea she has it” BY GENE FOR BLACK DOG PIE · JULY 8, 2014
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Liebster Award
Dyane Harwood, blog author of Birth of a New Brain – Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder at proudlybipolar.wordpress.com, just can’t stop loving me. She nominated me for yet another award. This time the Liebster Award. The Liebster Award is a peer-appointed award created to recognize and discover new bloggers, welcome them to the blogosphere, build the…
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Bring Me Thy Failure
I love this blog post by Lori Lynne Armstrong about acceptance.
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Do I Need an Editor?
Do I need an editor? Do I need to organize my writing into a more cohesive whole? Or, does this format fit what I am trying to accomplish? What is it I am trying to accomplish? I believe that I have a ministry to educate others on mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder, more to the…
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What to do?
Freaking out, ramping up, as I begin my part-time job search. Reminded: “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” – Christina Harrington, Human Solutions LLC, Human-Solutions.net