MentalHealth
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A Mood and Food Rabbit Hole
Eating right has often been a sore spot for me. As a self-proclaimed foodie, I love to try new cuisines and really enjoy what I eat, but sometimes that leads to some bad decisions. Beyond being bipolar, I am also a type II diabetic which often means food and I get into arguments. It is…
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The Boiling Point of Bipolar
Irritability is one of my hardest struggles with bipolar life. Sometimes I feel so angry I don’t know what to do with myself. It reminds me of the show Inside Out with the wrath character. It doesn’t have to be reasonable or justified, I feel what I feel, and sometimes I need someone to put…
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Get with the Program, SSA
I am a unicorn. I work full time and have mental health issues. Many people struggle to hold down a job while juggling mental health. In fact, I know a few people with schizophrenia who couldn’t keep a job to save their lives. It’s a real problem, but the harder issue is that Social Security…
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Demonic Possession or Mental Illness?
I grew up in church, so I remember odd stories like demonic possession of pigs. Yes, you read that right. Find it in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Jesus redirects demons from a man to swine. It’s these stories that get taught rather strangely in some churches. Pastors suddenly perk up and start…
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Dastardly Diagnoses
if you took an x-ray of my journey to a bipolar 1 diagnosis, you’d see something hideous lurking under the skin. Something dastardly, so ugly even a mother couldn’t love it. It started with trauma and loss. When I was 9, i was in a car accident where the pedestrian who was hit went into…