How My Experience with Mental Illness Helped Me Trust My Darkness.
I could take some time, gaze into the night, into the earth, into the darkness... into myself, and not only see and receive what is there, but to trust it..
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bipolar
Thank You, Chris Cornell: Death by Default in Detroit.
I can't just sit here and not say anything because 'sobriety' is a big deal to some people and a life or death matter to all of us addicts.
She Must Be Mad. {book review}
Through the poems and prose within 'She Must Be Mad', Cox offers a very real, unfiltered, unadulterated look into growing up with bipolar disorder.
The Growing Edge of a Poet.
An editor of my college poetry journal loved this new "depth" poet. He did not realize that I was drowning, and I could barely string words together...
Sometimes You Are Orange: A Love Letter to My Best Friend. {spoken word poetry}
Your prescription bottles
And prescription glasses are both autumn orange.
I wonder if it’s difficult to discern
which one changes the way you see the world
Confessions of a Bipolar’s Daughter.
I would love to read about a bipolar mother, who didn’t persevere in the end and never achieved that bright, successful future as an old woman.
The Problem with Emotional Stability. {poetry}
We are, by nature, bipolar. Yin and Yang. Masculine and Feminine. Active and Restful. Of Sun and Moon; Tides, Storms, Trees, Water, and Earth.
In light of our place among the wildness of Nature, the delusion of emotional stability is inhumane! Impossible.
We can be assured that sadness -- and ...
An Open Letter to Big Pharma: On Dependency, Accountability and Stepping Up.
I blindly accepted the pills, grateful for the ride to be over. I was unaware that a new, horrifying ride was on its way.
On Being Forced to Master the Mythical Demon of Fear.
Why has fear become so present in my world? Fear of dying, fear of cancer, fear of seeming inauthentic, fear of offending someone, fear of writing something unoriginal -- which leads to not writing at all, fear of fucking up my kids, fear of not loving good enough, fear of isolating myself, ...
I Am a Dangerous Man.
We do the best we can; I understand completely. But for the love of god, or whatever deity you do or do not choose to follow, and all that is holy and righteous in the world, look inward when seeking a label. Look inward, and realize that labels are, in fact, generated by label-makers. A ...