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Truly today has been a struggle just to complete the simplest of task. I took one thing at a time and trudged myself to get started. I got dishes away, 2 loads of laundry done and put away, bathroom clean (mind you not spotless) vacuumed living room, upstairs bedrooms and still managed to take aContinue reading “Feeling Accomplished”

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I’m laying here getting overwhelmed with the task I need to get started on. My son is with my mother-in-law for the day. Normal duties a housewife typically attends too. Laundry, mine, his and toddlers. Clean two bathrooms, kitchen and living room, two bedrooms. So, to me this is a period of high stress. WhenContinue reading “A “Not” Day Off”

Do you ever go through big episodes of picking up a million healthy routines and shortly after you stop them you feel like crap? “fall down 7 times get up 8” but I always thought “oh here we go again now I gotta start completely over” BUT I get it now because I’ve realized everyContinue reading “Not at Square One”

One women’s account of her Bipolar episodes. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/1199569609/posts/10225099473772869/?sfnsn=mo

At the end of the day, I’ve made it. The whole day though I repeatedly told myself, “I can’t do this!” Bipolar isn’t just about negative thoughts, it’s not just about wanting to cry or wanting to scream. Your mind seems in overdrive, busy but nothing is necessarily in a thought process. It seems asContinue reading “Goodnight Moon”

Think of your worst headache….When someone has a headache, they presumably reach for the nearest bottle of over the counter relief. Imagine a mind flip, flopping between depression and manic tendencies and having to wait 4 to 6 weeks before any signs of relief is noticed. Imagine if after all that time, you find yourselfContinue reading “No Tylenol Needed”