I am Just Giving Myself a Pep-Talk

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -Malcolm S. Forbes The older I get the more emotionally isolated I become. I am not this way because I’m embracing some antiquated perspective of manhood or a masculine approach to feelings. It is rather a pursuit Charles Darwin would approve of. I have adapted [...]

What actor James Franco taught me about Life, Bipolar & being stunningly good looking! Aka Limitless The Blog Post (adapted from the film)

If the work is good, what does it matter? I’m doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good. -James Franco While other folks actually pay James Franco to teach them stuff I just read his interviews and watch Spiderman [...]

A Pound of Cure

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To combat his bipolar disorder, Gabi Coatsworth’s son was given a cocktail of mood stabilizers—to disastrous effect.

What do me and Charlie Sheen Have in common?

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When you’re high it’s tremendous. The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent like shooting stars, and you follow them until you find better and brighter ones. Shyness goes, the right words and gestures are suddenly there, the power to captivate others a felt certainty. -Kay Redfield Jamison Charlie Sheen is experiencing a bonafide manic [...]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying..​.& Love the Bipolar Disorder!

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. -Confucius Most of the time having Bipolar sucks! The medication, the talk-therapy, the occasional psych ward visit and best of all the unrelenting self-inflicted mind f*ckery of being emotionally/mentally unhinged. Controlling your disorder (and not having it control you) takes a combination of Dalia Lama restraint and [...]

Welcome to…A Work In Progress

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler. -Friedrich Nietzsche As a person with Bipolar Disorder thoughts are a very dangerous thing. My feelings lead the way and my thoughts follow behind looking for guidance. You see an individual with a mood disorder is ruled by his or her emotions. Honestly [...]

On the Run

On the Run

On vacation in England, Gabi Coatsworth receives an unnerving call: Jason, her manic-depressive son, has taken off to Florida with a drug-pushing girl who’s half his age.

Reading Between the Silences

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As Gabi Coatsworth’s son’s bipolar disorder gave way to full-blown manic episodes, she watched her husband slip deeper into drink and detachment.