Never much liked the holidays, for they usually involved my parents getting drunk.
Suicide Infanticide
Living with a mental illness requires diligence, self-awareness, and knowledge.
Living with a mental illness requires diligence, self-awareness, and knowledge.
#Grief, #COVID19 & Fever
It’s hard to properly grieve when dealing with health issues amid a pandemic.
It’s hard to properly grieve when dealing with health issues amid a pandemic.
My Kid Gets Migraines
My son has suffered migraines since he was at least two years old.
My son has suffered migraines since he was at least two years old.
Mental Illness, Religion, and Spirituality
To experience severe depression is to live through a very real hell.
To experience severe depression is to live through a very real hell.
My Eulogy to Grandma
She nourished us well with her many gifts.
She nourished us well with her many gifts.
Who Am I Really?
I share mental health resources.
I share mental health resources.
#Bipolar Disorder and #Motherhood
I didn’t know I had bipolar disorder when I chose to become a mother.
I didn’t know I had bipolar disorder when I chose to become a mother.
Postpartum Management of Bipolar Disorder
Among women with prior psychiatric diagnoses, those with bipolar disorder are at the highest risk in the postpartum period.
Among women with prior psychiatric diagnoses, those with bipolar disorder are at the highest risk in the postpartum period.
Hypomanic: Something Had to Break
Must scale back.
Must scale back.
Love/Hate Challenge
I equally hate racism, sexism, homophobia, & mental health discrimination.
I equally hate racism, sexism, homophobia, & mental health discrimination.
Bipolar Kicks My Ass
The truth is, I struggle with hypomania whenever stressed or overstimulated, then I cycle low as I must “recuperate” from the hypomania.
The truth is, I struggle with hypomania whenever stressed or overstimulated, then I cycle low as I must “recuperate” from the hypomania.
Women, Stigma, and Mental Illness
If we are to destigmatize mental illness, we must stop distancing ourselves from and judging certain diagnoses as worse than or other than.
If we are to destigmatize mental illness, we must stop distancing ourselves from and judging certain diagnoses as worse than or other than.
The Rebel and His Mother
What happens, he wondered, if I break this rule just a little bit?
What happens, he wondered, if I break this rule just a little bit?
Rejected
I take care of others and don’t get enough support for myself.
I take care of others and don’t get enough support for myself.
Heavy Heart
It’s not bipolar depression, but simply the weight of caregiving, a weight all caregivers feel.
It’s not bipolar depression, but simply the weight of caregiving, a weight all caregivers feel.