Author: Katie
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An Interview With Mental Health Advocate Rudy Caseres
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I’d love to get to know you a little and introduce you to my readers at BipolarBrave.com! Tell us a little about yourself and why you’re so passionate about mental health and wellness. I’m 30 and have dealt with depression and anxiety all my life. It really got worse when…
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Spiritual Warfare In Manic Psychosis: Part 2
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A guest commented on my last post on “Spiritual Warfare in Manic Psychosis” and I wanted to continue the discussion of this state I experienced in my episodes back in 2004 and 2012. Their question was: “I’m very curious – how do you know when it’s spiritual warfare vs brain…
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Fresh Thought Friday: How To Start A Blog
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Dear Katie, I was wondering how difficult it is to get started on my own blog. I’ve had some long term ongoing mental health stuff. I’ve considered doing something similar for awhile, I’m just not sure how to begin. Thanks. -Prospective Blogger Dear Prospective Blogger, The blog I’ve started…
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Spiritual Warfare In Manic Psychosis
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As I think back to my frame of mind of psychosis, I am familiar with the voices in my head that blew up my sanity. I am familiar with the “sense” of evil that seemed to follow me wherever I went while fighting not “against flesh and blood, but against principalities,…
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About That Massacre…(and the spiritual state of our nation)
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In light of recent national events in the past year, I’m inserting an excerpt from my memoir on the state of paranoia I found myself in back in 2012. In context of the story, I am convicted on singing a song that references 2 Chronicles 7:14 because it leaves out…
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BipolarBrave.com: A Year In Review
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I’ve officially had BipolarBrave.com for a year now and what a year it has been. In honor of the greatest year I’ve had on this blog, I’m featuring the Top Ten Most Popular Blog Posts from the last year of blogging. I hope you enjoy: An Interview with Carol Kivler,…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Joy and Peace and Bipolar Medicine
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Dear Katie, Do you ever struggle with feeling joy and peace? I have. I think some of it may be the medication I’m on but I believe some could be the bipolar illness. I was just wondering how others experience numbing of emotions, etc. -Peace Seeker Dear Peace…
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What Did God Ever Do For Me? (Let Me Tell You…)
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As Job saw his life fall apart before his eyes, so I saw my life crumble into chaos. As David cried out to the Lord to be saved, so I wept numerous times through the darkest nights of my life. As Paul pleaded for God to remove the thorn in…
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An Interview With My Therapist, Dr. Patricia Adams
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I’ve had the opportunity to have Dr. Adams for a therapist the last three years and have really appreciated her coaching and encouragement. I am sharing an interview with you to get to know her a little. When did you get involved in counseling? I wanted to know “the…