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News Flash: Featured Article In BP Magazine
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This just in! I made the cover of the Bipolar Magazine Spring 2017 issue! I’m pleased to present the cover here on my blog (source: bphope.com) You can subscribe to the magazine to access the full article interview through bphope.com. I want to give a big thank you to publisher…
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My So-Called Life With Bipolar
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The way those with bipolar disorder live their lives seems to be a tough hand. In most mental illness forums I’m a part of, many are complaining of one thing or another surrounding the disorder. I don’t mean to sound proud but I scratch my head. Am I missing something? Am…
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Learning to Live and Love My Military Wife Life
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I think we all wonder sometimes, “How did I end up here?” in life. That’s what I wonder concerning this Air Force Wife role I stepped into 8 years ago. Yes, I appreciated the military then, I admired my husband’s commitment to defend his country. But now, as we move…
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Happy Feelings Are Here Again!
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I’m ecstatic, and I’m happy I am. For a long while I have not experienced a happy moment or the emotion of happiness. I mean, I’ve had joy and contentment and peace for a long time, but today I found that moment where I scrunched my face from pure glee and…
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Writing The Fear Away (And An Excerpt From My Memoir)
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I guess I’m afraid, since writing experts attribute procrastination to fear. In my case it’s due to multiple factors: -not enough reading (you must be a good reader to be a good writer, they say) -not enough life experience (see quote by Tim Kreider below) -what I write sounds silly when…
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A Review of “Touched With Fire”
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The movie was intriguing and the characters pulled me in. I enjoyed watching the crazy banter and it reminded me of a time in my mania that my sanity was drowned out by the fury and flourish of the illness. I can identify with a few things: The creativity: rap, poetry, art…
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Pregnant With A Story: I’m Expecting!
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Ah, did I catch you off guard? Let me do it again: I’m expecting a BOOK. Not a baby. Yet. I will have you know that as I work toward the publication of my memoir, I have just completed the first draft of the manuscript. The tentative working title I…
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The Science (& Very Fragile Art) of Friendship
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I roll my eyes trying to shape this blog post. With the virtual reality of Facebook and the superficialities of social media, there are modes of friendship and then there is the art of friendship. I don’t speak to this subject as an expert, for there is so much I…
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My Greatest Fears In Psychosis
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I breathed in violently and my insides reverberated in an almost epileptic manner. I was both hot and cold and utterly psychotic, the equilibrium of my mind out of key. Like a cancerous tumor, the lies overwhelmed me in this paranoid state of mind. I couldn’t come out of it…
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What I Wish I Knew In My Last Episode
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I just looked over some admission documents from the last hospitalization I underwent almost five years ago. Wow, what I was missing! I thought I was right the whole time. Ha! On August 31, 2012, I voluntarily admitted myself to a behavioral hospital. It was an experience unlike my first hospitalization…