Category: Living With Bipolar Disorder

  • Why I Stopped Actively Dating

    Why I Stopped Actively Dating

    I’ve been mulling this topic over for the past year after going through a breakup and 3 severe depressive episodes. I don’t really like the conclusion I’ve come to, because it makes me face some truths about myself, my circumstances, and the world I live in that are far from comfortable. It also shatters a…

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  • What Happens After Depression?

    What Happens After Depression?

    Rarely is it like a switch being flipped going from light to dark. It happens in slow steady steps.

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  • Hypomania Highlighted

    Hypomania Highlighted

    You’ve switched to the primal recesses of your mind, but you’re in control. Or so you think.

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  • Depression in Detail

    Depression in Detail

    I said this was gonna be a 3 part series on my last post, right? Well if I didn’t, I’m saying it now. Living with bipolar disorder I’ve learned the 3 basic states of being, outside of my baseline, are anxious, depressed, and hypomanic. I want to delve into what these 3 emotional states feel…

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  • Panic In Prose

    Panic In Prose

    I’ve been searching for a way to explain my anxiety. My depression. My hypomania. I’ve been searching for a way to explain it in a way that makes sense to people other than me. I’ve spent nights lying awake in bed describing it in masterful prose, swearing to write it down in the morning, but…

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