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Brave Survivor, You Are Not Alone
Nothing can prepare you for the pain you will feel for the rest of your life when someone close to you commits suicide.
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Bipolar Brain
Mania, mixed states, rapid cycling and depression have just about done me in countless times. Sometimes I just want a disconnect switch.
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Recovery is Beautiful
I have been sober and stable on medication for my bipolar since June 2012. Some days are great and some days are an uphill battle just to eat and leave the house.
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Steps to Stomp out Stigma
As the teenage mental illness and suicide rate gradually rises, we must learn to open our mouths and speak.
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Making Sense
Coming up on the anniversary of Jesse’s suicide, I am taking back my life. I am taking back what mental illness took from my brother.
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Focus on Your Recovery
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 15. No one in my family had ever heard of this illness.
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Drowning
One year ago today, I was pronounced dead from attempting suicide for the third time. Today will be a bittersweet day for the rest of my life.
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Five Things I Have Learned
I do not ‘suffer from bipolar disorder,’ though I once did. It is not because I am ‘cured’ but because I have learned a lot about managing symptoms.
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Learning to Love Myself—and My Bipolar Disorder
I had heard of bipolar disorder, but I had stigmatized and stereotypical ideas about what people with bipolar disorder were like.
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The Fight for My Life
My psychiatrist finally found a combination of medications that work for me and I don’t have as many dark days anymore.