Another Reason To Blog

For me, a critical part of blogging is something it gives me outside of writing. It fills a need to tweak, tinker, and improve. I can’t keep an orderly or well-maintained house for the life of me, but my blogs and websites are pretty good. And they should be, the time I [...]

The Bipolar Experience

The best post I’ve ever read about the bipolar experience.
Bipolar, Lithium, Suicide And The Lost Years of My Life

Keep Your Journal To Yourself

In yesterday’s post I talked about the pain I felt over what many might consider a trivial thing. Perhaps it’s trivial, but the pain is real.
I was hurting last night, and made the mistake of telling my wife about my journal post. HUGE mistake. That brought up a volcano of [...]

It’s Been A While

Right Up Front: I will only get so far into this journal entry before the party begins. I took a sleeping pill (Ambien), and in 15 to 20 minutes I’m either going to be asleep or in a different frame of mind. That Ambien is some seriously strange stuff. If it doesn’t [...]

Hello

This is a personal journal. It is not made private, I don’t know why, and I may restrict it in the future. I’m a long time blogger, having spent several years blogging on the topic of mental health, specifically bipolar disorder.
My wife and I got started blogging years ago when we began to [...]