Anxiety Attacks

One of my first symptoms of bipolar disorder that I faced at the tender age of fourteen was anxiety along with severe depression. I was misdiagnosed considering these, at the time, were my only symptoms. At fourteen, I was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, along with PTSD. As my symptoms changed throughout…

How Lithium Makes Me Feel

#Blogtober20 – Day 18 I admitted to Diego the other night that it wasn’t until after I had my surgery that I had been consistently taking my medication for bipolar disorder. He questioned why I would periodically would take it and then would periodically stop taking all my meds, altogether. I was going to tell…

Validation

I didn’t have time to post yesterday, so I will double post today so this post is #Blogtober20 – Day 17 This idea of validation in the sense of a therapeutic or a communication mechanism is so important for both the talker and the listener and vice versa. Without an idea or sense of validation…