It’s almost been a month since I posted my open letter revealing my mood disorders and all of their facets. So what has been different in these past weeks? Some days nothing and some days everything, it really depends on who I encounter for the day. I am very...

Recently I hit a personal weight loss goal. I’m not going to endorse any fad diets here or try to convince you to do the same and I 1000% promise there is no pyramid scheme in this story (I’m pretty hard up for money right now, but not that...

There are days when I feel like everything in the world is right and I’m on a whimsical high… and then there are days that I’m sad or angry, and just want to lie in bed all day, having no motivation to do anything. Most days my mood is...

Get through! Christmas is the greatest day in the whole wide world! Buddy the Elf would be so disappointed in me, but the holidays seem to be the time my hypomania increases, my agitation increases, my depression increases… everything seems to heighten this time of year. Maybe it’s the...

My mom asked me if I could tell her when I knew it was time to get help, or how I knew it was time to seek help. Let me be quite honest, I didn’t know. For years I’ve always thought there was something wrong with me, but I...

*This is my first recorded manic episode, written in the deer blind. As silly as most of this will sound, it is what I go through, a lot.* Why today of all days I thought I could be independent. I decided that even though Jake couldn’t get off work...

So after throwing myself out there and being completely vulnerable, I got responses I was not anticipating. My mind told me everyone will think you’re doing this for attention, I’d get a few nice comments from my family members, and I’d live to see another depressing day. Boy was...

I recently started seeking professional help for a whirlwind of emotions I cannot control. Turns out, I’m holding on to a lot of guilt about my past. The gambling, the drinking, the compulsive spending, the lying, the manic episodes… all of it. Now I’m going to make an educated...