Those are just a few good names for those of us who have a mental illness and get overwhelmed and stressed out and retreat forever on the sofa (or bed). It gets worse if you are experiencing a manic episode or are not stabilized with your mental ill ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 8:04PM
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For probably most American, shopping is a favorite past-time. For me, it never has been. I always hated the idea of long lines and people, people, people. I always carefully devised a plan before shopping: what I need, where to go, aprroximate pr ...
Posted Sunday, December 14th 2008 at 1:49PM
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Every year my doctor and I have that traditional fight about my weight gain around the holidays (afterwards). I tried to outstep him by scheduling my appointments in February with the sincere intent of working out like crazy during January. (Uh-hm) ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2008 at 2:48PM
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I had the tickling experience of reading in Essence Magazine about Alan Keyes' reason for tying up the U.S. Supreme Court Docket about Mr. President-Elect Obama not being a U.S. citizen. (yawn)
At first Alan Keyes humored me with this nonsense. T ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2008 at 1:20PM
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Yep. I wish it were not true, but it is. Certain members of my family insults me, too.
Yep. There are folks in my family who believe I am just "Crazy Aggy!" They go out of their way to humiliate me at every opportunity. They try to hurt my feeli ...
Posted Friday, November 21st 2008 at 9:14PM
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It's in the air. You can feel it! You can smell it! You can taste the enthusiasm and excitement like a bolt of candy-laced lightning that has been frozen in time! It's Obama country and everybody is pumped up!
Well, when you live with Bipolar, ...
Posted Sunday, November 16th 2008 at 7:45AM
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Yes, I believe President-Elect Obama can make good on his promises. However, the thing to remember is that each and every American must participate fully for the good of the country. We must take the responsibility to elect local officials with like- ...
Posted Thursday, November 13th 2008 at 6:33PM
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All over the place are books, t-shirts, and momentos of all sorts celebrating the landmark, landslide Obama victory for change!
We know that we have a lot of work to do and cannot rely on November 4, 2008, to end all of our country's woes. We als ...
Posted Saturday, November 8th 2008 at 1:01PM
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At 6:45 a.m. I left my home to travel about six blocks to the voting polls. I had taken my medications and I was feeling very excited about voting. My mind was calm and I was thinking over the day's schedule.
At about 7:00 a.m. I turned into the ...
Posted Saturday, November 8th 2008 at 12:32PM
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Can you feel the energy in the air?
Can you feel the brotherly love in the air?
I've been noticing that we seem kinder to each other and that 'knowing' smile is electrifying. We goin' do it, y'all, we goin' do it! Can you feel it?
I've been ...
Posted Monday, November 3rd 2008 at 6:23PM
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This is what I was asked this morning after church service. I immediately wanted to kick myself for not blogging about this earlier, but there is never a bad opportunity to share good information.
In an article written by Will Meedk, Ph.D., June 6, 2007, on this topic, it is explained that ...
Posted Sunday, November 2nd 2008 at 3:02PM
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About two years ago, I became obsssed with the gospel song, "Prayer of Jabezz" and I was so frustrated because I heard God's call, but I felt stiffled.
I prayed for God to increase my territory because I could not figure out how to fulfill His pur ...
Posted Monday, October 27th 2008 at 7:28PM
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This is what I learned from grief counseling:
Bereavment is like the fire that burns at the door to a room. Everyone must go through the bereavement process when somebody dies and it hurts any which way you look at it. You can stay in one corne ...
Posted Monday, October 27th 2008 at 6:58PM
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Help has arrived...
When we ignore the need to take care of our mental health under extreme circumstances such as the death of a loved one, we are destined for continued failure to defeat the high proportion of b ...
Posted Sunday, October 26th 2008 at 1:29PM
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Everyone grieves differently. Men and women do not grieve the same. Women will talk more readily and easily to anybody about their hurts. They reach out and are emotional, but men will process feelings of grief more ...
Posted Sunday, October 26th 2008 at 10:23AM
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At the top of the previous week, I was persistently nagged by the muse. I absolutely adore the muse and she and I are best friends. However, sometimes it is hard to understand her whispers. So last week was an anxi ...
Posted Sunday, October 26th 2008 at 9:02AM
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I was brought up in a religious home like many of you. I believed I was very grounded in my faith until after I married and moved away. Although I continued my religious practices, life was coming at me hard and fast as a wife and mother of three. We ...
Posted Sunday, October 19th 2008 at 2:34PM
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I did it! I challenged myself to do a seven-day marathon bringing as much valuable information as possible about mental illnesses! To everybody who read the information, THANK YOU!!!!! Now you are armed with valuable information to save an untreat ...
Posted Sunday, October 19th 2008 at 2:28PM
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What is Evidenced-Based Practices (EBP)?
According to NAMI with input from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Child, Adolescent & Family Branch of the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), EBP's are tried an ...
Posted Saturday, October 11th 2008 at 8:40PM
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(Sorry, this original post was lost when the connectplatform went down tuesday. I did not want the series missing a part, so here it is again)
What exactly is a "quality" of life?
Well, according to Wikipedia, quality of life is the degree o ...
Posted Thursday, October 9th 2008 at 10:22AM
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Yes, that was the theme song, "Wake-Up Everybody, No More Sleeping In Bed!" by the Harold Melvin and the BLUE Notes back in the day. I hope I'm telling my age because my life has been an evolution of sorts.
Back in the day, I was dancing to ...
Posted Wednesday, October 8th 2008 at 8:32PM
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Mental illnesses are brain disorders due to a chemical imbalance. When the brain gets sick, it cannot heal itself. You only get one brain!
Mental illnesses make it difficult or impossible to live a normal life without medication and therapy and ...
Posted Sunday, October 5th 2008 at 2:17PM
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Depression is a normal emotion that comes and goes with life. It is a chemical release in the brain known as dopemine that is probably responsible for the emotion depression.
When someone dies or we lose our job, we may feel periods of sadness. ...
Posted Thursday, October 2nd 2008 at 12:27PM
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My book cover art: 'Snowy Owls' has a deep spiritual meaning. Owls represent mainly prophecy and wisdom. Their flight is silent and swift. The owl, thus, is most notable for its awesome and keen vision during blackness. Blackness is where we hid ...
Posted Monday, September 22nd 2008 at 8:17PM
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