Without this very intimate relationship we share, I'd be crying in a bowl of Cheerios, feeling like a failure today.
Mental Health ~ Step Away
Mental Health ~ Staying in the Closet
In my mind, I was hiding in a dark closet that Jesus would never step in. When I say these words aloud, I imagine there are many people with issues I am unaware of, sitting in a closet somewhere, thinking Jesus would never enter, too.
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Mental Health ~ A Bridge to the Other Side
What I found through this intentional journey was that I wasn't building a bridge to close the gap, but I was building a bridge to the other side, away from the fear, the chaos. And when I crossed that bridge- I burned it down!
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Mental Health ~ My Darkest Place
It didn't take long before the mania and depression collided, leaving me in one of the worst states I'd ever experienced. Locked behind doors of a mental hospital, I never felt more alone.
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Poetry-In A Moment Before Suicide
He knows just where you are, in the moment of death you seek.. He is the mightiest of mighties, as you find your weakest of weak.
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Mental Health ~ Hidden Scars
No one knew these scars existed. Like every other part of my life, I hid them well.
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Mental Health ~ Reflections that Lie
In one night, one moment, the reflection in the mirror was lying. Because while it was my face, my hair, and my body, it was never me.
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Mental Health ~ Depth of Despair
Every night I thought of the guns, or pills, or even the rafters in the garage. I thought of dying more than I thought of living. Death just seemed easier. It may sound selfish to someone on the outside, it may be, but my will to live was slipping away.
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Mental Health ~ Runaway
..and you're left quiet, because the alternative would probably be bad, and not your style...
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Mental Health ~ Fire Within
What do we face with bipolar? We face deep depression. We also face sky high mania. Addictions that only rear their ugly head in the center of a manic episode. Alcohol, drugs, sex, attention, adrenaline.. We face anxiety. We face fear. We face the many complex parts of ourselves we wish didn't exist. There's only one way we are capable of doing this.
Lisa @ Authentic Truths 