anxiety – Page 3 – Authentic Truths

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

Bipolar Life- The Journal #71, “The Struggle with Stay at Home Orders-Abuse Remembers”

Mental illness and stay at home orders.

April 2, 2020April 22, 2022

Bipolar Life, The Journal #70, A Note to You

Maybe my lesson is the one you need today. Maybe your pain is still holding you down, even to the point of wrapping itself around your throat and constricting every breath you take.

March 24, 2020March 30, 2020

Bipolar Life- Fight in My Truth

..we isolate ourselves, physically, mentally, and spiritually. We voluntarily walk into his cell, lock the door, and throw the key. We batter ourselves within our mental disorder until it is all we focus on, all we can see.

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020

Bipolar Life- Anxiety in Chaotic Times

A short reminder to encourage the anxiety fighter out there.

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

Bipolar Life- Reclaiming Victory

I believe in His mighty ways, but I wonder who I ticked off. These irrational thoughts lead back to my religious beginnings of doing more rather than being enough.

February 6, 2020February 11, 2020

Bipolar Life-The Journal #67-Anxiety, Day One

My struggle in anxiety is the complete loss of control. I can work my thoughts in depression and mania, but anxiety has proven to take the upper hand in the past.

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Bipolar Life-The Journal #66, Deflated

For fear of losing myself, I take time to get in my head and to lift my spirits through the strength of Jesus Christ. On my own, I fail to save myself. I know this, so I fight to reach in and surrender.

January 15, 2020

Bipolar Life- A Support Network for Mental Health

I have long been on the fence regarding support networks. I attended some that only brought me down, and others with so little accountability, you can't rely on their process as support. I appreciate the current group I am meeting with as we are using a specific workbook written for mental health.

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020

Bipolar Life-The Journal #64, Recovery

I don't choose to hide my truth in some closet in hopes of fooling anyone. I make no claims to owning the answers for mental health. I am not the authority on anything.