Ramblings From an Unusual Mind
Author of the Alice Clark series and Ramblings From an Unusual Mind series
I'm sharing this again because for me, it's important to share my struggles. In hopes that other's will see there is still reason for hope. I still have bad days. Hard days. Now, my good days are filled with so much love and joy and kindness, it truly makes these bad days easier to survive. …
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Surviving with a Bipolar disorder diagnosis I am not my illness. No matter how many disorders they slap on my chart, they do not define me. They do not own me. I can only take care of myself the best I can and hope for a little compassion on days it's hard to get out …
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The truth. Something we all seek yet sometimes it's more than we can bare. Here's my truth, or I should say, truths. I am 31 years old. I'm a single mother of an amazing little boy. I have a strong support system so that I can go out into the world and do the things …
Ramblings from an Unusual Mind,Is my new book, it releases for kindle on May 7th, 2015. It is now available for pre-order. Can't wait that long? The paperback is currently available via amazon.com and if you can swing, I recommend the paperback as the images in color are much more pleasing to the eye. The …
I haven't been able to write. No time, no will to. I've felt quite well the past few months. Spent some time on my own which is not exactly possible in my situation. Maybe it's the years of therapy or a perfect pharmaceutical cocktail, but i've been feeling good. Really good. It's bizarre and terrifying …
I looked at the ground, my heart broke. It took a deep breath in and tried to retain all the pieces it seemed to be in now. It didn't. It couldn't but be damned it still tried. Sometimes in life you are sitting still as the world rushes by you. Others, you don't have enough …
Here is an entry from my private journal. Honestly it's on the lighter side, not sure what that says about my inner struggles.October 2013:I feel as if I'm floating through a sea of shadows. My mind is as tired as my body. I try to find the lighter side of things but the irritation of …
Day three of my bipolar and mania episode. Sigh. It's far harder than I anticipated to control my rage and depression these days. Sometimes I feel myself succumbing to the darkness, swallowing me whole. Constantly I'm told how proud and amazed people are that I'm doing so well with the hand I've been dealt. Gee …
It's the truth isn't it? I did a photo shoot I have wanted to do for years, a concept very dear to me. I wouldn't normally do a shoot where I would be terrified, exposed, vulnerable to the public and use that to prove my point. Well okay maybe to an extent but not like …
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