Learning to live with it
She guessed that’s what they called “acceptance”…the whole learning to live with it. The “it” she was referring to this time was basically “the way she was” or as she liked to put it, being a bit nuts. No amount of medication in the world was going to make her completely normal because there was […]
Contemplation of what once was
She sat quietly locked in her room thinking about what once was. She was reminded of an instructor who said to never go into the past unless you were taking something good, otherwise it could cause you to become depressed. She was teetering on that borderline as she thought about her past career, the one […]
Compliance
A pill dissolves under the tongue Tastes like poison Fears of what the night will bring Sleep, deep and unknowing A brain chemically rewired Waking, feeling submerged Mellow, as if I could fall off the bed and melt into the fibers of the carpet never to be seen again.
“The Beach Boys Sounds of Summer”
I’ve got to tell you, this is the best compilation of Beach Boys music I’ve seen for the money in a long while. The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer gives you 30 of their very best for a whopping $7.99 for an .mp3 download from Amazon. I’m listening to it now and […]
The Dog (pt 9)
She’d rushed out of the house so early this morning she’d forgotten all about Doone. He was waiting excitedly by the door, probably not so much to see her as to go out to do his business. He did, however, give her a quizzical look at her attire. She didn’t usually go out in her […]
Tile on the walls
The sky was the most brilliant blue and the clouds were a puffy white. They were moving rather quickly, as could be seen through the skylight, passing above the branches of the trees and the bright green leaves like something in a time lapse photography movie in school. She wondered if it would be difficult to […]
Flirting with disaster
Flirting with disaster She looked, but couldn’t touch She wanted to, a desire was there She wanted to fall in deep, and satisfying She looked, but she couldn’t touch He asked if she did, and she said “she was good” She fell quickly to sleep and dreams took over She was flying a helicopter but […]
The Dog (pt 8)
She went to the grocery store with a smile on her face. This was not a common occurrence and under normal circumstances, would cause some kind of alarm bells to go off in some part of the cosmos. She headed straight to the meat section of the store and bought a big juicy steak for […]
“Classic Queen”
She needed something with lyrics to keep her mind occupied today and so she chose Classic Queen, a wonderful collection of Queen’s best. How could you not have a joyous time singing along with “Bohemian Rhapsody?” And in her case, “I’m going Slightly Mad” wasn’t too far from the truth. She loved the movie Highlander so […]
“An Unquiet Mind” By Kay Redfield Jamison
Of all the books I’ve read on bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression), the most poignant and truly moving has to be that by Kay Redfield Jamison called An Unquiet Mind. What makes this book unique is that the author herself is a Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and […]
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