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Tag: bipolar

Zombie Nation

I can’t remember if I sometimes behave like a zombie because of my psychiatric medication, or if I take psychiatric medication because I sometimes behave … More

addiction, bipolar, borderline, depression, life, medication, meds, mental health, mental illness, psychosis

The Realest

Here it is: the realest thing I’ve ever written:

art, bipolar, borderline, BPD, collage, creative, depression, diary, eupd, honesty, journal, life, notebook, personality disorder, suicide, truth, writer, writing

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I feel so far removed from the girl who wrote this: (It’s a page from an old diary of mine … More

bipolar, BPD, depression, diary, journal, mental health, mental illness, notebook, pain, past, self, teenager, writing

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This is who I am today: kitchen-scissor haircut, pale, tired, anxious, wearing the lipstick that you so loved to smudge, … More

anxiety, bipolar, BPD, diary, face, love or something like it, makeup, personality, personality disorder, photo, poem, self, self portrait

Protected: 040118

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

bipolar, borderline, BPD, confessional, death, depression, diary, fear, journal, life, mortality, shame, suicide, today, writing

04:39

12:26 a.m. I know that I am dying but I’m dying to feel alive, too. […] 04:39 a.m. My greatest … More

bipolar, borderline, BPD, confessional, depression, diary, journal, notebook, suicide

Ta-Dah!

I’ve had a really horrific week and everything is awful, but I managed to post something on Hijacked Amygdala, hurrah! … More

bipolar, blah, blogging, depression, Hijacked Amygdala, journal, life, lit mag, mental health, mental illness, recovery, writers, writing

The Day of Rest

Overheard in McDonald’s. Guy 1: Isn’t this quite a rough area? Guy 2: Yeah, a 22 year old got stabbed … More

alcohol, bipolar, borderline, conversation, dialogue, drugs, fuck it, life, mental health, psychology, psychopaths, recovery, sobriety

Argentina

You know when you’re on the bus and you’re coming back from the supermarket (because, after 4 attempts, you finally … More

anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, eupd, fear, fuckup, help, journey, life, madness, mental health, paranoia, poetry, prose, suicidal, unstable, writing

Maintenant

It’s not that everything is wrong, it’s just that nothing is right. Nothing is right.

addiction, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, depression, ffs, life, poetry, recovery, relapse, self harm, short, suicide, truth, writing

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