Having a mental illness such as Bipolar and PTSD (I have both, with Aspergers/Autism on top of them as many of my regular readers know already) can make our reactions to certain things in the present actually be what’s mentally a reaction to things in the past. It’s a life-long struggle that many of us […]
Gonna share these rap lyics I just wrote with my therapist tomorrow. I think she’ll be very proud. I know I am: “I won’t turn the other cheek I won’t accept that I’m a freak I won’t let u bring me down I won’t turn my fucking frown upside down I won’t respect crookedness I […]
Yesterday I had yet another very productive and insightful session with my therapist. It started out with me once again venting about how I am constantly stressing over being 30 instead of 20 and how depression has stole over a decade of my life. It then turned into her reassuring me that it was very […]
Every week I have a very productive appointment with my therapist. The 45 minutes go by so fast but I always leave feeling different than when I came in. Sometimes happier, sometimes vulnerable, sometimes angry. The second and third ones I mentioned have nothing to do with my therapist keep in mind. She is still […]
So yesterday I was approved for Social Security Disability benefits. Not because of physical illness. Strictly for my #mentalhealth This was the FIRST time I applied. No need for a lawyer. No nothing. Saying this was an incredibly pleasant surprise is an understatement. I didn’t tweet about this the minute I was approved bc I […]
