“The awareness of the damage done by severe mental illness-to the individual herself and others- and fears that it may return again play a decisive role in many suicides.” -Kay Redfield Jamison Book 1: Manic-Depressive Illness, Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression By: Kay Redfield Jamison Professor in Mood Disorders and Psychiatrist at John Hopkins University…
Tall And In Charge
Is this what God wants for me and my family? Where can I find help to cope with my problems? Will there ever be real peace? Seeing that I am sitting at my computer desk and what God wants for me…he wants me to take control of my life and be that happy girl I…
Surviving a Bipolar Fall
“Deep down inside the dead trees, I know the secrets that happen as the leaves fall to the ground and die.” -Heather Deogracia I know it is the grey. That deep purple makes the sun absent too. The winter season just ceases my grasp of breathing as a real puff of air spills out of…
Crazy Vs. Bipolar
By Heather Deogracia “I entertain the idea that I am internally not right in the head. Externally, I attract curious people who want to know what in the hell am I talking about.” -Heather Deogracia What comes first in the question “Are you crazy versus Bipolar?”. This is the huge crossroad for me to admit…
Thirsty for a Prescription Cocktail
“I lean to advocate the rituals of a long tall sip of brain chemicals. Something like alcohol & cocaine without a hangover or nose sniffing.” -Heather Deogracia Admitting the fact that I take a very strong concoction of prescriptions for BiPolar I disorder, I have needed to be “drunk” every breakfast and dinner time to…
Romance is Not Dead
“I Sniff With My Face Deep Into a Dozen Roses” Working face to computers my screen and drinking a diet coke for breakfast, I get the sense of a stranger behind my back. With a smile, he sets something magical on my desk and puffs into thin air. Surprise! A dozen of fresh peachy pink…
Art Bomb
You Blow It Up Hardcore brains of trillions of creative creatures are connected by a language as unique as fingerprints and the law of attraction to others. Right to left hemispheres and geniuses with lovely chemical imbalances are relevant to the human race. Most of our world now are in search for material or fabulous new…
The Journey Begins for BiPolar Advocacy
Thanks for joining me! Here is the one blogger with the last name no one can pronounce and has the most beautiful language translation. The form is of the latin language where “gracia” means grace or thanks and “deo” means God. Thank God for joining me on the this new journey of Bipolar advocacy. Below…
