Mental Health Month
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Mental Health Month

I haven’t posted in a while, I have been busy living and focusing on recovery, enjoying the fruits of stability in my home, dating and making friends. the last 8 months have been quite exciting. I sold my car and enjoyed the fruits of bus travel and walking for my knee’s and back. It has … Continue reading

Foul mouth…
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Foul mouth…

I was absolutely blasted today, for not….. God only knows, the things they describe I should’ve done in response actually amount to child abuse… Including slapping belting and beating her for using the C word. Woman today need one hell of a reality check of that I am sure. As if a grown woman should … Continue reading

My Wallet Weeps….
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My Wallet Weeps….

Having just completed my Pledge Manager for Cthulhu Wars Onslaught Three, and still midway negotiating an all the books pledge for Numenera 2, Discovery and Destiny with a lovely leather bound Deluxe upgrade, *drool* along with ordering in No Thank You Evil from Monte Cook Games, which came highly recommended for the girls from Sandy Petersen. … Continue reading

She did it herself…
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She did it herself…

Following on from Hypergraphia we all started to get a little worried, her “cope with shit” button was becoming firmly stuck in the off position and symptoms were rapidly becoming more prominent….. as the rest of us were watching, preparing another med review; she took matters into her own hand and using the instructions already left … Continue reading

Mental Health Month
Mentalhealth

Mental Health Month

October is Mental Health Month. The 10th of this month is World Mental Health Day. Strangely enough from the 8th til the 14th is Mental Health Week…. I much prefer to work on mental health awareness all year around. Mental health and mental illness are not the same thing. Although they are both two sides … Continue reading

Hypergraphia
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Hypergraphia

A sure fire sign of mania since infancy, we have seen walls, furniture, clothing, refrigerators and children scrawled with drawings and letters even as a toddler it was more letter like than drawing. bipolar 101 explains their own experience of hypergraphia People are thinking, cogs are turning, the next step is being planned… Is this … Continue reading

The teens are here
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The teens are here

It was jacs 13th birthday today. While it was something to celebrate it is incredibly scary also.  While I have reached another one of those milestones…. Which start with no more nappies.  no more children at the feet. No more children in primary school. I no longer have any Tweens!  The scary side of things … Continue reading