Category: My Mental Illness Journey
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For those of you that follow my stories, you’ll know that I have a few mental health diagnoses as well as sleep apnea, chronic pain in my back, a herniated disc in my neck, chronic fatigue, and heart rate issues. We are trying to get the mental health things (BPD, Bipolar) along with depression and…
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I’m sorry for not writing more lately. Things have been bad and getting much worse as time goes on. A few months ago, my psych provider and I decided to lower one of the meds I was on due to an adverse side effect. I developed a slight tremor due to it and also I…
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Just kidding. This New Year’s has not started well. I have had mono since the end of November and am so freaking fatigued. Thankfully my sore throat went away after about a month. On the 29th of December my mental health took an unexpected hit. I texted my friend in the evening saying that I…
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I just went on vacation the previous Monday through Friday. My sisters and I traveled to New Era, Michigan and stayed at an Airbnb those four nights. Although there were some issues with the location, I had an amazing time. We watched TV shows, played a board game multiple times, played Galaga and Pac Man,…
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My mind went to a really dark place here, guys. So. Trigger Warning. Content Warning. (Suicide) I don’t want to admit it, but I will. When I read this question, “What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail,” I thought… suicide. I wouldn’t fail. I would be dead. And that’s what…
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*big sigh* I don’t even know how to start out this post. My sleep doc has me adjusting my schedule in a monumental way. I’ve been trying. Really. I’ve been getting to bed between 8PM-12AM. I’ve been trying (and mostly failing) to get outside. I did really good not napping for the first 2 days.…
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I’m posting this off the cuff. I’m not planning the answer out. Gut instinct. Well, my first instinct was going to be that I’m honest. I value honesty so much. I don’t really lie and I don’t even like it when people tell me things in confidence because, if I promise not to tell anyone,…
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