Bipolar Like Me - A Long and Arduous Journey

How Our Social Network Helps Us Thrive

Monday, May 29th, 2006

One way that your attitude can affect your health is that a bad attitude can drive other people away. And interaction with other people is vital for your health. Human beings are social creatures. So ... Read more... »

The Power of Positive Thinking

Monday, May 29th, 2006

No one can avoid all negative feelings in life and it's not realistic to think you can or should. But the happiest people somehow know how to buffer them by keeping life's inevitable tragedies from ... Read more... »

An Introduction to Biofeedback

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Most people think that they can't control blood pressure, body temperature, brain waves, digestion, muscle tension, heart rate, and the like. And most of the time, they're right; these basic bodily functions are normally regulated ... Read more... »

I Grew Up in Poverty

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I grew up in poverty, in a family of 9 children in rural Maine. We had a small sustenance farm with animals and a very large garden. I have no memories of being hungry, but ... Read more... »

A Troubled Childhood

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I started out as a very troubled child. I had many problems and brushes with the law because of it. I was constantly battling my parents because I thought I was always right. School ... Read more... »

Being Teased and Taunted

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I grew up mostly in Alexandria, Minn., but moved to Ada in the 6th grade. When I was young I was a very emotional child. I was put into a special class, even thought I ... Read more... »

Jennifer’s Story

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I think my problems started at age 3, when my father passed away. My mother said I almost had a mental breakdown, I quit talking, and was in my own little world. That only lasted ... Read more... »

Torture

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

In the realm of pain and anguish Begging for release of Death, Lies the child with brutal mother Battered day by day with stealth. All who know the gentle lady See her kindness shining bright, See the woman love her children See ... Read more... »

My New Life

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

At the age of 23, I woke up one weekday morning with the feeling that something was wrong. I searched my mind. Oh, yes. I remembered. I remembered that I was living a new life; ... Read more... »

Only 16

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I am currently 16 years old and live in New Jersey. When I was 6 years old, my parents got a divorce and I moved around New Jersey and New York State a few times. ... Read more... »

Losing My Mind

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I was born three months premature, along with my twin sister. I guess you could say that I was a fighter from the start, weighing in at only 1 lb. 9 oz. I was ... Read more... »

Through It All

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

What happen to me is not really unbearable under normal circumstances but coming from dysfunction in most areas of my life it was what most would call unbelievable. I'll begin at the age of 8 because ... Read more... »

Bird in the Invisible Cage

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

As I watched my 68-year-old father hug my 16-year-old daughter at the airport, my stomach tightened around the bag of worms, renewing that old, buried feeling. My son waited patiently for his grandfather to ... Read more... »

Schizophrenia’s Voice

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I would perhaps start with explaining that everything that I say is honest and true, the reason being that some of it may be unbelievable, but then I find many of the stories I have ... Read more... »

A Long and Arduous Journey

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I was born in a small town in Florida during the late 1940s. My mother had undiagnosed and untreated schizophrenia and my father was a man of some power within the community who was ... Read more... »

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