This is a question I get from people all the time. After all, it’s very difficult to know what to do with a wall of silence. It’s loved ones who ask this question, and I think they deserve to know ideas about what to do…
Author: Scarlet
103 Posts
-
-
Tips on Setting Boundaries for Your Mental Health
Boundaries are defined rules or limits that someone establishes to protect their security and well-being around others; we identify and express how other people can behave around us so that we feel safe. Boundaries can include setting expectations about how much alone time you need…
-
Pushing Your Limits Is a Mistake
Our society encourages people to push their limits, and there is no out for people with mental illness. Our society claims over and over that we must “take risks”, and “do what scares us”. There is no societal pressure to “respect your limits” or “live…
-
Hypersexuality in Bipolar Disorder
Warning, The following is for mature audiences only… Hypersexuality is a topic that makes many people uncomfortable. Heck, mention sex, and everyone starts to fidget in their seats. You know what I’m talking about, right? I do not know where the aversion to talking about…
-
Having a Mental Illness Is Not Your Fault
Bipolar disorder is not your fault. Schizophrenia is not your fault. Depression is not your fault. You did nothing to deserve a mental illness. You are a good person and being sick does not affect that. Mental illness landed on you and started eating away…
-
Having Bipolar is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
“Bipolar is not a disability. They can take a pill and be okay. Those people just need to go out and get a job.” The ignorance displayed in the above sentence is sickening to me. That person does not know of the financial devastation of…