Bipolar Mood Disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs and lows (depression). When one becomes depressed like I do, you tend to feel sad, hopeless or like a failure and you tend to lose interest or pleasure in most activities. Sometimes you can … Continue reading So what is Bipolar Mood Disorder? →

I am sharing some tips taught to me while I was in the psychiatric hospital, on how to reduce stress with out the medication supplied by the psychiatrists: Get 8 hours of sleep per night (natural and deep cycle). Early morning exercise helps with releasing endorphins in your brain. Drink 8 glasses of water a … Continue reading Tips to help cope with stress →

So yesterday, I was officially released from the clinic after 17 days of being in a quiet and safe cocoon. Now don't get me wrong, I did come out on a 'day pass' last Sunday, but this time it was different, I wasn't coming back to my safety net. Just before being discharged; after a … Continue reading Back into the wild I go! →