It starts with the appetite, gone. And then you board a train, but everyone else has apparently stayed on the platform and you watch from the window, as a muted version of reality unfolds. You are moving through time and space, yet you are unmoving. You have become an observer…

Not hypomanic anymore, just back to my good old self for the first time in what feels like forever. But I really want to talk about the things that happen when an episode ends. Firstly, when riding off that last bit of hypomania: the fear of going to sleep and…

Another thought on the matter. It’s such a relief to finally understand my experience and accept my diagnosis, but… back when I didn’t know, I would try hard to bounce back. I had so many coping mechanisms, I pulled myself together, I pep-talked myself into picking up the shards of…

Not me opening this website again because I haven’t been sleeping much all week and feeling restless. I never thought, growing up, that the biggest challenge ahead was going to be mental health. Actually, I didn’t understand the concept of mental health until I was 21. I thought the challenges…

I just turned 23 this spring. Technically speaking, the stars are aligned for me. I have loving and supportive parents, who have successful careers. I am an only child. I am surrounded by beautiful people, with whom I am able to have deep, satisfying friendships. I also have a degree…