I have been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. With rock-bottom self-esteem issues and people in my life being hypercritical, this can be a volatile combination...and it was for most of my life. I would do and redo things trying to make them just perfect, but never feeling they, or I, measured …
Robin Williams and Me: The Killer Among Us.
I am reblogging this post now, because it, and all the comments it received, mirror my feelings on the subject. I was very shaken by Robin William's death and didn't understand why until I discussed it with a friend. Then to find out that a good cross-section of the mental-health community felt the same is …
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Bipolar and Me!
I remember the day I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder like it was yesterday. In fact it was 1990 and on my fourth psychiatrist. I had been previously diagnosed with clinical depression and while I was indeed depressed, the medications were not working well. I had been seeing this particular doctor for a few months …
Being Lydia! 