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 …
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 …
When Pain Is A Pain
I have been a chronic pain sufferer for over 20 years. It started with a botched knee surgery when I was 15, followed by a triple fracture to my lumbar in my early 30's and these have resulted in osteoarthritis in all of my joints, fibromyalgia and a few other pesky conditions. At the moment …
Being Lydia! 