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Living with mental illness

My adventures in living with mental illness; namely Bipolar II disorder, PTSD, and trichotillomania. 

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Stability

September 15, 2016 by Beebe Sharkey

Today, I feel flat. I don’t feel like I felt when I first started my blog, and I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing. I feel different. Not necessarily depressed or anxious or manic, but also not necessarily happy or energetic or good. It’s hard to know where I’m at…what this feeling is…what it says about me.

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September 15, 2016 /Beebe Sharkey
writing, bipolar
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Happy blogiversary to me

September 08, 2016 by Beebe Sharkey

Welp, it has been one year since I started this blog. I’ve logged over 60 entries, writing almost every week for the past year. I’m not sure what to make of it all. A lot has happened. A lot has changed. I’ve gotten a lot off of my chest, and have read many responses from you, dear readers, that have given me hope.

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September 08, 2016 /Beebe Sharkey
writing, bipolar, depression
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On writing and other things

August 25, 2016 by Beebe Sharkey

It would be easier not to write. Easier, because I don't know what to write about. Nothing seems particularly interesting or inspiring. It all just seems flat, even though I suppose it's not.

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August 25, 2016 /Beebe Sharkey
writing, bipolar, healing
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Outrunning koalas (why am I writing?)

October 15, 2015 by Beebe Sharkey

I don't feel like writing today. In fact, I haven't felt like writing for the past two weeks. And it makes me worried. I'm worried that I've hit a wall. I'm worried that I've lost everything — all of my creative flow, my energy, my motivation.

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October 15, 2015 /Beebe Sharkey
Depression, anxiety, the dark days, writing, blah blog blerg, koalas
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