Check out Feelings on an internet server rather than inside of me , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! I recently submitted a few poems to be considered for a blog that was being written about using the arts in mental health therapy and the positive effects it can have.  I think its safe to say that I do use the arts often whether it’s writing poems, writing blogs, using pastels or paints, or […] The post Feelings on an internet server rather than inside of me appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out You caught me with your lies , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! I knew you before, though so long ago True feelings and intentions, we did not know But here we are, reuinted once more And when we kissed, I floated off the floor You captured me with a mouth full of lies You drew me in closer with the look in your eyes I let myself […] The post You caught me with your lies appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out To Be Free , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! You open your eyes and look around They are so elated, you look to the ground Memories of happiness flood your brain Wondering and scrutinizing, will you ever be the same? Will the aching and pain ever subside When will the time come to no longer hide? I’ve buried myself inside a box The only […] The post To Be Free appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out A Sneak Peak of Chapter 1 , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! INTRODUCTION August 15, 2012 The tears would not stop falling. They began soaking into my mom’s nightgown and the sheets of her bed. My head was rested on her stomach and she stroked my hair and whispered, “It’s going to be ok. It’s going to take time. We don’t hate you. Why would we ever […] The post A Sneak Peak of Chapter 1 appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…. , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! Part of what my therapist thinks will help me get better is learning to be ME on my own, NOT in a relationship.  When I’m in a relationship I tend to just let the other person decide everything and then I learn to like those things.  I guess for so long I was used to […] The post Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…. appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out Should Celebs EXPECT that “role model” comes with being a celeb?!!! , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! For the last, oh, 100 years or so, I think that at one point or another everyone has admired, or wanted, to be like at least one celebrity.  Whether it was someone from the eras of Grace Kelley, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, or a member of the Beatles,  to any of the modern day celebrities […] The post Should Celebs EXPECT that “role model” comes with being a celeb?!!! appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out How to Stop Constant Apologizing For Bipolar Behavior. , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! Sometimes in relationships, the words “I’m Sorry” begin to lose their meaning. In some cases, can begin to mean nothing when we keep using them so flippantly as a quick band-aid, but then don’t follow through and change those actions or behaviors. In many situations, you can be saying I’m sorry, all while knowing that […] The post How to Stop Constant Apologizing For Bipolar Behavior. appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out Is Bipolar Disorder The New Black? , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! [This was my very first post for International Bipolar Foundation in 2011- The link is listed below] Is Bipolar Disorder The New Black? Gosh I hope not. In the last few years, the headlines in newspapers and magazines have been flooded with reports of celebrities claiming to have bipolar disorder, criminals using bipolar disorder as […] The post Is Bipolar Disorder The New Black? appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out Sometimes traditional therapy just doesn’t cut it! , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! Let’s face it.  Having bipolar disorder can give us some symptoms that are really, quite hard to control, like our spending habits.  Not all of us, but those who experience hypomania or mania.  Some refer to them as spending sprees, others refer to it affectionately as retail therapy.  Whatever your pleasure, it’s still the same. […] The post Sometimes traditional therapy just doesn’t cut it! appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more

Check out Mental Health Awareness? Oh yes , from The Bipolar Hot Mess!!! I am aware. Oh yes I am very much aware of my mental health.   I am very aware that I take a handful of meds each morning and evening in an attempt to maintain stable mental health.  To stabilize the bipolar cycle, to boost the depression, to reduce the anxiety levels, to make the […] The post Mental Health Awareness? Oh yes appeared first on Musings of The Bipolar Hot Mess ..read more