P eople have toolboxes for different tasks. Electricians, Carpenters, and Mechanics, to name a few. Their tools allow them to perform very specific tasks that generally cannot be used for anything else. Meters to measure electricity, hammers for driving nails, or wrenches for nuts and bolts. All different tools for specific purposes, but what do you use for Mental Health? You wouldn’t use any of these tools to treat symptoms of Mental Illness. There’s a toolbox for Mental Hea

W hat my body and mind are going through is really “weird”, intense, and exhausting to say the least. Really, really exhausting. I’ve had serious withdrawals from alcohol in the past, and that’s just as TERRIBLE!!! But this is different. Completely different, it’s more psychological in nature, and how the body moves and flows naturally, it doesn’t work. I walk like I’m drinking, looking at the wall, and walk right into it. My brain says go this way, but there’s a disconnect,

I ’ve carried the weight of CPTSD, Bipolar II depression, borderline‑style reactivity, and alcohol use disorder across this entire stretch of my life. My days swing from energized optimism to crushing despair, and my journal documents every rise and fall—moments of resilience and moments when survival feels unsure. This has been the past two years: L iving Inside These Diagnoses My Bipolar II brings cycles—hypomanic bursts of energy where I overspend, overindulge, and believe

It’s been about two months since my last series of blog posts chronicling my mindset from 2005. A dark period of my life trying to...