My Personal Blog
The best analogy I could give anyone for my brain right now is that it’s like a jelly that’s wobbling. It’s trying to reconcile being insane for a brief period, and what that means, while also just trying to be the same old Chris again. It’s much easier said than done. Continue reading “The wobble”
I knew the low moods would come. Each day I’m wakening up in a slightly more detached and apathetic mindset than the day before. What I have no way of measuring yet is whether it’s a side effect of the mood stabiliser, or the natural remnants of a manic episode. Continue reading “Here comes the storm”
I have a small concern right now that my mood is still to descend into a dark and black depression. It’s typical for mood to go into a major low after a manic episode – as yet I haven’t been all that bad. I can only hope I ejected most of my misery while being an in-patient on the hospital ward. Continue reading “The calm before the storm”
As the days and weeks pass I’m becoming more-and-more like my usual self. I’m keeping a close eye on the side effects introduced by certain medications too. Continue reading “Back on Planet Earth”
I might be in the minority, but I don’t want a label attached to me.
I don’t want to be on the medication either. I’d rather rationalise my stay in hospital as “sheer exhaustion” and leave it the hell there. Continue reading “My Bipolar Diagnosis”
I can’t recall the person who first described money as a hyper-reality, but it is. Humanity has to exist for money to have any value, otherwise it’s just metal and printed paper. Continue reading “Money is a hyper-reality”
Every human being walking this earth right now is more than just a number. Yet! We allowed ourselves to be slaves to User IDs, passwords, social media, etc.
I’m currently going through a period of adjusting to my Bipolar medication. Certain tablets cause me to feel restless, this has a medical term – Akathisia. Continue reading “Restless”
Today has been a bit of a strange one. Continue reading “Zombie Nation”
Sometimes for the world to change you have to be different from everyone else, and the standard train of thought. Continue reading “Well-being should be ad-hoc”