Tag: self-esteem

Survived the Winter – Living Bi-Polar

Survived the Winter – Living Bi-Polar It is almost April, and I made it through the winter without going into the depths of the darkness that I did last year.  I wrote my one of my first blog articles in August about the darkness and how while I was in the state of light and clarity of that time I…

Pretend

via Daily Prompt: Pretend I feel this is how I live my life every day. I pretend to be normal to the outside world. They do not see my insecurities, they do not see my depression, they do not see my tears of loneliness.   They do not see the daily pain of the invisible illnesses of fibromyalgia, celiac, chronic…

Is Happiness is a Choice?

Someone at work asked this question in a blog a few weeks ago and it surprises me how many people seem to think that you cannot say it’s a choice or you can’t tell that it is. Really?  As someone who suffers from bi-polar depression I do not choose to suffer from depression. That is something that sneaks up on…