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

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
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
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
Invisibility really sucks, whoever said they wanted it as a superpower has no idea the trouble and heartache it brings. I’ve had this superpower all
Have you ever met or had a friend that was never happy?Have you had those people in your life, that even though they say they are your friends, or husbands, or wives, that say they love you, but always want to improve you?Are you one of those people? Do you catch yourself wanting to change others?
Keeping ourselves motivated can be difficult, especially during what may seem the dark times, the difficult times, times when everything seems to be going wrong. It’s at this time we need to realize that motivation is not something we can rely on someone else giving us. We are in control of our motivation.
When you let your worries go, your anxiety go, and you take that deep breath. You realize that the sky is not falling and you can move on. You realize there are some adventures to be had, some friendships to be made and your life becomes richer, just because you became mindful.
Always listen, always act, and always get out of your comfort zone. The Universe has great things in store for you, pay attention!
Self-defeating behaviors can make you doubt yourself when you risk success, when you try for something new. But even when you fail, you’ve learned what you need to do next time to succeed, you have tried and this lesson prepared you for success.
What can we, who suffer with these “invisible enemies” of the mind and soul such as bi-polar depression or fibromyalgia or any other illness that gives us pain every day do to overcome these self-defeating behaviors and thoughts? It’s not easy.
Have you felt the darkness creep on you or that it would never end? That you have been deserted by all those you that loved you, that you are alone in the universe, that even God has deserted you?
I’ve heard selfies are egotistical, and maybe to some it is, to me it’s my mirror, it’s my way of telling myself to stay the course, that I am worth the effort to do the things I do, to try to do what I want to do in the future, to aspire to become a better person for the world and those I love.