Yesterday was a dark day. My mind was filled with vile thoughts and images. Truth be told, I didn’t much like what I saw or felt, didn’t much like me. Little did I know that this dark day would turn… Read moreA Dark Day Turns Bright
What is self-care? Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Raphailia Michael Seasonal Self-Care On a cold winter’s day, we bundle up. We put on our winter… Read moreOn Self-Care
My recent post “Obsessing” shared with you my recent obsession – my sleep. I mentioned what I was doing to track my sleep and the many steps undertaken to enhance it. What my post lacked, however, was an exploration of… Read moreObsessing + Racing Thoughts
There’s an aspect of my bipolar II disorder that I regularly experience but don’t know how to measure or reconcile – obsessing. I clamp on to a subject or a thing and find it extremely difficult to let go. The… Read moreObsessing
I begin by quoting something I recently said on Twitter: “Mindfulness isn’t a cure.” It won’t cure your mental illness. It won’t fix you. What it will do is help you. It’s a capable tool that can be used to… Read moreMindfulness: Defeating the Dark By Calming My Mind
