To track my sleep, my moods, and to implement my gratitude practice, I use the Daylio app. I have done this a minimum of twice each day since mid-2021. However, this was not always the case. Today, I would like to share my winding journey to this daily use of Daylio. Please note that I…
My Bipolar II Disorder is rife with periods of elevated mood where I experience grandiosity and high self-esteem. More common though, and existing without any accompanying depressive episode, is low self-esteem, filled with self-deprecation and self-invalidation. Take this morning. On Twitter (yes, I continue to prefer that name!) a question was asked: “Tell me something…
Inspired by a post originally published on September 29, 2022 Updated on August 11, 2023 I too readily tell myself (and it is a not-so-hidden fear) that I do not write well. My writing, I say, is too rigid. It does not, I tell myself, fully convey the full extent of the emotions that I…
Originally posted on September 30, 2022 Updated on August 8, 2023 When will I learn? I know from experience that being lax, being inattentive to Righting The Ship, only creates problems. Over these many months, I have read the emails telling me that many different people, from many parts of the world, were trying to…
Originally posted on September 29, 2022 We put a lot of trust in doctors, perhaps too much. I know I certainly have. For that reason, I never knew that the surgery I had undergone to correct my obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) could fail. I believed that the doctor knew best and that he had done…