Lydia Lampert
Let’s Raise Suicide Awareness: Death does not Grant Second Chances
Originally published on Elephant Journal on 9/4/2021.
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Lydia Kristin Lampert
Mental Health Advocacy Services/
Freelance Writer
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Lydia Lampert
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Breathe, Just Breathe
Today I am overwhelmed with a flood of emotions. You see, 27 years ago my son was born brain dead because I was in full-on eclamptic...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jul 15, 2015
- 4 min
When I am Grateful, I Find My Grace
Monday I began the Free 21 Day Meditation with Oprah and Deepak that was all over the internet. Thus far, it has been great, and I would...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jul 8, 2015
- 2 min
The Last Dance…I Don’t Think So!
How many of us truly understand the final dance scene in Silver Linings Playbook? How many of us realize that it is an interpretation of...
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Lydia Lampert
- May 26, 2015
- 2 min
Three Months is a Lifetime
If you asked me three months ago if I could be still with myself, the answer would have been a strong, harsh no. Three months ago today...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 22, 2015
- 3 min
ACCEPTANCE IS NOT EASY
Acceptance in human psychology is a person’s assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 22, 2015
- 4 min
I Survived Tricky Tray: Tickets and Clappers and Beer, Oh My!
Tonight was my first “official” night out amongst tons of people I know. My husband and I went out to support our school’s local PTO...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 18, 2015
- 1 min
Bipolar Haiku
Maniacal laughs, Cause tears to stream down my face, Displaying raw pain. #Bipolar #depression #Mania #pain
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 17, 2015
- 3 min
Mental Jungle Juice
Triggers, triggers, everywhere. Triggers, triggers, should I care? On Monday at my outpatient program, we had a class called...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 16, 2015
- 3 min
Home Alone
Tomorrow is my first full day home alone since returning from the hospital and I am a nervous wreck. I am still far from well, and...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 14, 2015
- 5 min
Daddy Issues
Everyone has a story to tell. I met a gentleman while I was in the hospital that heard me talking about my blog, and he approached me to...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 11, 2015
- 3 min
Modern Day Fart Man
I have to say over the past two months, I came to the realization that some people really, really love to fart, and some even more than...
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Lydia Lampert
- Mar 9, 2015
- 3 min
The Incarcarated Bipolar Poet
I figured I would share some of the poetry I wrote while I was hospitalized. It certainly captures the velocity at which my moods were...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 11, 2015
- 1 min
Depression Is a Thief
You have robbed me of my smile, not only the external one, but the internal one as well. I hate you almost as much as I hate myself right...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 10, 2015
- 4 min
How Do I Forgive Myself When I Am So Damn Good at Self-Punishment?
Where does one begin to forgive oneself? How does one undo the wrongs one has committed and erase the pain one has inflicted on those one...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 6, 2015
- 7 min
Hello Bipolar, My Name Is Lydia: Manic Ramblings to My Disease
I wish you would have introduced yourself earlier in my life. Perhaps you tried and I turned a cold shoulder because I was trying to run...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 6, 2015
- 1 min
Check out “Closing the Chasm: Letters From a Bipolar Physician to His Son”
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=sPl8pKYIMh0C I just finished reading this incredibly honest and open book. It’s the fourth...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 4, 2015
- 3 min
Louis Zamperini, You Are My Hero: We Should All Remain Unbroken
Last night, my husband and I actually had a date. For the first time in a very long time, I felt good enough to go out, so our boys were...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 3, 2015
- 2 min
God I Can Hear You
Tonight instead of writing a long post, I was overtaken with emotion and had this poem come to me. I dedicate this poem to my dear...
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Lydia Lampert
- Jan 2, 2015
- 3 min
We Are Not Alone: Closet Bipolars in Hollywood
Today as I waited to check in at my MD’s office, John Lennon began singing overhead, “People say I’m crazy, doin what I’m doin, Well they...
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