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 Kristin Lampert
Mental Health Advocacy Services/
Freelance Writer
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Mar 8, 2015
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My Very Own Breakfast Club
During one of our journaling groups, I was asked to write about what I have gotten thus far from Princeton House (the hospital in which I...
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- Jan 13, 2015
- 4 min
I Only Say Goodbye for Now, So I Can Greet You With a Smile Next Time We Meet
I came to the realization today that I can no longer try to battle this disease alone. After dropping my children off at school, I felt...
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- 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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- Jan 7, 2015
- 5 min
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
I met a good friend of mine for breakfast this morning. She is well aware of my recent struggles, so much so that she actually brought me...
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- 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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- Dec 26, 2014
- 5 min
Post Christmas Madness: The Season of Excess Which Leaves Us with Feelings of Emptiness and Maxed O
The gifts are unwrapped and piled neatly under my tree, some completely untouched. I sit in my living room, staring at the tree, which is...
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- Dec 23, 2014
- 3 min
Nightmares: Is the Universe Trying to Tell Me Something or Is It Just a Side Effect of the Lamictal?
I’ve always been a vivid dreamer. My dreams are in color. People talk. I see faces and what people are wearing, and when I wake in the...
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- Dec 13, 2014
- 4 min
Thanks for the Kindling, Jehovahs!
The Jehovah’s showed up at my door this morning to spread the word. The door bell rang and I knew there was no hiding, as I have a huge...
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- Dec 12, 2014
- 5 min
Misconceptions of Crazy
In June of 1995, I had my first exposure to a mental health ward. When I was 23 years old, I ended up committing myself to a locked...
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- Dec 12, 2014
- 2 min
Uncomfortably Numb
For someone who feels things so deeply, whether love, pain, anguish, disgust, anger or hatred, there is nothing more unnatural than...
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- Dec 10, 2014
- 3 min
Big Girls Do Cry
Yesterday, after reading my first post, my lifelong best friend called me and began to cry because she said that she felt awful that I...
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- Dec 7, 2014
- 2 min
Woe is Me
Sitting here at the age of 43, mother to three beautiful children, and married to a supportive and loving husband who’s been my best...
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