I had a completely different post planned out in light of the recent events. However it was coming out more like a PSA. As I have been reading through the comments on various social media feeds, I keep seeing people say suicide is not a choice. Suicide is a conscious choice, a clouded one, but … Continue reading The Choice of Suicide
Depression
Funerals and Mental Illness
This week's submission to Stigmama When you have a mental illness is like perpetually being at a wake for a funeral. I am sure many you are scratching your heads because you cannot fathom how the two are alike. Trust me. It makes a lot of sense. If you having ever been a part of … Continue reading Funerals and Mental Illness
Feeding the Beast
This was my submission for Bipolar Parenting Project today. It is an everyday struggle to not the feed into the beast. What is the beast you ask? It is my bipolar disorder. And if I don’t watch it closely it will swallow me whole and never ever spit me back out. For those of you … Continue reading Feeding the Beast
Lauren Kocher 