Mental Illness Issues
© Lisbeth Coiman At the peak of a mania episode, I have the tendency to develop psychosis. It starts with self-referent thoughts, the idea that the news refers to me. If left untreated, the idea that “they-are-out-to-get-me” develops into full-blown delusion of surveillance through my computer, other digital devices. However, I have also found solace…
Life is like a baseball game. At the bottom of the inning, play with a mitt in hand. Catch with humility. I have been the recipient of generosity, more in acts of kindness than in material goods. When I was a single mother, I had the education necessary to get me employment. When I…
I have learned to walk in the dark house so well See colors where there is only a void Find beauty in the gloom. Bend at the corners, Stride with confidence in the long corridors Avoid the depths of the abysm on the edge Muffled in the comfort of silence Invisible to those…