mental health
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I look in the mirror and see my mother. I see her in my gestures too— the disorder she passed down, or a few. She taught me hatred. Not toward other people—never. She taught me to hate myself, burned it into me with every cigarette she pressed between her fingers, smoke simmering into my skin.…
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People rarely understand. That in itself can be off-putting, almost alienating. But I’ve learned that if I don’t make light of my own situation, its weight threatens to squash me flat—just like the ants we all are in the vast and indifferent scheme of things. —Janie Lyvon
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– by Janie Lyvon Heavy topics like substance abuse, addiction, suicidal thoughts and ideation, and mental health struggles carry a trigger warning in this revised journal entry about my struggles as a bipolar person. I despise being bipolar. Some people openly boast about it online for others to see. “My Journey with Bipolar Personality Disorder:…
Janie Lyvon 