My young and very clever psychologist stopped me in my tracks this week. I was hatching a plan to get divorced because of my Stepson, and now I am back
Category: Parenting and kids
Experiences of a mom who went through a divorce and tried to blend her family with anothers
Rapid cycling – or simply finding myself?
Moving between depression and hypermania is quick. I stumble into a wine tasting downtown, and since I need my phone charged, paid the entrance fee and tried all the wine.
Stepmom backs out, for the sake of ‘the blended family’
Being a Stepmom is full of self-disappointments. At the same time you can, over time,  build up the strength to say what you can/cannot handle. Take this weekend for example.Â
I feel weak – my stepson makes me angry
My stepson is my trigger. True, I have felt a few symptoms of un-wellness of late: out-of-body, pessimistic, insular, agitated. Even this blog, which I have taken up frantically again
Why I drink
Why do I drink? It’s bad for me. I get dizzy quickly because of the meds. My liver, or pancreas, or bladder, or whatever, is going to collapse too soon.
My bipolar brilliance got me fired
My manic energy delivered high performance, but also pushed the boundaries. My boss got upset, I got depressed, too many hospital stays in the psychiatric ward, and we parted ways.