Category: Psychosis

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They take me under, sometimes

by Nicole Lyons5 Comments on They take me under, sometimes

  I have never seen battles quite as terrifyingly beautiful as the ones I fight when my mind splinters and races, to swallow me into my own madness, again. © Nicole Lyons 2016

Abuse, Addiction, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Bullying, Compassion, Conflict, Creative Nonfiction, Death, Delusions, Depression, Empowered, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Humanity, Ignorance, Labels, Love, Love and Illness, Mood Disorders, Nicole Writes, Psychosis, Uncategorized

Six Words

by Nicole Lyons12 Comments on Six Words

It's amazing how much can be said, or not said, in six little words.  

Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Creative Nonfiction, Depression, Hope, Love, Love and Illness, Mania, Mental Illness, Nicole Writes, Poetry, Psychosis, Recovery, Scott, Shame, Stability, Struggle, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Support, Survivors, The Poets, Triggers, Uncategorized

Anchored

by Nicole Lyons8 Comments on Anchored

Until you've tethered your madness to someone else's sanity in order to keep breathing, you don't know vulnerability.    

Advocacy, Alternative Therapy, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Client/Therapist Relationships, Compassion, Conflict, Delusions, Depression, Establishing Boundaries, Fear, Happiness, Intrusive Thoughts, Mania, Medication Side Effects, Medications, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness, Mental Illness and Family, Mood Disorders, My Psychiatrist's Office, Pharma, Pharmacy, Psychosis, Recovery, Relationships, Self-harm, Sex and Meds, Side Effects, Stability, Struggle, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Suicide Survivor, Support, Therapy, Triggers, Uncategorized

Crazy is a Luxury

by Nicole Lyons5 Comments on Crazy is a Luxury

It's finally here, the day has come when I see my GP about an ECT consult. The medication/psychiatric merry-go-round is killing me. I can't do this anymore. I haven't left my house in weeks, I haven't written for PC because let's be honest, I'm not doing so well with "Living well with mental illness" and [...]

Alternative Therapy, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Client/Therapist Relationships, Conflict, Delusions, Depression, Fear, Hallucinations, Intrusive Thoughts, Mania, Medication Side Effects, Medications, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, My Psychiatrist's Office, Panic Disorder, Pharma, Pharmacy, Psychosis, Recovery, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Self-harm, Side Effects, Stability, Struggle, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Survivor, Support, Survivors, The Lithium Chronicles, Therapy, Triggers, Uncategorized

Twenty-six Pages

by Nicole Lyons9 Comments on Twenty-six Pages
Twenty-six Pages

  Remember when I said I was going to get the pharmacist to print out every single medication I have been prescribed since 2012? Well here it is and it is a whopping 26 pages long. There is shit on here that I had to Google, absolutely no fucking clue what it was, and no recollection [...]

Addiction, Advocacy, Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Guest Appearances, Guest Bloggers, Mania, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness and Family, Mood Disorders, Psychosis, Recovery, Shame, Stability, Stigma, Support, Uncategorized

Fear and Acceptance by Jason Insalaco

by Nicole Lyons3 Comments on Fear and Acceptance by Jason Insalaco
Fear and Acceptance by Jason Insalaco

Please give a very warm TLC welcome to Jason Insalaco from Instinctive Bird. Thank you for sharing your story and creating a community where people can feel safe and supported.   Hi, my name is Jay Insalaco. I've been living with bipolar disorder type 1 and addiction to drugs and alcohol for the last twenty [...]

Advocacy, Alternative Therapy, Bipolar Disorder, Client/Therapist Relationships, Delusions, Depression, Hallucinations, Ignorance, Labels, My Psychiatrist's Office, Pharma, Psychosis, Stigma

Delusions or brilliance?

by Nicole Lyons16 Comments on Delusions or brilliance?
Delusions or brilliance?

Vibrant Ideas My mind is filled with an essence. Tales and characters ride on the cusp of almost tangible, and trust me when I tell you they are neither delusion nor hallucination, but that they are vivid and extraordinary. Thinking outside of the box makes perfect sense to me and logic seems almost crude, at [...]

Addiction, Advocacy, Attempted Suicide, Depression, Psychosis, Stigma Fighters, Suicide Survivor, World Suicide Prevention Day, World Suicide Prevention Week

World Suicide Prevention Day 2015: My Stigma Fighters Survivor Story

by Nicole Lyons7 Comments on World Suicide Prevention Day 2015: My Stigma Fighters Survivor Story

Over the past few days I have been corresponding with a young woman on The Lithium Chronicles Facebook page who is in a rather dark spot. I am happy to write that she is now actively seeking treatment and while she is still overwhelmed and quite low, she sees that there is hope. She reminded [...]