A Semi-Charmed Life?

If you have three or more of the mania symptoms below most of the day — nearly every day — for one week or longer, you may be having a manic episode of bipolar disorder:

• Excessive happiness, hopefulness, and excitement
• Sudden changes from being joyful to being irritable, angry, and hostile
• Restlessness, increased energy, and less need for sleep
• Rapid talk, talkativeness
• Distractibility
• Racing thoughts
• High sex drive
• Tendency to make grand and unattainable plans
• Tendency to show poor judgment, such as deciding to quit a job
• Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity — unrealistic beliefs in one’s ability, intelligence, and powers; may be delusional
• Increased reckless behaviors (such as lavish spending sprees, impulsive sexual indiscretions, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or ill-advised business decisions)

Some people with bipolar disorder become psychotic, hearing things that aren’t there. They may hold onto false beliefs, and cannot be swayed from them. In some instances, they see themselves as having superhuman skills and powers — even consider themselves to be god-like.

lol, to the T

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… Why can’t I have any of the good ones…

The sun is shining through and bright
Yet the day pierces pain and cold,
You walk into your life, one page at a time
Another story untold.

Four moons ago you believed in dreams
And all that remained unspoken,
But that was before you were ripped from the seams
And each of them were broken.

The eyelashes, candles and shooting stars
Failed you once again,
And the beat of your battered broken heart
Ceased before it could mend.

Faulty lines and hazy signs
Brought you to where you are,
Reliving all the worn out smiles
Etched with every scar.

great poem