Art Trip to a Bipolar Mind
It’s not raining outside, but I am having a “jumping in puddles” kind of day. For me that’s when it feels like a switch has turned on and I find myself actively moving through my day with sheer happiness. I am jumping from one activity to another, from sweeping, to…
I have been fooling myself. Even though I write a blog about bipolar, read memoirs about bipolar, take my medicine daily, I still sometimes question…
“His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade.” That’s one of my favorite lines from Augusten Burroughs memoir, Dry. It put me in a…
Hide and Seek! I’m looking for you, but you are very hard to find. You’re folded up somewhere, waiting to be discovered. Three lined notebook…
Terri Cheney, the author of Manic, wrote a second book, the dark side of innocence, about what it was like to grow up bipolar. After…

I’m Alicia, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m an artist living with bipolar disorder. I write because it soothes my soul.