Art Trip to a Bipolar Mind
I have a confession. I am an artist who is afraid of color. Not just in my art, but in the way I dress and decorate my home, and other places I haven’t discovered yet. It is an odd feeling to realize and admit that now, but that’s the first…
Each time I sit down to write I have negative thoughts in my head that I’m a very terrible, boring writer and no one wants…
I am experiencing a ripple effect in my mental health care, and the initial splash is my alcohol use. Because of this, my psychiatrist has…
I am reading Julie Fast’s and John Preston’s second edition of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. It has been years since I read the first…
Today tears rolled down my cheeks in a steady stream, but there was no relief, just an emptiness inside. It feels physical. You could reach…

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.