Tag: Mental Health

Bipolar Disorder can get ugly

Let’s talk about the ugly side of bipolar disorder. The parts people don’t like to hear or are too embarrassed to speak about.

It’s losing trust in your own mind. Constantly questioning whether your thoughts, emotions, or decisions are you or an episode forming. The manic highs and the depressive lows. It’s the shame after episodes. The apologies. The mistakes. The decisions that were made that don’t truly align with who you are as a person. The relationships strained or lost. Not from lack of love, but from a brain at war with itself. It’s isolation. Pulling away because you’re afraid of being a burden, while quietly needing connection the most.

It’s surviving moments you didn’t want to be here anymore and then having to learn how to live after that. Medication trials. Side effects. Acceptance. Resistance. Learning that stability isn’t weakness and needing help doesn’t erase strength. Even on good days, bipolar disorder leaves scars, hypervigilance, grief, and a level of self-awareness earned through pain.

I advocate because honesty saves lives. Because romanticizing this illness helps no one. Because survival is something to speak about, not hide. This is the ugly but necessary truth.

And I’m still here. Still growing. Still choosing to live. Walking right with you. Because, we are Stronger Together. 🤍

In mental solidarity,

Mental Health Meds: The Courage People Love to Criticize

Taking Meds Isn’t Weak—Shaming Is.

My Zoloft (Sertraline) helps me stay balanced with Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and panic/anxiety. Mental health medication isn’t something to be ashamed of, it’s healthcare. It’s self-care. If meds help you live, function, and breathe easier, that’s strength.

Medication is part of how I survive and thrive. I’m not ashamed of that. It’s okay to need medication to support your mental health. You’re still strong. It’s incredibly courageous facing your mental health.

I’m right here with you.

P.S. ✨️ Oh, next time anyone thinks about pill shaming someone, don’t. ✨️

She needed that hug. 🫂

🗣 CHECK ON YOUR PEOPLE! Suicidal ideation is REAL. I’m not speaking as a mental health advocate right now, I’m speaking as a person who attempted suicide in 2018. 🥹

“A woman was saved Saturday afternoon after climbing onto the I-96 overpass and moving toward the middle of the freeway.

A Detroit police Sgt. quickly reached her and grabbed her through the fence. Officers kept talking with her until Detroit Fire Department crews arrived with a ladder truck. Firefighters were then able to bring her down safely. The woman was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time.

If you or a loved one is in distress, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255, or text 741-741. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7 for civilians and veterans. Locally, you can also call the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) Helpline at 800-241-4949. (They come to you.)”

📌Credit: Metro Detroit News

Mental Health Wednesday 🧠

Some days the mental instability is so destabilizing that I have to take time to pause. In these moments I utilize my FMLA days that are afforded to me (and you).

During my “mental health days” I literally readjust, realign, and rebuild my mental stability.

I shy away from watching any news, log out of all social media and truly just focus on ME.

When those bad mental health days do surface, counter instability with stability. Brick by brick. Moment by moment.

We’re in this together.

👑: @mental.health.with.emma

In mental solidarity,

Mental Health Tuesday 🧠

Bipolar Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Panic Disorder. The three mental illnesses that I live with every single day.

Mental Health is very real. Educate yourself before you judge or scrutinize someone.

Be gentle and kind with folks. You never know what someone is battling.

👑: @mental.health.with.emma

In mental solidarity,