Getting On Track

Involuntarily Committed: Days 8 to 10

by DPK August 31, 2010Depression

Thanks for coming back! We have a great community here, and I encourage everyone to comment and to share their motivational stories of glory! Day eight dawned like the previous seven, waking up early and drinking non-caffeinated coffee for an hour or two while trying to focus and read an Adrian McKinty book I had [...]

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Involuntarily Committed: Days Three to Seven

by DPK August 22, 2010Featured

In retrospect it’s difficult to remember exactly what was going through my mind in the wee hours of the next morning when I continually called K on her cell as she drove home, alternately pleading with her and yelling at her to come back to my house. Needless to say it was psychotic mania. My [...]

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The Smallest Moments Make Up A Life

by DPK March 6, 2010Featured

There is a Zig Ziglar quote that goes something like “You will always get enough out of life if you give enough to other people.” Those words resound with me, and the longer I live the truer they are. And these are usually always SMALL MOMENTS. A perfect example of this adage occurred today when [...]

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Get Your Goals (And Life) On Track With GoalsOnTrack

by DPK March 2, 2010Featured

If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time making a list of things to do and sticking to it. My attention wanders, I get involved in other projects. And the time slips by. Soon enough and it’s mid-afternoon and I haven’t crossed a single thing off my list, or maybe I actually got [...]

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Monday, Monday: Is This A Good Day For You To Post?

by DPK February 26, 2010Featured

I have to admit that while I do feel sad throughout the day at various times, I’m actually doing pretty well these last few weeks. I am happy to make that “report,” just to let all of you sad bloggers out there know there are good days ahead. So it’s Monday, dreaded Monday, first day [...]

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We Are Bloggers From Many Different Backgrounds

by DPK February 25, 2010Featured
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I was diagnosed bipolar at the age of 19 but that does not MAKE ME bipolar. I simply have bipolar illness. I am not the illness. YOU are not the illness.

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