The Meltdown: The Black Hole
This week I talk about the black hole many of us experience…emptiness. Hand in hand with the feeling of worthlessness, you can be sure to find yourself sliding down the tunnel of despair. Take a listen and let me know if you can relate.
Sites mentioned:
Deb
Cass
Lisa
Music:
Black by Pearl Jam
The Meltdown: To Drug or Not to Drug?
Today I am talking about drugs and alternative therapies for bipolar and borderline. Take a listen and answer back
Sites mentioned:
NIMH on borderline
WebMD on Borderline
AAPEL on Borderline
Music:
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Explicit] by Marilyn Manson
The Meltdown: Angry up the Blood edition
Welcome to the first official installment of The Meltdown Podcast. This one is all about anger. Not just any anger, but the anger that surpasses understanding. Take a listen and tell me what your thoughts are on this.
Music in the Meltdown: Let Go by Frou Frou
Sites that I called out in this Meltdown:
Cass Knits
3 Day [...]
Impulse: Shopping
Okay so it isn’t like I break the bank when I shop. I just buy things that could really wait whenever the mood strikes. Today, for instance, I saw a Bible with free shipping for $35. Now, do I need this Bible? No. I have at least 11 Bibles I can see from where I [...]
Impulse: Downloading
I have a ridiculous need to download things sometimes when I am having an impulse control issue. Today I was rather agitated due to so many things going on with my Internet friends. What did I do? I downloaded the Flock browser and all the components that I could get that were compatible from my [...]
HOLY Bipolarness, Batman
UGH I hated the visit with my psychiatrist today. I am going to switch. I went back over our entire visit in my head, and it just PISSED ME OFF more. Yes I said MORE. He didn’t listen to what I said that didn’t fit into the criteria for bipolar, he just put me in [...]
Lost In the Mirror Chap 1-10
I am halfway through this book. It has been a hard read for me. The chapters are short, the language easy…BUT the emotions that are associated are not so easy.
Here is a synopsis of what I have been going through in the first half of this book:
Chapter 3 elicits particular interest to me as it [...]
Miracle pill for mental health issues
What if there was ONE miracle pill that made all that cease?
Who would I be when it’s all said and done?
Would I still be creative?
Would I be likable?
Would be catatonic?
Would I be a good mother? A good wife?
Would I just sit like a bump on a log watching the world pass me by?
Would my [...]
BPD and my thoughts
Everyone Needs Therapy has an interesting post about borderline, the etymology and history of the diagnosis from the beginning of the DSM till now. Therapydoc also goes into some depth about the diagnosis as it is.
I have to say some things about it. Therapydoc says it’s painful for therapists to treat patients with borderline. That [...]
Being alone and lonely
It’s gonna be another lonely night
one more and I’m gonna die
wired out waiting for the sign
coz your a risk and im borderline
Michael Gray - Borderline
As weird as it sounds, that song came to me this morning, o I thought I would look up the words. There, the first verse says it all. Last [...]






