the long block finally ended...
posted by marlena rivers at
10:32 AM
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
About Me
- Name: marlena rivers
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
my name is marlena rivers...yeah, sounds like a fake name or porn star name, and it is a fake name. no i'm not a porn actress, but i had to create a name for this blog. because i'm not OUT at work about the bipolar thing... so some of this blog is about the dual identity thing... because it is a trip and i feel like a double agent, posing at work as a "normal" person and out to some friends and family... This blog used to focus on my relationship with my little doggie but he died in 2009. It also used to involve comic strips. I hope to bring that back sometime soon. Meanwhile I'll be focusing on the idea of "hiding" my bipolar disorder and what that is like for me, and if it has changed since having the "baby" who is not a baby any more!
Previous Posts
- still no comic strip...
- anxious again...
- happy photos!
- depressed
- a quick followup
- more anxiety, dog related...
- Top 10 Most Challenging Life Experiences...
- quick follow up
- elvis' big day is tomorrow!
- block
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13 Comments:
Hi Marlena!
Great to see you doing comics again (although I could have done without the poop!)
Nice to see I'm not the only one who gets overwhelmed, tearful and paranoid.
Denzel is right. Hormones and life are not logical (I'm sure Mr Spock would agree). You are so lucky to have him and Elvis by your side. You're nearly there now.
My blog is open again but very downbeat just now, you haven't missed anything.
Wishing you and the guys all the best!
Mo
Marlena - your comics are just adorable today! Poor little Elvis...
I like what Denzel said...hormones aren't always logical, and neither is life. :-)
thanks mo and kansassunflower, good to see you both back again...
the comic strip posting was the major highlight and accomplishment of my day. i hope i can keep it up and not get too lazy again.
feeling tired and dizzy and slight tummy ache. the rest of the day also involved some sudden overwhelm and crying on the phone to denzel...
Nice to see you back at the comics again.
Hormones are there just to make us crazy...
Your in my thoughts.
Take care :)
Hormones during pregnancy just plain suck even for those that don't have a mental illness to deal with and get amplified even more when you do have one.
It's nice to see that you have your comic back up and running even if it only last for a short time this go around. At least you got to do something creative for once and I know that must have felt really good for you.
if you haven't been by my blog in a while I have done some new thing with it, I have put up a link to my new blog and you can find a link in the sidebar to my photoblog that is hosting over 750 pics right now. A lot of them are really relaxing so if you are feeling stressed you might want to stop by and have a look.
Take it easy and keep up the good work,
Bryan
thanks ol lady and brian.
i'll check out those photos brian...
this morning i had anew stress. woke up with itchy weird stuff on my legs that freaked me and denzel out and went to my dermatologist nearby whose colleague saw me. she's about to have a baby any minute. by then it had mostly gone away and turned out to be hives. it was pretty nasty looking. relieved it wasnt anything more serious or gross and that it disappeared so quickly! most likely caused by stress.
I love the comic!
passing by thought I'd stop in and see if your doing o.k.
it's amazing what stress will do to our bodies...just try to relax (I know, what a stupid thing to say) take care of yourself :)
nice comics :)
you're pretty brave for going off meds, I wish you luck with that!
I loved it all, including poop! So true.
I love your comics...keep writing and being creative :)
Hormones down right suck, but you will shine through!
Tery (Dreamwriter, too)
Sweet Marlena,
Found your blog by accident while researching bi-polar. Thx for sharing. I'm sure you're aware of the recent genetic discovery that the genes for this 'tendency' are inherited... I applaud your courage to want to give birth to a child, nonetheless. My son, who is 30 this year and probably beyond the age when bi-polar onset would occur, has no such affliction. In fact, he exudes such harmony and equanimity (always did!) that even his simple presence has always helped me along my very erratic life experience with B-P I. I have never used meds. I took up yoga long ago, and meditation as well to help myself. I am not sure if you are spiritually oriented, but I believe God knew what He was doing when He made us... and has us steadily held in His Gaze. My best wishes to you!
hi everyone,
hi anonymous, thanks for coming to visit and sharing with a comment. it's good to hear about other people's parenting experiences. everyone deals with their bipolar issues in their own way. i would probably not be here without the medications i took over the past 18 years or so. anyway, i am actually an atheist with a spiritual bent. i do at times find bipolar to be both a gift and a curse, but i dont' believe some outside power had much to do with it... at the same time it is such a part of me that it's impossible to separate from the rest of who i am.
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