After a lengthy hiatus from posting on this blog I am returning. A year ago I was recovering from my most recent manic episode. It was a period of slowly slogging through depression and once again finding my way. I am grateful to say that I feel much more balanced and contented these days. What was a very deflating experience has begun to fade into just another bump in the road, and another reminder that my bipolar condition can still take me for a ride.
What preceded this episode was an escalation of stress, feelings of urgency to change my life, and an inflammation of core personal issues. In the midst of this intensity I ended up trying to harness the energy and force dramatic change in my world. Of course, the manic highs led me to an ecstatic place where dreams and waking hours were blurred. I was hospitalized where I once again bounced off the walls in delusion and struggled many months afterward to get on with my real life.
