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mom2twins

posted 08/21/2008, comments (3)

A Turning Point in my Life....

The lawyer called today to inform me that the separation papers are ready to be signed. This is not want I had wanted. I loved my husband, I still do. BUT...looking back on our 20 year marriage, I realise it was based on falsehoods. I believed i could change him, contol him (unheathy on my part)....he was irresponsible... Read more Chevron

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Cynthia

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posted 08/20/2008, comment (1)

The Diagnosis

When they met, she was volatile (type A?)But he found her interesting.When they married, she was moody (clinically depressed?)But he found her mysterious.When she was volitale, (bipolar disorder II?)He found her changeable. When she had thoughts of suicide (clinically depressed, hypomanic, bipolar?) He found her... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/14/2008, comments (8)

Wanted to share a poem I wrote....

Regret The perfect pair, as seen by most A façade for happy ever after What could've, should've, would've been Has now become will never She thought her love would prevail To heal something inside him The ups and downs, highs and lows Too long she marched to that rhythm For months and months she tried Time... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/10/2008, comments (0)

Rage and Resistance: Scenes from Someone Else's Life

When they started talking about him, I felt defensive. I wanted them to know that all was not because of any defect in him. It was merely an illness, a mental illness, a mind thing, a manic-depression, a bipolar unwellness, and it was obviously something they knew little about. I worried about how they would stigmatize him and how they... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/09/2008, comments (2)

lost dazed and confused

I don't know how to deal with my wife anylonger, I believe she is bipolar from everything I have read. Her doctors say no just depressed, but she shows all the signs, spending uncontrolably looking for other relationsships because ours isint working emotional highs and deep lows. She is currently being treated and takes 2-3 differant meds a day... Read more Chevron

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