Tag: Bipolar life

14 Nov 2023 Meeting

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Mental Health, Movies, Spirituality and Religion, Television, Veteran Affairs

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?

Hello to you. I’m trying to get help with my medication. I’ve been taking more than I have been prescribed and am almost out again. I have just been so anxious and the olanzapine is the only thing that works to help calm me. I might have to go back in to the walk in clinic which sucks as I have to get someone to take me.

The most famous person I have had contact with is Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his wife Mara Lane. I sent him a fan letter and they responded. Which is very rare. The other famous person I saw at an airport was Lyle Alzado of the Oakland Raiders. The team came and sat in the restaurant my ex and I were sitting in. They were so big! Lyle was at his best – before he was sick from steroids. I knew as soon as he was walking by that “he was somebody!”

I need to get better about this!

Philippians 4:6-7 NIV

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

11 Nov 2023 Veterans Day

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, Home, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging
Long long time ago!
My Auntie sent this to me yesterday and it really resonated with me!

Today is Veterans Day. It feels like another life ago that I was active duty. I don’t miss the job but do miss the people and friends I made. There was such a comraderie amongst us. We were in many ways like family to eachother. When I was overseas this was especially so. I can remember when I first arrived at my first duty station of Travis AFB in California it was around Thanksgiving. I was invited to a coworkers (Sara Sanders) home and that meant so much!

Psalm 33:20-22New International Version

20 We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.

10 Nov 2023 Sisters of Grace and Favorite School Subject

by saymber, posted in Art and Poetry, Bipolar life, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Short stories, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What was your favorite subject in school?

I was up and awake early this morning and was able to join my Aunt at a Sisters of Grace gathering at the Nampa campus of Grace Bible Church. There were so many there they had to pull out an extra table! There were a lot of good messages to go along with the good food and company. My Aunt brought her plum cobbler that was really good!

Grateful by the letters

My favorite subject in school was creative writing. I used to write short stories and still on occasion write poetry. My creative juices are almost dried up these days. The medication I’m on controls the same place my creativity comes from. It’s either be creative and manic or be “normal” and not creative. I don’t want to end up in the hospital again so medication it is! Like some people are diabetic or have heart conditions I am living with a condition that is potentially fatal if it goes untreated. It’s taken a long time for me to accept this truth.

9 Nov 2023 Screen Time

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Home, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

How do you manage screen time for yourself?

Hello to you. How are you? Todays prompt isn’t an easy one for me as I don’t do a very good job managing screen time. I spend most of my day on my phone. It helps me get through the day. I haven’t found something to do besides Thursday prayer meetings yet. I say yet as I’m open to opportunity if it should arise. God has a plan for me I just don’t know what it is yet. I have to get over my phobia about driving here. Once I know the outcome of the stuff I’m facing on 28 November I should be able to consider volunteer work again. This passage from Luke resonates – I must be ready at all times.

Luke 12:35-40 New International Version

Watchfulness

35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, o will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

7 Nov 2023 Ants Again

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Hello to you. How are you? This morning I’m dealing with ants again. I called it in and the earliest they can get here is next Wednesday! I have a way to deal with them for now – vinegar and Dawn soap seems to work. I don’t know why they keep coming in the house.

I am feeling jittery again today. I took some medication to help calm me down and it’s helping but it wears off so quickly. I hate having to rely on medication to have balance in my life. This is is just what my life is now! I have to stay in gratitude and faith.

Proverbs 16:11New International Version

11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.

30 October 2023 Auntie

by saymber, posted in animals, Bipolar life, Health, Home, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, trust, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Describe a family member.

Hello to you. How are you? I’m feeling kind of anxious. I can’t exactly pin point why- which is usually the case when it comes. I have a lot of different things going on that are anxiety provoking right now that I need to be leaning on my faith about! My doctor stopped prescribing what I was taking for anxiety because it was making me gain a whole bunch of weight. So I’m having to deal with the “feels.”

Link was in the groomer mobile getting the works done – she did a great job cleaning up the matting on his arms. He was a good boy!

Pretty boy after his haircut!

Todays prompt made me think of alot of people I love but specifically my Auntie. She is thoughtful, spirited, kind and beautiful. When you need someone in your corner she is a great person to have. We have really gotten close these past couple of years with my living here. She has become more than just my Auntie with the adventures we have been on since I moved here. Every year I’ve been here something has been going on! She has become a guardian (angel) too. The other day she and Uncle John brought over chicken soup and orange juice which was so thoughtful! She tries to get me out to do things I don’t normally do or have stopped doing. She loves finding clothes for me as she knows I hate clothes shopping. I consider her a dear friend in addition to a family member!

Ruth 1:16New International Version

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

28 October 2023 Moon

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Mental Health, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), space, Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

Hello to you. How are you? I’m dealing with a cold and cough I picked up somewhere. Probably from stress from stuff I’ve been dealing with lately. No changes on the Dad front – appreciate your prayers and positive messages.

I don’t think I would pay to go to the moon. I have not been in a plane for several years much less contemplating going in a spaceship leaving the planet! I don’t think I could do it. There are so many places on the earth I haven’t been much less paying to go to the moon!

Genesis 1:16New International Version

16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

27 October 2023 Journey

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Today is a rough day but thankfully I have family to reach out to. My Dad is on his final journey and I feel sad but also feel happy for him – to finally be free of his broken body. Thank God for hospice! My cousins wife reminded me of this scripture that I have Jesus to help me have a sound mind and body to get through this:

2 Timothy 1:7New International Version

7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline

Death is typically a big trigger for me so I am remaining vigilante and reaching out when I need to. The last thing we need is a manic episode on top of everything I have going on right now!

23 October 2023 Resilience

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, trust, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What are you most proud of in your life?

I think what I’m most proud of is my resilience. I have been through a lot of difficult situations and yet I have been able to bounce back. A lot of that had to do with my family being loving and patient with me. Having a strong faith in God has helped me too.

James 1:2-4 (NIV) – “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”Jul 5, 2023

21 October 2023 Something People Don’t Know

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Food, Leading Life by Example, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Since I write a blog there is very little that isn’t known about me! What comes to mind is favorite candies. One of my all time favorites is Cherry Mash:

We used to get these at the pharmacy in Alvarado and the Vermont Country Store. I think Ridleys carries them I have to check ! I’m trying to lose weight so probably best if I don’t
seek them out!

Romans 2:11New International Version

11 For God does not show favoritism.