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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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Guest Post: A Letter To Police Officers Regarding the Mentally Ill by Nancy Boucher

Bipolar Bandit

A person who has a serious mental illness and is in crisis may be experiencing paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and be feeling threatened and fearful. I have learned these lessons on the front lines as a Mom, and the road ahead in helping those in crisis with serious mental illness. Their brain is not functioning normally.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Psychosis, e.g., paranoia, hallucinations, or delusions. Anxiety, panic attacks, or shakiness. Feeling physically unwell. Unexplained or general aches and pains. Difficulty thinking, focusing, remembering, or making decisions. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Molly vs. Ecstasy: What’s the Difference?

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Some of the adverse short-term side effects: Lack of judgment Depression and anxiety Confusion Grinding teeth Chills or sweating from increased body temperature Muscle tension Feelings of faintness Drug cravings Paranoia Dehydration Increased heart rate Sleep disturbances.

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“The hospital staff were texting with [the child welfare agency] about the dilation of her cervix”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The government placed the child with strangers two hours away, strictly limited visits and tried to deprive the child of her mother forever. So heres the second question of the quiz: What mental health condition kept coming up as something from which the mother allegedly suffered? AI images designed with deepai.org