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Category: bipolar

I’ve Been Hiding From My Blog the Same Way I’ve Been Hiding From the Entire World

On 10th Feb 2026 By Absurd RhioIn bipolar, mental health1 Comment

Quetiapine quieted my anxiety, but in the silence, depression stepped forward. Without that frantic engine driving me, everything feels slower, heavier. I’m learning who I am without constant fear - while grieving the one person who always felt like proof that I was loved, even when I disappeared.

The Absurd Presents Itself In Psychiatric Waiting Rooms

On 2nd Jan 2026 By Absurd RhioIn bipolar, mental health, Recovery Updates1 Comment

In psychiatric waiting rooms, time doesn’t move forward; it pools. Medication becomes another chair, another number called eventually. You wait inside your body while side effects pass like weather. The work is not fixing anything, only staying warm, fed, and alive until the fog lifts. Surviving and creating meaning while you wait.

The Spirals in Time Before the Scan

On 5th Nov 2025 By Absurd RhioIn bipolar, mental health awareness1 Comment

Tomorrow I have a scan, so today I cleaned my kitchen and tried to quiet the chaos in my head. Time is slipping or stretching—I can’t tell. My mixed episode dials me up to 9000, but at least future-me will come home to a little order and one small mercy.

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