I wrote this letter a couple of months after my husband took me to the emergency room and I was diagnosed as having a manic episode and admitted. It was my first experience with mania and I didn’t have a psychiatrist; I did not know the doctors who treated me. Although my stay was only one night long, I was unhappy enough with the way [more]
Note added 12/10/06: this poem depicts my experience when I got mentally ill in 1996. It begins with my progression from ‘normal’ Christian thinking into the distorted way a manic person thinks. I’ve also written about that day here. Jesus is my Lord and Savior He died for my sins He loves me The Bible is the Word of God If I remain in Him [more]
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