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Janet Coburn

Why Can’t You Just Get Over It?

That’s a question we all get — and we all hate. It implies that we can just get over it, but haven’t, for whatever reason.

3d ago

Why Can’t You Just Get Over It?

3d ago

Hidden Tattoos

My husband and I are, if not addicted to, at least fond of tattoos. (I’m one of those people that no one, including me, thought would ever…

3d ago

Hidden Tattoos

3d ago

Where to Go First

Most of the advice about depression that’s out there says that the first place to go for help is your primary care physician. That may seem…

Nov 10

Where to Go First

Nov 10

Adventures in Writing: AI

I must admit I’ve had some experience with generative AI writing. I know I should be ashamed of this, but I’m not. Here’s what I learned…

Nov 10

Adventures in Writing: AI

Nov 10

Finding Intimacy

What do you think of when you hear the word “intimacy”? Sex, right?

Nov 3

Finding Intimacy

Nov 3

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

To those of us who were hippies back in the 60s and 70s (and are now in our 60s and 70s), letting your freak flag fly meant something…

Nov 3

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Nov 3

Overthinking Night and Day

Like many people with SMI, my superpower is overthinking. In fact, even as I write this, it’s 2:30 a.m. I can’t sleep because I have…

Oct 27

Overthinking Night and Day

Oct 27

Fraidy Cat

I’ve read that if you surreptitiously place a cucumber or zucchini behind your cat, when the cat notices the vegetable, it will jump…

Oct 27

Fraidy Cat

Oct 27

When Couples Therapy Works

Couples counseling is never easy. It’s hard enough to have one person discussing their problems with a therapist, much less two. Two…

Oct 20

When Couples Therapy Works

Oct 20

The Purple Leash

What does a woman do when she’s suffering domestic abuse but has a beloved pet she doesn’t want to leave? She may stay and endure the abuse…

Oct 20

The Purple Leash

Oct 20

Janet Coburn

Janet Coburn

Author of Bipolar Me and Bipolar Us, Janet Coburn is a writer, editor, and blogger at butidigress.blog and bipolarme.blog.

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