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Janet Coburn

When You Can’t Tell If Dreams Are Real

When my husband has bad dreams, he has the ability to wake himself up or change the dream. At different times, Dan’s been able to realize…

2d ago

When You Can’t Tell If Dreams Are Real

2d ago

Go. Be Funny.

Once the boss editor gave me an assignment. “Go,” he said. “Be funny,” he said. “Come back in an hour.” We were preparing a calendar with…

2d ago

Go. Be Funny.

2d ago

How Insurance Handles SMI

Why are so many people with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) underinsured or unable to get insurance at all? As you may guess, a large part of…

Jan 5

How Insurance Handles SMI

Jan 5

My Husband, the Saint

Once upon a time (as all good fairytales begin), a coworker of mine started referring to my husband as “Saint Dan.” I regularly told tales…

Jan 5

My Husband, the Saint

Jan 5

Overeating and Bipolar Disorder

When you think about co-occurring disorders associated with bipolar disorder, you generally think of drug or alcohol abuse. But there’s…

Dec 29, 2024

Overeating and Bipolar Disorder

Dec 29, 2024

The Acceptable Addiction

Once upon a time (okay, it was in high school), when I still had aspirations of becoming a poet, I took a creative writing class. (The…

Dec 29, 2024

The Acceptable Addiction

Dec 29, 2024

Hello, Post-Traumatic Growth

I’ve had my share of trauma in my life. There was trauma in my childhood starting with relentless bullying, including children throwing…

Dec 22, 2024

Hello, Post-Traumatic Growth

Dec 22, 2024

In the Garden

My mother’s favorite hymn was “In the Garden,” and my husband’s favorite place to be is in the garden. Every spring he goes wild ordering…

Dec 22, 2024

In the Garden

Dec 22, 2024

Meeting Our Shadow Selves

You may have heard of the “Shadow Self” or “Shadow Work.” But what does this mean? And is it related to bipolar disorder?

Dec 15, 2024

Meeting Our Shadow Selves

Dec 15, 2024

Editing Speech and Writing

When it comes to language, I used to be a prescriptivist, telling others how language ought to be used. Now I am a descriptivist, recording…

Dec 15, 2024

Editing Speech and Writing

Dec 15, 2024

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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