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Janet Coburn

Janet Coburn

Promises Made

My husband and I have a pact regarding suicide. No, it’s not a suicide pact of the kind you read about in the newspapers. This is a pact…

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Promises Made

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Janet Coburn

How to Start a Conversation

I never used to be any good at small talk. I would stand there, tongue-tied, while conversation went on around me. I was afraid I had…

1d ago

How to Start a Conversation

1d ago

Janet Coburn

Where Did the Money Go?

Though it embarrasses me to write this, it’s true that when I’m hypomanic, I overspend. That’s one of the ways I can tell that I’m actually…

Sep 8

Where Did the Money Go?

Sep 8

Janet Coburn

Let’s Talk Boogers

That’s what my writing friend Denise and I were doing the other day. She had seen a “hillbilly” truck with a bumper sticker on it that…

Sep 8

Let’s Talk Boogers

Sep 8

Janet Coburn

The Varieties of Grief

Loss and grief affect us all. If you’re lucky enough that they haven’t yet, they’re coming. You won’t know when or why or how, but they’re…

Sep 1

The Varieties of Grief

Sep 1

Janet Coburn

Name That Tune

No one complains about Musak (aka elevator music) anymore. That’s because there is not, strictly speaking, any more Musak. Nowadays…

Sep 1

Name That Tune

Sep 1

Janet Coburn

Sleeping or Not

Sleep is one of the most problematic aspects of bipolar and many other brain illnesses. With bipolar disorder, you tend to sleep too much…

Aug 25

Sleeping or Not

Aug 25

Janet Coburn

El Kabong

Once again, it all started with a cat, of course. I innocently walked downstairs on my commute to my office, and there he was. Toby. For…

Aug 25

El Kabong

Aug 25

Janet Coburn

Prayer and Bipolar Disorder

My mother believed in the power of prayer, and thought I should do more of it. I can’t say she was wrong. She prayed for self-improvement…

Aug 18

Aug 18

Janet Coburn

I’m Melting!

We don’t have any AC, which has been a problem for some time. So of course my response was to buy a laptop computer.

Aug 18

I’m Melting!

Aug 18

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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