Erik Blackwell – Medium

Erik Blackwell

Pinned

About Me

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been prone to melancholy. My parents divorced when I was five-years old, then my brother and I went to…

Mar 8, 2023

By Author with DALL-E

Mar 8, 2023

The Struggle

Sep 25, 2023

By Author via DALL-E

Sep 25, 2023

Bipolar Is:

Sometimes, bipolar is not being able to sleep because I’m too excited about something. Recently, that something was camping. Getting…

Sep 24, 2023

By Author via DALL-E

Sep 24, 2023

Fear of insanity is one of the great influencers reminding me to stay on my meds and take care of…

Feb 1, 2023

Feb 1, 2023

The Best Days & The Worst

Trigger Warning: Contains references to suicide

Jan 31, 2023

The Best Days & The Worst

Jan 31, 2023

Nighttime

Insomnia & The Spark

Jan 25, 2023

Nighttime

Jan 25, 2023

A Manic Depressive’s Dream

With a Nightmare Chaser

Jan 19, 2023

A Manic Depressive’s Dream

Jan 19, 2023

The end of the world looks quite a bit different than I had imagined.

As I see it, this can go two ways: We continue as we are: Selfish … Vitriolic … Fearful … and everything we know burns to the ground…

Mar 25, 2020

The end of the world looks quite a bit different than I had imagined.

Mar 25, 2020

NaNoWriMo 2018

I wasn’t sure that I wanted to do NaNoWrimo this year. In fact, I was pretty sure I didn’t. I’ve been quagmired between two different…

Nov 2, 2018

NaNoWriMo 2018

Nov 2, 2018

The Dark Trespasser

There are times in this depression journey of mine, that it feels as though I’ve already ruined my life. That I’ve gone too far. That I’ve…

Jul 30, 2018

The Dark Trespasser

Jul 30, 2018

Erik Blackwell

Erik Blackwell

I write mostly about my experience with bipolar disorder, and my hope is that it helps someone. You’re in good company, and you are not alone.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams