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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…

2 min readMar 8, 2023

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The Struggle

3 min readSep 25, 2023

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Bipolar Is:

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

3 min readSep 24, 2023

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

1 min readFeb 1, 2023

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The Best Days & The Worst

Trigger Warning: Contains references to suicide

4 min readJan 31, 2023

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Nighttime

Insomnia & The Spark

2 min readJan 25, 2023

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A Manic Depressive’s Dream

With a Nightmare Chaser

6 min readJan 19, 2023

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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…

4 min readMar 25, 2020

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

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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…

1 min readNov 2, 2018

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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…

4 min readJul 30, 2018

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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.

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