Tag: substance abuse

• My Black Box Experience: I Wanted to Die and Only God Could Stop Me

  

  In this post I will be sharing a personal experience that’s challenging for me to talk about. As I promised in my first post, I will do my best to bring something authentic, transparent, and vulnerable to you. This requires me to share the great, good, bad, and ugly of my experience. In an effort…

  Daniel Fortune

  September 27, 2022

  Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Minding My Own Madness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Religion/Spirituality, Suicide

  alcoholism, army veteran, being depressed, being suicidal, bipolar, bipolar depression, Bipolar Disorder, deep depression, demonic influence, demonic opression, Depression, divine intervention, emotional suffering, faith, financial hardship, finding god, god, god help me, god is real, having a purpose, identity crisis, insomnia, living with bipolar, losing my mind, losing your mind, marriage, meaning, medication, Mental Health, mental health issues, mental health treatment, Mental Illness, military service, military veteran, negative thoughts, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), prayer, purpose, purposelessness, religion, saving my marriage, self medicating, self medicating with alcohol, severe insomnia, soul, soul cleansing, spiritual, spirituality, substance abuse, suicidal ideations, Suicide, taking meds, the meaning of life, wanting to commit suicide, wanting to die

• QOTD #9: Bleeding On the Ones We Love

  

  Over the years, in dealing with my mental health issues, the ones closest to me have had to ride the emotional rollercoaster with me. Sometimes, in our struggles with mental illness, we can forget that we’re not the only ones affected by it. It’s not that we’re selfish, it’s just that we’ve been in survival…

  Daniel Fortune

  September 22, 2022

  Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), quotes to live by

  alcohol, coping mechanisms, Mental Health, mental health issues, Mental Illness, substance abuse