Author: Lamia Islam

Emancipation

October 7, 2017

I’ve been writing since I first successfully received treatment around half my life ago. I was hospitalized at the time and the subject of my…

In Sickness and In Health

October 7, 2017

Marriage isn’t doing as well as it once may have. The greatest amount of attention is heaped onto the issue of gay marriage and as…

Some History

October 7, 2017

I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in October of 1998 at a New York hospital. It was the first learning difficulty I was diagnosed with…

In Love With Argument

In Love With Argument

October 4, 2017

As I’ve come to terms with just how bad I was at communicating when I was young, I’ve been forced to look at which internal…

Tailored Fit

July 13, 2017

I have the support of a fantastic psychiatrist and I found her after more than one terrible experience with other physicians in her field. She,…

The ‘Other’ Stuff

June 23, 2017

Outside of the conditions I’m most well known for having, people are sometimes curious about the everyday stuff, the bad days that anyone can have;…

Reconsiderations

June 15, 2017

I have two children, a little boy and a little girl, albeit growing fast. I consider them my greatest achievement and the greatest propellant to…

Manic Depression

June 12, 2017

Since I wrote my last article on the subject, I’ve often been asked to elaborate a bit more about the nature of Bipolar. After all,…

The Last Six Months

June 1, 2017

In the last six months, there has been immense progress with this blog and with This Life is Beautiful, and I felt the need to…