2nd July- Wandering Womb
Having chronic ill health, bipolar disorder and being at the mercy of my fading hormones is really no fun.
This week i've spent so much time crashed out with exhaustion, or insomnia, or crying, or talking too much...it's hard to keep up. Today I said I had 'hysteria, a wandering womb' and i've gone from happy highs to crushing, destructive lows in the space of a few hours.
IT IS REALLY BORING as much as anything else. That's why I wanted to create a custom filter (on Facebook) so people didn't have to read this because it's so repetitive. I didn't manage to do that and have decided not to bother.
I am so flippin tired of this, and i'm especially tired of talking about in on here (Facebook) but I really need to. I do think it's important to normalise mental ill health, for people to know what it's about, but I also fear people getting fed up of me talking about my broken brain and crumbling body.
Anyway there you go. Tomorrow I have pottery, counselling, swimming and plotting a radio show. I also have the benefit of lots of prescription medication. Almost all of this is free thank goodness.
Cross posting and artwork
This is my first cross posted post. I'm going to work my way through them slowly- the post title will show the date on which they were originally written. This will probably be chaotic, but maybe some order will come out of the chaos.
This post is illustrated with a photo of actress Sarah Bernhardt looking suitably hysteric. In looking for an image to illustrate this post I came across a couple of interesting blog posts. Brontehororine writes about the history of hysteria, and Menstruation Research has an article about the wandering uterus.
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