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~He who has a why to live, can bear with almost any how.~ *Nietzsche

About Me


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The challenge is not WHAT to say, but to say something meaningful without writing a novel--as my best friends are wont to accuse me of doing!!!
I'm interested in living life completely, and all that entails. I'm a writer...poetry is my main genre, but not my only genre.
I have bipolar disorder...it's my diagnosis, not the story of who I am. However, it's had a profound effect upon my life. I am all for bringing awareness of bipolar disorder, and mental illnesses across the board into the light of day and out of the closet of shame. I'm all for increasing awareness and for eradicating stigma. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so open in sharing my condition with the world.
I could go on for hours, believe me. If you want to know more...message me, or read my blog, or both!!!

I'm brenna423

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This was my Uncle Kevin....he was only a few years older than I. On July 13, 2003 he committed suicide. So great is the shame that my family feels regarding this--they lie and tell people he was murdered. I will not join in taking on shame that is neither mine nor his! I will remember him in truth and continue to love him as I have always loved him.
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My Interests



Books, books, books, books, books, books, books, and books. Apart from books....authors, writers, poets, and intelligent people interested in words, or math. People who make me laugh! Theatre. Music. Philosophy. Digging up the ocean floor, and if you're interested in exactly what I mean by that--message me and I'll explain!!!

Suicide Prevention

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Here Without You .. ..

I'd like to meet:

There are so many interesting people the world over. Have to admit....I'm a sucker for intelligence. (And no, intelligence does not necessarily equate college degrees and vice versa!) People who are open to new ideas, people who have new ideas to present to me...non-judgmental people; these are the kind of people I'd like to meet! I wouldn't mind meeting people from Ireland, either...especially if they can speak the Irish and would be willing to give me a few lessons!!! ~smiles~

Still Here.....Lost an Uncle...Though you're gone, Kevin, you live on in me--always!

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Quotes


“My sun sets to raise again.”
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.”
~Vittorio Alfieri“A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.”
~W. H. Auden“Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.”
~Edvard Munc“Once you label me you negate me.”
~Soren Kierkegaard“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.”
~John Donne“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
~William Butler Yeats“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche“If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.”
~George Santayana“Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.”
~Oliver Goldsmith“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
~William Butler Yeats

Music:

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Just a few of my faves:Def Leppard, 3 Doors Down, Jimmy Eat World, Evanesence, Good Charlotte, Sean Paul, Flaw, Papa Roach, Simple Plan, Martyn Joseph, Craig David, Drowning Pool, Joi, U2, Chicago, the Police, Linkin Park, Midtown, Nickelback, Pink, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, Queen, Green Day, Aerosmith, Whitesnake, Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, Lifehouse, Clannad, Alien Ant Farm, Barenaked Ladies, Beach Boys, Bon Jovi, Boston, Elvis Presley, Enrique Iglesias, Five for Fighting, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Phil Collins, Pussycat Dolls, Saliva, Sevendust

Movies:

I enjoy going to the movies!!! Just don't get there as often as I'd like! Love dramas, comedys (providing they're not just the stupid kind!), sci fi/fantasy, some romance (aka chick flick), like the sports themed movies like Rudy, can watch some mystery/suspence/thriller movies if I have at least one willing soul to watch with it who doesn't mind me jumping, clinging and at times screaming out of sheer terror. Horror/gore/even war movies are a no-go. I can even appreciate Disney (their better flicks)and musicals like Chicago and Rent!

Television:

I don't get much time to watch TV....especially when school is in session....but I do get to see some of my faves, thanks to the wonders of technology and my DVR!!

*Battlestar Galactica--the best show on TV right now!!
*4400
*Dead Zone
(No, I don't like Sci Fi at all!!!)
*CSI, CSI Miami
*Law & Order SVU,CI
*Def Poetry
*Survivor (it's my one reality show indulgence!)

OK....so that's like a lot......but really, I don't watch a lot of TV--their seasons don't all coincide, so that helps!.....Besides, I'm too busy with other things. School, reading, writing, people....

Heroes:

I still question whether there are any heroes left...but if there are....my hero is without a doubt, Thor.

The Many Faces Of Mental Illness
Far from all inclusive....

Anne Sexton

Charles Baudelaire

Edgar Allan Poe

Emily Dickinson

Gioacchino Rossini

Henrik Ibsen

Herman Hesse

Sir Isaac Newton

Margot Kidder

Joseph Conrad

Princess Diana

Lionel Aldridge

Syd Barrett

Sylvia Plath

Winston Churchill

Marilyn Monroe

Kurt Cobain

Vincent van Gogh

Vivien Leigh

1 in 5 people have a major mental illness....that's a lot of faces.

My Blog

Light Therapy May Help Women With Bipolar Disorder

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bright light therapy can relieve depression in some women with bipolar disorder, a study shows. Bright light treatment started out as a way to relieve winter depression, bu...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:21:00 PST

Tag! I’m It!!!

Here's how you play. Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits or goals about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:53:00 PST

Back in the Game

I started back at school today!  I'm going part-time, taking 6 units.  Feels good to be back.  And a little weird, too.  Last time I completed a semester was nearly 2 years ago!&nb...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:50:00 PST

This Season of Light

Last year I wrote a blog, Season of Light Is Upon Us.  2006 was a dark year for me.  For those of you acquainted with depression, you will understand how I was unable to see beyond the dark...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:05:00 PST

Sad News

Hi friends.  I wanted to let you all know that late last night/early this morning I had a miscarriage.  The why is unknown.  Physically I am ok.  I'm not up to rehashing the whole ...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

Bipolar Diagnoses Up in Kids: Study

I'm extremely interested in studies regarding bipolar and children.  I experienced childhood-onset of bipolar.  It went undiagnosed.  However, I've no doubt had I had childhood onset.&n...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:47:00 PST

New Treatments for Bipolar Being Tested

Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for new ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder. Also called m...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:21:00 PST

World's Oldest Master

I so needed to see this story today!  This is incredible!!!  Going back to school at 70 after having had to leave school at 12.  Getting a Master's at 90...  With all the back to s...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:55:00 PST

I Am A Promise

The other morning, as is wont to happen with me, a song popped into my head.  On this particular morning, the song that popped into my head was one that hails back to my childhood--a song that ha...
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:39:00 PST

Lithium 101

Had someone recently mention they weren't familiar with Lithium, so I thought I'd post some information about it! Lithium is an element--it's the lightest of all metals, and has an atomic number of 3....
Posted by ~*~Shameless~*~ on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:21:00 PST