OMG That's Me! Quotes

“Bipolar disorder is the impact of the memory loss, ADHD, dread, anxiety, racing thoughts, depression, mania, panic attacks, and more. Bipolar disorder is suffering in silence and mourning the lost years. Bipolar disorder is misreading situations and people and constantly checking to see if things are as they seem to be.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Let’s try discrimination. “I have been discriminated against.” State the obvious. “People treat me differently when they find out I have bipolar disorder.” Now state the not so obvious. “As someone with a mental illness, I see discrimination where others don’t. Take happy hour, for instance. I think that is being discriminatory. There should also be a crappy hour for depressed people. And people with bipolar disorder could go to both.” So where do you see discrimination? At work? At school? With family? Now think of the unexpected. How about the bathtub? Or the local restaurant? Let’s take the restaurant. What would be a menu item that is discriminatory? Scrambled eggs? Take your time. Let your mind”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“To change that thought process, state the obvious: “I was/am terribly depressed.” Now for the different thought. Say to yourself, “So how depressed am I?” Now go for the less obvious. “I am so depressed…” Now think of something not obvious. How about, “I’m so depressed I sleep under my mattress”?”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“my husband has a harder time…I”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“One thing we are doing makes us feel good at first.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Suicide ideation will come again. It is like an acquaintance that stops by occasionally. We spend time with it. We think about the hows and whys. And then the thoughts go away…until the next time.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Reliving the pain of people disappearing from my life, reliving mistakes I have made, reliving loss of myself through my insanity—these painful memories and the guilt, anxiety, and fear they bring back is no way to live.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“For me, most days bloom with promise and hope. They end with more undone items on my never-ending to-do list. Some will get done. Some will fall off. But one thing is for sure. The list will never get done, and a pang of dissatisfaction and guilt stays with me day after day.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“I have developed tools to make the best of my life. I make short to-do lists so I don’t get stressed. I have my quiet time. I try to get the negative thoughts out of my brain. I do all this just to get by.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Even with depression medication, I am still in a state of low-grade depression. This is my default mode. I get by. I can function around people. But I don’t feel good. Feeling good is a rare occurrence for me, so rare that when it happens, I recognize the change.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“I don’t know which bipolar me is going to wake up in the morning: the me that feels good or the me that is not sad but not motivated either. Then there is the depressed me. I wake up with negative thoughts. I sit on the couch doing nothing and look forward to a nap and then bed.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Our normal daily activities get left by the wayside, and soon all we are thinking about is the one thing we want to do.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Bipolar disorder is racing thoughts. This is different than constant conversations in my head. My racing thoughts are usually negative and usually the same thought over and over and over again. I can’t get it out of my head. It is exhausting. Bipolar disorder is memory loss and the inability to remember things a minute or two after I read, see, or hear them. It is long-term memory loss. It is forgetting experiences and making the same mistake over and over again.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“Bipolar disorder is also constant conversations in my brain. I get distracted by another thought every thirty seconds or so.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“I didn’t make fun of myself. I looked for and found the humor in some of my darkest days. It changed the way I think. Instead of having an anxiety attack from a memory triggered by a song, I would think about how I could find the humor in it and then write a joke about it. Doing this gave me control over my experiences instead of my experiences having control over me.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...

“In depression, no amount of cheerleading, self-help books, or inspirational sticky notes on our bathroom mirror can overcome the power of the illness.”
― Dave Mowry, OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More...