October 2021 – Beyond the Shadowlands

Picking up the pieces: The years after my Manic attack, Part 1

When I went home my mind was very fuzzy and simple-minded. I didn’t want to hang out with friends because I felt ashamed of what had happened. My parents also worried that my friends would not understand, and I could potentially lose friendships. Or perhaps they were jut worried while I was Manic? I cannotContinue reading “Picking up the pieces: The years after my Manic attack, Part 1”

Manic/Spiritual Experience Part 4

My roommate called my parents and prayed for me all night. I could feel my parents speeding towards me and I prayed for them to be safe. I think I could feel the medicine they had given me and I felt like I could heal myself through breathing through my body. I felt like BingContinue reading “Manic/Spiritual Experience Part 4”

Manic/Spiritual Experience Part 3

This is the part of the story that gets a lot more blurry and abstract. I’ll do my best to explain what I thought and how I felt during this time. When I arrived back in Grad school for the Spring semester, I had finished all of my classes. All that remained for me toContinue reading “Manic/Spiritual Experience Part 3”

Manic/spiritual experience 2017, Part 2

When I was driving home I felt like I could feel the spiritual energy radiating from the individuals and the land around me. When I went through Dallas I wept as I felt like most people were lost and distracting themselves from life. While I was between towns I felt emptiness as more and moreContinue reading “Manic/spiritual experience 2017, Part 2”