The years after my manic experience I had a spiritual, mental, and physical depression. Mentally, doctors have all agreed that depression follows mania as part of the Bipolar 1 cycle. Physically, I missed the electric, drug-like feelings that were surging in my body during my mania. Perhaps, one could call them withdrawals? My body wasContinue reading “Mania and Depression reflections”
Category Archives: Manic Journey
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”
Manic/religious experience in 2017, Part 1
This post is long overdo. I’ve started to write it 5 or 6 times over the years, but until recently found it to be too difficult to write. I have had difficulty in figuring out how in depth or how to describe certain aspects. I have decided to write more broadly with a focus onContinue reading “Manic/religious experience in 2017, Part 1”
Beyond the Shadowlands 