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Just Fine

Have you ever been fine? You don't have an incurable disease. You aren't in unbearable pain. Therefore you are fine. Right? I am having one of my manic spells. For me that means my thoughts are racing extra fast and it's difficult to focus. I have trouble going to sleep. And as is with bipolar, the more sleep I looss the worse it gets. I think it's getting a little better which means get ready for the depression. Physically I am dealing with some chronic food allergies and skin allergies that are making things fun. Sometimes those little things matter yet people shake there head to say, "That's no big deal." Sometimes I need to people to care about the no big deals of my reality. It doesn't make anyone's BIG DEAL any less important. Still people I know lost a husband, a father, a mother, a sister, a brother, or a friend. I am so sorry for their loss. The friends I lost most recently were to Cancer. Not CoVid. More and more people are surviving Covid yet Cancer still kills so many. I just needed a rant to calm my head down. I don't have anything inspirational to say.

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