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She knew
She was due
For some blue.
She felt the tug,
The subtle hue,
Sliding her joy askew.
A clue
For what the next step
Would do.
The polar opposites
That made her into
Two.
Her mood on queue
For an internal coup.
For the dVerse Quadrille challenge: Blue
Note: Dedicated to my friends who walk the tightrope of bipolar disorder. I don’t know what it is like to be you or what you go through, but I see you and hear you. You matter, complete with the ups and downs within you.
Na'ama Yehuda 
Sounds like me, LOL.
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oh-oh … 😉 sending some light, just in case …
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Nice! Manic-Depressive moods can be a real roller coaster ride!
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I have witnessed how difficult it can be, and I have all the respect for those who find a line to carefully balance the inevitable.
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It can be very tricky for some!
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Yes, I know. It can.
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Well done, you!!!!
💙💙💙
Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
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Thank you, Adele! XOXO
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Fighting them is a waste of time, better to learn to roll with them and minimize damage. Your empathy is appreciated for all who understand the challenge. ❤
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Yes, I’ve seen how difficult it can be – not only to ride this out (and to manage others’ reactions and sometimes the fallout of things less-well-managed) but also to accept the reality that one can do one’s best, and accept help, and try to minimize the challenge and trust that love will help repair what needs mending.
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Well-said, Na’ama!
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🙂 Thank you!
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Well written.
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Thank you!
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An “internal coup” .. great wordsmithing!
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Thank you, Beverly! For reading and for the feedback! 🙂
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This is a great tribute to the ones who have to struggle with polar opposites of their own selves. Great poem, Na’ama
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Thanks, Shweta. I have friends who had to find a way to live with severe mood swings and the struggles that accompany those. It has to be so very difficult!
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Beautifully done. It is an illness that, until it is figured out and the proper meds doled out, can be so frightful and destructive to the sufferer.
This is going to sound odd… there is a series – 6 episodes – on Prime called “Modern Love”, Six individual stories and one of them, with Anne Hathaway is about just this. She plays it with great success. https://youtu.be/650Mt63HIBU
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Oh, wow, I’ll check it out — and no, not odd – I love your recommendations for stuff!
Thank for you for the lovely comment. Indeed, there are treatments and people can get ‘balanced out’ so symptoms are well controlled, but it is a challenge and it certainly can wreak havoc on life and relationships before it is well controlled. xoxo
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Such a good little mini series with so many huge actors! I’m tempted to rewatch it, it’s that good ..
And yes. I know a few people who suffer from it. And it is a suffering ..
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Re-watching is fab. All the fun, none of the wondering … 😉
And … THANKS for the recommendation. I’m always happy to get good suggestions like that.
Here’s to being as healthy as we can and counting our blessings for what we at least don’t have to manage,
xoxo
Your NYNF
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Bravo! What a fun read
Much💙love
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Thank you Gillena!
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I like the rhyming title, Na’ama, and the way it echoes through your quadrille. I know that tug too, ‘The subtle hue, / Sliding her joy askew.’
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Thanks, Kim! I’m glad it echoed in the read, and I hope it did not echo too closely in the tug. May we only know subtle hues sliding our joy askew, and not have to endure the full swings that some have to.
Thanks!
Na’ama
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I remember a friend of a friend who was being treated for bipolar reached a stage where he refused the medication. “Fine,” he said, “I no longer plunge to the depths. But neither do I soar to the heights.” He missed those heights, and I can understand that.
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Yes, I’ve heard same from friends of mine. For some the lows (and sometimes the highs…) are so life threatening that there is no other good option but to medicate. For others, it might be something to adjust to and try to manage without medication. Thar said, for many the wish to stop the medication can be in of itself an indicator of entering a manic phase, and if they have people in their lives that they allow to point it out to them, they can adjust things some or at least be aware that the very “I don’t need any of this anymore” can be a symptom … So … yeah, none of this is simple and like most things in life, no one size fits all.
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It’s good to explore it. So many people are closed to all subjects concerning mental health and mental disorders
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True, and sad, because it is part of the human experience for so many, as it is. Might as well understand it – and people – better.
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Agreed
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🙂
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A blue coup, I assume. Well done, Na’ama.
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Yes, a very blue coup, I think … Thank you, Bill! 🙂
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🙂 you are quite welcome, Na’ama.
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🙂
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