When Trailer Park Barbie Talks… I Listen.
There aren’t that many bloggers that I “listen to”… Sure, I read quite a few and even share beliefs with some of them. But really listen to? Two-Maybe three at best. Yet there’s one that I know absolutely nothing about-not a shred of casual aquaintence-and I know, really know, that we must have either been seperated at birth or just haven’t met yet to plan the wedding…
“ If you have ever hurt, struggled, been angry, frightened, confused or felt misunderstood; and you live, love and laugh (or want to), you might find a part of one of us inside of you.”
And there’s the kicker, “One of us…”
You see Trailer Park Barbie isn’t a “she”…. TPB is a “them”.
Trailer Park Barbie is made up of FOUR women, and while one did go by the Barbie name on the Trailer Park Barbie Blog, she now goes by UM (Unquiet Mind-Haven’t read it? Go to a Bookstore. Now. If you can relate to the authors experience in a parking lot at UCLA, well…you belong. Not sure where-but you definitely belong.)
So it would seem that I am infatuated with a group. Not sure what that means or where it may lead, but I’m putting it out there for all to see. Yep-good, bad, or indifferent…I’m all about Bi-Polar Chicks Blogging.
If you’re like me at all-narcissistic, manic-depressive, lithium-licker and recovering addict, and too much more to mention right now, then I have a feeling that there’s a place in your heart (soul?) for TPB too. But more importantly, a safe, healing place that let’s you know-immediately-that you are not alone.
Pay them a visit-You’ll have a new addiction in no time…
~ by 1addicthelping on March 30, 2008.
Posted in Mental Health, addiction, dual diagnosis
Tags: bipolar, lithium, manic depression, Trailer Park Barbie, Unquiet Mind
taddicthelping…..you have no idea what this post means to me (us). Sometimes, I feel like I’m blogging into a black hole…no one there.
I am TPB aka UM aka an unquiet mind.
But, I am, also, the 4 chicks that blog. OK…this might not be making sense. TPB/UM is one person (me). But, I am only one part of the whole. Without the other 3 bipolar chicks, I would not/could not be TPB.
It’s a long story. Got time? Well, pull up a chair and I’ll try to make sense.
Several years ago, I was a total wreck…a bigger mess than usual. I needed help badly. Not from a doctor but from “real” people. Long story short….I joined a mental health forum where I met the other 3 BP chicks. We’ve been through a lot…tears, laughter, anger, suicidal thoughts….you name it. I honestly don’t think that I would be here to write if it were not for my very real buddies.
We left the forum and one very smart BP chick (D) talked me into blogging with her. D is really intelligent. AND, she’s blunt and I like that.
D and I set up our own individual blogs, too. Blogs that allowed us to write about stuff totally unrelated to being bipolar. That’s how TPB came about. My other blog is http://www.trailerparkbarbie.wordpress.com
So, even though, I am one person, the other three make me feel like a whole unit.
Hope that makes sense.
I like your blog very much. People NEED to know that real people (their neighbors, their co-workers, their children’s teachers or PTA members, etc) suffer from mental disorders and addictions. I hope that you keep it up…writing about addiction. If we can get one person to read and relate, we’ve really done something wonderful.
TPB/UM/BP Chicks Blogging
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Wisconsinite.