PinnedBryan BarksTo the Child I Still ImagineHow bipolar disorder complicated my dream of being a motherDec 18, 20212Dec 18, 20212
Bryan BarksSuicide Prevention is PoliticalI’m realizing the inadequacy of relationships, personal kindnesses, and hotline numbers alone.Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Bryan BarksMy Eating Disorder Told Me to Be AshamedBut I’m speaking out as I work toward silencing the voice in my headJan 23, 20198Jan 23, 20198
Bryan BarksIn Defense of My Worst Enemy“While bipolar often feels like my adversary, I’ve spent much of the last year defending and explaining my illness.”May 27, 2018May 27, 2018
Bryan BarksI am lighting a candle for you.“The pain of realizing how many damn candles people have been lighting in my honor and how few I have been lighting for them.”Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Bryan BarksSay “Suicide”I “came out” with bipolar disorder a year ago this week — during National Suicide Prevention Week. It was the most important thing I’ve…Sep 16, 20171Sep 16, 20171
Bryan BarksMy grandfather, the poetsI grew up thinking poetry was a normal professional field. I thought being a poet was something you’d casually mention at a cocktail party…Mar 12, 20172Mar 12, 20172
Bryan BarksSharing my newspaper to fight tyrannyThe other night, my husband and I arrived home to find a letter slipped under our door. It was a long note in jagged cursive from our…Dec 4, 2016Dec 4, 2016
