PinnedBryan BarksTo the Child I Still ImagineHow bipolar disorder complicated my dream of being a mother·7 min read·Dec 18, 2021--2--2
Bryan BarksSuicide Prevention is PoliticalI’m realizing the inadequacy of relationships, personal kindnesses, and hotline numbers alone.·3 min read·Sep 10, 2020----
Bryan BarksMy Eating Disorder Told Me to Be AshamedBut I’m speaking out as I work toward silencing the voice in my head·5 min read·Jan 23, 2019--8--8
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.”5 min read·May 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.”4 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Sep 16, 2017--1--1
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…7 min read·Mar 12, 2017--2--2
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…5 min read·Dec 4, 2016----