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Bryan Barks
Bryan Barks

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To the Child I Still Imagine

How bipolar disorder complicated my dream of being a mother

Dec 18, 2021
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To the Child I Still Imagine
To the Child I Still Imagine
Dec 18, 2021
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Suicide Prevention is Political

I’m realizing the inadequacy of relationships, personal kindnesses, and hotline numbers alone.

Sep 10, 2020
Suicide Prevention is Political
Suicide Prevention is Political
Sep 10, 2020

My Eating Disorder Told Me to Be Ashamed

But I’m speaking out as I work toward silencing the voice in my head

Jan 23, 2019
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My Eating Disorder Told Me to Be Ashamed
My Eating Disorder Told Me to Be Ashamed
Jan 23, 2019
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In 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, 2018
In Defense of My Worst Enemy
In Defense of My Worst Enemy
May 27, 2018

I 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, 2017
I am lighting a candle for you.
I am lighting a candle for you.
Dec 21, 2017

Say “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, 2017
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Say “Suicide”
Say “Suicide”
Sep 16, 2017
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My grandfather, the poets

I 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, 2017
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My grandfather, the poets
My grandfather, the poets
Mar 12, 2017
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Staying to help others stay

“We need you here. Stay.”

Dec 16, 2016
Staying to help others stay
Staying to help others stay
Dec 16, 2016

Sharing my newspaper to fight tyranny

The 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, 2016
Sharing my newspaper to fight tyranny
Sharing my newspaper to fight tyranny
Dec 4, 2016
Bryan Barks

Bryan Barks

125 followers

30. Mental health & gun violence prevention advocate. Baltimore.

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