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Alyssa Reyans

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Website

http://www.alyssareyans.com

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body

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Fatima, Life, love and the lack thereof ...more

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February 2012

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Alyssa Reyans is an American expat born and raised in the South. She currently resides overseas with her husband. Fluent in three languages, she works as an advocate speaking out to help remove the stigma associated with mental illness and abuse.

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Alyssa Reyans's Blog

What I’m Eating

Since I haven’t really talked much about what I’m eating, I thought I might do a post on that. I’ve always said I have a “dog food” diet. Meaning I pretty much eat the same few things every day. And on this diet that’s not really changed much.

For breakfast every day I have scrambled eggs with cheese and mushrooms. Sometimes I throw in peppers if I happen to have some on hand. But for the most pa

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Average rating: 3.39 · 85 ratings · 14 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Letters from a Bipolar Mother 3.48 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Fat to Fit: How I Lost 100 LBS 3.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Format Your Ebook for Kindle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alyssa Reyans (?)

“Bipolar robs you of that which is you. It can take from you the very core of your being and replace it with something that is completely opposite of who and what you truly are. Because my bipolar went untreated for so long, I spent many years looking in the mirror and seeing a person I did not recognize or understand. Not only did bipolar rob me of my sanity, but it robbed me of my ability to see beyond the space it dictated me to look. I no longer could tell reality from fantasy, and I walked in a world no longer my own.”
― Alyssa Reyans, Letters from a Bipolar Mother

tags: bipolar, bipolar-disorder, bipolar-mother, depression, insanity, mental-health, mental-illness, mood-disorder

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“Except you cannot outrun insanity, anymore than you can outrun your own shadow.”
― Alyssa Reyans, Letters from a Bipolar Mother

tags: bipolar, bipolar-disorder, depression, mental-illness, mood-disorders

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“The doctor’s words made me understand what happened to me was a dark, evil, and shameful secret, and by association I too was dark, evil, and shameful. While it may not have been their intention, this was the message my clouded mind received. To escape the confines of the hospital, I once again disassociated myself from my emotions and numbed myself to the pain ravaging my body and mind. I acted as if nothing was wrong and went back to performing the necessary motions to get me from one day to the next. I existed but I did not live.”
― Alyssa Reyans, Letters from a Bipolar Mother