12 Roses for Kathy – Preamble Part Two
I have taken on many new endeavors in my middle years of
life – bicycle racing, downhill ski racing, competitive running and kayaking,
to name a few – but nothing I ever started later in life was as life changing
as learning to ride a motorcycle. Rather, I should say, the actual daily riding of a motorcycle changed my life.
Which is why I chose that to contrast and compare my
experiences with a severe mental disorder
(?). Truly true my own bipolar disorder
is on the light side, known as BP 2 – long low level cycling. However, it’s still significant enough to
require a monitored program of medications.
In short there is a lot about my own level I have learned to control,
consciously. I have learned to own my condition as much as possible.
A big part of that is using motorcycle riding as a means to connect
to the world as my singular brain seems to perceive it. Which will be explained within the context of
the book. And, even as much as that,
this book will detail how riding keeps my brain from overloading – actually.
Included, in story form, is my own journey from weirdly
normal to clinically diagnosed BP; how this came to be and how to get to the
next step. Before recovery there are classical stages of denial and bargaining and so
on, before acceptance actual begins to sink in.
This is the danger
period. That is also confronted and
analyzed.
I do hope, and pray (in my fashion) that this book will be
of value to anyone who is, or living with a loved one, who is forced to deal
with such a real life challenge.
End Preamble:;; Aug.5, 2014
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