How do you hear voices when you can’t hear?

Think about that. Everyone talks to themselves in their head, so it’s logical to assume a deaf person would do and same and essentially hear themselves. (Did you think maybe they did sign language in their thoughts as well!?)

So picture that you are deaf and you go to your doctor to try to communicate that you are hearing voices in your head–not yours, not Jesus, but some crazy nut job I don’t know who—and is wrecking havoc on your brain waves. That would be scary enough when you’re used to hearing outside voices. That’s gotta be a thousand times crazier to hear when you’ve never heard anything! A prelingually deaf individual, according to Wikipedia’s defination is someone who was born with insufficient hearing to acquire speech normally, or who lost their hearing prior to the age at which speech is acquired, would be such a person who’s pretty much never heard anything.

The other bad news is that if you’re hearing voices in your head you may be coming down with a mental illness. And by coming down with, I don’t mean—like the flu, because that certainly isn’t as easily curable.

That made me wonder what it might be like to have a mental illness—like bipolar for example!—and be deaf.

Black or White

As the world continues to mourn the death of the King of Pop, the legendary Michael Jackson; I feel like I’m discovering him again for the first time. I’m crying, I’m relearning, I’m remembering, and I’m celebrating the entertainer, the influence, and the extraordinary person that was, and forever will be Michael Jackson.

I’m highlighting him today, not only because he’s been pretty much the only thing on my mind since his passing, but because when you think of him you don’t think of color lines and neither did he. He may have been quite possibly the most famous and admired person on the face of the planet. By all colors, races, and creeds of people. And as disturbing and confusing as it was to some, the issue of his own skin tone-a result of a skin disease- I find it so amazing that as a victim of this lesser known disease, he himself became a physical reflection of being black, and essentially white–while not even being biracial himself.

As he got lighter and lighter, the world didn’t shy away from him, they embraced him for this talent and genius. I write about those that are biracial, the products of interracial love, because it doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, (or both ) or whatever the combination may be. Everyone should be celebrated! Michael got this. This is just one of the long list of things that he “got” and understood. I thank him for the presence and force that he was, and will always remain to be, even though he is no longer with us. I love you Michael. MJ forever.

Let’s talk about sex.

Today folks we’re going to be talking about hypersexuality.

Can you say “hyper-sexuality”

Lets talk about sex baby.

Lets talk about all the good things,

and the bad things that may be.

Lets talk about sex.

The Webster definition of hypersexuality is defined as “unusually or excessively interested in or concerned with sexual activity.” Hypersexuality is a common symptom of hypomania or mania in a person who is having stages of bipolar disorder. It can be present in adults and children.

In the bipolar child newsletter doctors have discussed this particularly unsettling youth behavior. This behavior is typically under discussed because bipolar or not, you don’t talk about sexuality regarding children in public. (admit it, you’re kind of uncomfortable having just read that…)