I've been done with my degree for a little more than a month now and while I have been reading everyone else's blogs, I haven't written anything myself. This is because I am planning to bring this blog to an end. I'm going to be cleaning it up over the next week or so and I plan to leave the blog itself up for now, anyway.
I started Intermittently Rational almost two years ago when I was trying to finish my undergraduate degree and I was still in the middle of making a recovery from a very bad episode of depression. I put the emphasis on my experiences as a student with mental disorder. Now, many months later on, I seem to have recovered from mental disorder and it doesn't seem like it's going to come back anytime soon. I haven't been cured, mind: I take my lamotrigine, I have bad days and mini-mood swings, I'm obsessively careful about keeping stress, late nights and alcohol to a reasonable minimum. It has, however, remained all sub-clinical and hasn't interfered with me doing what I want and living my life. I have a mental disorder but I'm not suffering from it anymore.
Because of this, I feel that what I have to offer on a blog doesn't fit into the nature of this blog anymore. I still have things to say about mental disorder that are - at least in my opinion - interesting and I'm pretty sure that I will occasionally add something on this blog in the future. I will not, however, be doing so regularly. I plan to start a new blog (I like having one) with my real name (!) and a broader emphasis over the next month and I plan to continue to use this google account to read and comment on the blogs I've been reading, so I'll still be reachable at this address.
Starting Intermittently Rational is one of the best decisions I've made. I cannot thank all of you who have read and commented over the years enough for all the support. It was a real and tangible help to me as I put my life back together (again). While I'll miss being here, I hope some of you will come follow my new blog (I'll send out an e-mail with the address once I have one) and whatever happens, I'll still be following.
