Category: Living With Bipolar Disorder

  • Don’t Knock It Til You Try It

    Don’t Knock It Til You Try It

    The past few weeks have been increasingly stressful for me. I could feel the waves of depression continuously washing over me and then remaining like pools of stagnant water. I reached a point early this week where I knew I wasn’t going to make it much longer in this state, but I just couldn’t afford…

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  • It’s Okay To Be Disappointed

    It’s Okay To Be Disappointed

    How many have you gotten your hopes up for something you really wanted, only to have it slip from your fingertips? Plenty, right? Now think of when you went to a friend and expressed how upset you were about it. How often you’ve been told to “cheer up” or “it could be worse” or “don’t…

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  • Finding Balance: Major Key Alert

    Finding Balance: Major Key Alert

    After years and years of either overworking myself or not doing enough, I’m realizing just how important finding balance is. This isn’t to say that I have finally found that space, I’m just actively working to get there. I’m expressing my boundaries to people and utilizing the word “no” with others and myself. Not overworking myself…

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  • Treatment Resistant Depression: What Has Helped Me

    Treatment Resistant Depression: What Has Helped Me

    Although I have bipolar disorder, it manifests itself mainly with severe, crippling depression. I’ll discuss my hypomanic episodes at a later time. Unfortunately for me, conventional treatment with antidepressants and different types of therapy have not worked. I only recently found out why the typical medications are not beneficial to me after changing psychiatrists. After…

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  • Doing What You Love Is A Luxury

    Doing What You Love Is A Luxury

    Doing what you love is a luxury. But not always in the way people think. When people talk about the luxury of doing what you love, it’s often in reference to time or money or some other privilege. But doing what you love is also a luxury of a stable mood and/or mental status. This…

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