for Mental Health
Deciding between a therapist and a psychologist? What can therapists do and not do? Are psychologists like psychiatrists? Can they write prescriptions? Check out What is the difference between therapists and a psychologist? Is it a mental illness? Have you ever…
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Mentally ill people look just like you and me who have “normal” mental health, right? But… I had not accepted that truth until a few years ago. The first time I went to a Bipolar Depression Support Alliance support group,…
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World Bipolar Day 2018 is next week on Friday, March 30, 2018. It is celebrated each year on March 30th, since that happens to be the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh. This famous artist was posthumously diagnosed as probably having…
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I have a huge problem. Well, it isn’t as ginormous as Uzo Aduba’s fabulous head of massive curls everybody in Hollywood loved last year. Okay, I’m putting the curling iron down now. It is a shock that it is nearly…
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These bipolar GIF’s are here to encourage people who have a mental illness. I am showing you a window into my heart through these silly graphics. You can look at these GIF’s which describe my bipolar 1 with psychotic features,…
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The question above, “is bipolar an excuse for bad behavior?” obviously is a very tricky subject to nail down and dissect. I know what you are thinking. Am I qualified to speak with authority on this touchy topic? Well…my diagnosis…
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Bipolar can be fickle Well, this morning has been successful in one way and a total failure in another in bipolar land. I was able to type a draft last night for Blasting News where I am a contributing author. …
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Dear Friends, Family and Followers of Life Conquering, Until recently, I felt as if I have been “playing” at writing. Now that I have some major news blogs who want me to write for them, it is as if I…
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What is this bipolar roller coaster? Every day is an up and down; up, up, up; down, down, down; or a twist and turn on a mental ride I call the bipolar roller coaster. I ride the ups of the…
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Loneliness in Bipolar and Writing I apologize that it has been so long since I posted on my blog for bipolar and other mental illnesses. My time has been divided between bipolar episodes and writing. I have to say it…
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It doesn’t matter the mental illness Do you have a mental illness? You could have anxiety or schizophrenia or any number of the other mental illnesses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. When the feeling strikes that…
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Matthew, the tax collector I discovered I have a lot in common with a tax collector, because me, a bipolar rests in the forgiveness of Jesus. This tax collector is no ordinary collector. He is not a family member or…
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