Conquering Bipolar with Jesus
What are Phobias? Bipolars can experience phobias, too. These are intense fears that are out of proportion for the particular situation. When a bipolar person is faced with a dreaded situation (public speaking, heights, leaving the house, needles, spiders, small spaces,…
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How Does Alcohol Effect Anxiety? The occasional use and moderate consumption of alcohol can smooth over any jitters you may have. However, these benefits are overshadowed by the downsides of alcohol’s effects on someone with anxiety. The Effects of Alcohol…
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Mislabeling Depression Depression is often times mislabeled. A melancholic mood that lasts a few days or a few weeks is not necessarily cause for alarm. This could just mean you are experiencing the normal ups and downs of life. Some…
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Effects of Anxiety The effects of anxiety on the body are widespread. From your brain to your intestine, anxiety’s effects plays a huge role in the wear and tear on the body. Below are a few examples: A Physical Toll…
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Maintaing Healthy Body I recently purchased a Fitbit Zip. It is no secret on this blog that I need to lose weight. The Zip has many great features. One of the features I like is the calorie counter. When I…
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The beauty and the nightmare of mood disorders is that you never stay on the same mood. Since I have bipolaMood Disorders as a Beautyr I with psychotic features, my moods really fluctuate. I also experience mixed episodes where both…
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In this day and age, we hear a lot about people who have OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder. What are obsessions? Defining Obsessions There are three forms of obsessions: Words in your head including doubts for example, “what if….?” “did…
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The Darkness of this World Even though there are countless promises of God, many of us do not have fond memories of this place called earth. A painful childhood, a rough start as an adult or a string of failures…
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If I were a Bubble If I were a bubble, I would float and drift In the air without a care. If I were a bubble, I would reflect like glass Shiny colors that fade real fast. …
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Bipolar relapse is when you begin to feel symptoms of the disorder coming on when before, things were pretty quiet. It is very important to keep track of these relapses and their symptoms. Report them to your psychiatrist and therapist…
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We are getting close to that time of the year of gift giving and receiving. Do you like to give gifts? Or would you rather be on the receiving end? I hate getting gifts. I am very simple and do…
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To Disclose or Not to Disclose I had dinner the other night with one of my former co-workers who I had not disclosed my mental illness to. When we worked together, she was also a supervisor, mentor, crisis situation handler,…
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