Articles on Mania and Hypomania
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This article begins the idea of a Practice Based Cure for Bipolar Disorder. We look at what bipolar does to our mental, emotional, and physical stability. Four precise and powerful techniques are introduced for reclaiming stability in our lives. Video lessons for this are available at the bottom of the article. Continue Reading
In this article we learn how to manage manic episodes by BAILing out of mania.
It is far quicker to destroy than to create. Relationships, a home, a career, self-esteem and peace of mind take time and work to build. They can be damaged or destroyed in an instant. This is the danger of Manic Episodes to us living with bipolar. We become Continue Reading
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Thoughts and emotions will combine to recreate our perception of the world for brighter or darker. A stubbornly grey day may transform into a world of fun and laughter and endless possibilities. A beautiful holiday can be a leaden prison of self-hating apathy. I think it is actually pretty amazing how much our brains colour how we see the world and ourselves. Amazing or terrible, agonising or blissful, these big moods that shape our bipolar life are definitely disruptive. It is as if Continue Reading
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People can be so courageous. Living with bipolar is hard, whatever the intensity. When you add in careers, relationships, families, goals, dreams to live up to; the illness permeates everything. This means that sometimes everything in life can become a little bit harder, or a lot harder, or maybe it becomes absolutely insurmountable. Nonetheless we try. Continue Reading
We cannot make progress unless we act on the importance of our well-being to prioritise bipolar health. I was once offered an amazing opportunity to work for a whole year on an isolated tropical island in the pacific ocean, thousands of miles distant from any civilisation. This island is an active volcano, we experienced thousands of earthquakes, and were bruised by intense sub-tropical storms. With a population of only seven, we had to be able to cope independently.
I have read dozens of definitions of bipolar, previously known as manic-depression, over the past decade. I have heard it described as a mood disorder, a brain disease, a mental illness, brain damage, even karma. What I have learned is that bipolar is unique to each individual: everybody has a different experience with it, and at the core bipolar is highly personal. Continue Reading
I remember standing in a park, with the girl I loved, watching her simply being herself. I was completely filled by hurt and rage. She hadn’t done anything, but my body was shaking with anger. My heart was poisoned by resentment and I remember exploding in a wrathful way, a way which was designed to hurt the one I love. Continue Reading