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Learn your illness.

Depression, Learn, Mania, Mindset

The six episodic phases of bipolar disorder

Images by Ben Blennerhassett

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

Depression, How To, Learn, Mania

When your emotional compass is broken, steer by kindness.

Images by Priscilla Du Preez

What do you do when you can no longer trust what your heart is telling you?

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