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Not Being Sick Isn’t Good Enough! Using a Quality of Life Questionnaire to...
What does ‘recovery’ mean to you? Less hospital stays? Reduction in symptoms? I think of a life lived with sense of well-being, regardless of the occurrence of depressive or manic episodes. It’d be...
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Perfectionism Disaster
I have this little problem called perfectionism. You wouldn't know it by inspecting my closet, office, or by the haphazard way I have my shoes at the door. However, I assure you it rears its ugly head...
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DBSA Positive 6 - Chilling with Bipolar
Originally Published on Psych Central Mental Health Humor By Chato StewartI was so happy to get my BP Hope Magazine in the mail today. I love the mustache on "This Is Me" Jason (Dr. Shepherd) rocker...
View ArticleInspirational Quotes and Sayings
This is a bit painful to admit but I probably should attend a 12-step program for people who are addicted to Pinterest. Nearly every night before bedtime I have to check out Pinterest. It’s like my...
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Meditation Take Two
I have come to love meditation. I know, I know, I wrote about it last post already; but I cannot praise it enough. I stumbled on it last year when needed it. I mentioned I found a free meditation...
View ArticleStruggles Bring Strength
Last week I lifted a few weights at the gym. It reminded me why I had not been lifting weights; my arms get sore! I hate the ache that follows. I confess that I am by nature a couch-potato. Most...
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Fear or Courage?
Fear is what drives what I do or don’t do far too often. When I make choices that are based upon a fear it usually does nothing for my recovery. Fear is not my friend. It keeps me from moving...
View ArticleSimply the Best: Getting the Top Psychiatrist You Can Afford
I don't know about you, but I have been to some real wing-dinger psychiatrists. Once I was on nine medications at a local clinic. Then, there was the the psychiatrist who made me journal - and read...
View ArticleChoosing to Live!
Far too many of us know that when you’re in a depressed state it is so difficult to choose to live. That is, to get up and live each day. In other words, when depressed you are alive, but choosing to...
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The Means to Help Ourselves is at Our Fingertips
Every month, CREST.BD offers free webinars on a range of mental health topics. In July, Dr. Sagar Parikh in partnership with CREST.BD presented a great webinar entitled “Psychotherapy for Bipolar...
View ArticleDo What Makes You Feel Proud
This pearl was offered to me years ago by Rhonda Victoor. Rhonda is a self-titled ‘Enlightened Productivity’ expert. Her advice is aimed at entrepreneurs but I knew this gem could be applied to anyone....
View ArticleShe's in Mania, Mania Oh No
The end of August and beginning of September is the worst time of year for me mania-wise. I'm on spending lockdown, when all I want to do is shop on-line and plan vacations. I talk a mile a minute to...
View ArticleAre You Recovering?
Words have meaning. Of course, what exactly might be one’s definition or meaning of a word can and does vary from person to person. One such word is the word, “recover”. Since I started to post the...
View ArticleKnowing Our History
I work with a young man who doesn’t believe it’s important to study history, and that overall context is not important to his life. I find this strange, as what he is doesn’t get, is that he, and all...
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The Bipolar Love-Child Quiz: Who are your parents?
Ok so I’m not a love-child. You know: the product of two people who loved each other but weren’t married and usually want to keep their identities a secret. An out-dated term but one I find can is a...
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