I haven’t written much recently, for months now. There has been a lot going on in my life, my relationship ended and my job has become highly stressful. I have moved out and had to adjust to a change of … Continue reading Shame and Mental Illness
In this post I will attempt to describe the day to day life of somebody going into the bipolar mood episode, hypomania. Last night I couldn’t sleep. My mind was too busy, I was too interested in what I was … Continue reading Coming Up – A Day In The Life Of Hypomania
I see so much information available online about the symptoms and diagnosis, and even medicinal treatment of bipolar disorder. This is really useful information, however I find little is said about what it is like living day to day with … Continue reading Living With Bipolar Disorder
Mania is most commonly associated with feelings of joy and euphoria, an elevated mood is the terminology, people think Mania is all fun and games all the time. It is not, there is a dark side to Mania which includes … Continue reading Anger in Mania
Mania, the incredible feeling of euphoria, energy and spirituality is something I have deeply missed since starting bipolar medication. Despite wanting this whole time to be stable, now that I am I miss the highs of Mania. Medication and Mania … Continue reading Addicted to Mania
Recently I wrote a post on How to overcome Bipolar Depression with advice on ways to help, in this post is a list of things to avoid when you are in depression. This is because these whilst tempting will make … Continue reading What not to do in Depression
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