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How Creating Music Has Helped Me Navigate The Complexities of Bipolar Disorder
Throughout the history of this planet, music has been something used by both individuals and societies at large to convey a variety of ideas and emotions. These include…
Calming the Bipolar Waves: From a Psychiatrist’s Point of View
My biggest challenge in triathlon is the swimming part. It’s not easy to swim 2km in the sea, especially when the waves are big. Things flow better when the sea is calmer and has ripples. That seems to be what happened to me months after starting treatment for bipolar disorder…
Bipolar Impulses: Understanding the Impact on Finances and Relationships
Developing healthy boundaries and coping mechanisms when dealing with bipolar disorder can feel like an uphill battle. Budgeting and managing your platonic, romantic, and familial relationships…
Parenting and Bipolar Disorder
Caring for a child comes with many responsibilities. Being emotionally and mentally stable is essential when teaching a little human the ropes to this complex life. It requires immense amounts of patience…
Identifying and Processing Bipolar Emotions
Before I committed myself to understanding the underlining emotions characteristic of bipolar, I’d often osilate between extreme irritability, and a kind of manic frenzy jumping from one task…