Live, Thrive, Survive with Bipolarbears
Its not just a slogan, its a way of life
I know who you are – you’ve just been diagnosed, and you’re thinking that your life is about to end, either metaphorically, or (please don’t do it), literally. I know who you are, because I’ve been there. Been there several times. So, the first thing I want you to do...
One of the things I’ve noticed about working with people in the mental health community is that most of us are instantly tolerant of the mistakes of others ‘like us’. There’s a lot of outpouring of support, for example, for Charlie Sheen. One of the critical problems with this though...
My partner and I were recently talking about coding and how language, and understanding language is almost like learning to code. He argued that you can’t apply maths to language and that it was more ‘variable’ than code, which is true, but the perspective of language as a learned coding...
Bi-polarbears.com is seeking guest bloggers. If you’re interested in posting for us, there’s three steps: Read our guidelines – they’re pretty light right now. Email me with a query – there’s an email address on the guidelines I’ll either reject the query or schedule it – you’ll get a user...
Editor’s note – this post got quite a lot of attention recently, so I brought it forward to today…. A recent study conducted under clinical criteria highlighted something terrifying for those of us who live with, love someone with, or care for people in our community with bipolar disorder. (extract)...