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There are two incredibly powerful words in any language – and no matter what language you encounter, there’s bound to be a way to say it (though, maybe not in two words ;)).
More powerful than I want, I [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Information, Mental wellness, Op-eds, free reprint on January 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
Bi-polarbears is fast approaching its fifth anniversary, though, you wouldn’t think it from looking at the archives. Most of what we’ve removed was down to reading it back and finding it didn’t fit with our updated mantra.I was reading back over our first newsletters just over four years ago, and wondering whether we were deliberatly [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Mental wellness on January 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
How are you handling your resolutions this year?If like the majority of the population (of those that actually make resolutions), you find yourself failing in your pledges, for various reasons (good and bad) and you want to try something new, or want to actually manage to make good on your promises, there’s several things you [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Information, Mental wellness on December 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve had a couple of comments about a post a couple of months back, about the fact that it *seems* I’m saying bipolar disorder is comparitable to PMT. I had another editor friend go back and read it, and she’s told me that’s not how it reads, and that the person that emailed me [...]
Filed under: Information, Mental wellness, Op-eds, carer on October 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From Stircrazy
People with bipolar disorder — or manic depression — suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.
…”Although we do no yet know the cause of this brain shrinkage, it may be that repeated episodes of illness harm the brain and lead to the decline. Another possibility [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Mental wellness, Op-eds, Resources on July 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are three simple things you can do to support your mental health and wellness, no matter what diagnosis you have.
The first is to STOP.
Stop running in circles - stop torturing yourself, and others and stop telling yourself that you can ignore it and ‘it’ will go away.
The second is to accept.
Denial in all forms [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Information, Mental wellness, Op-eds, free reprint on July 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
Since the release of Pictures in the Dark, we’ve had lots of praise and encouragement for our work as ‘proactive’ bi-polarbears. But I’m wondering if what we’re being praised for is actually proactivism, or just simple common sense.
I’m 28 - I turned 28 last November. I’ve got the common sense of a puppy in a [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Mental wellness, Op-eds on February 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Mental health isn’t contagious.
It can be genetic.
Mental health isn’t a joke
Though we do sometimes laugh about it.”
D Kai Wilson, talk at a mental health group in 2005
One of the biggest things I’ve found out about mental health in the last nine years is that there are no concrete answers.
Its kinda hard to look back on [...]
Filed under: Information, Mental wellness on January 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
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.
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Relapse and impairment in bipolar disorder
MJ Gitlin, J Swendsen, TL Heller and C Hammen
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024- 6968, USA.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose [...]
Filed under: D Kai Wilson, Information, Mental wellness, Op-eds on January 9th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Life is ripe with storms–they stir up, gain momentum, and often slam you when you least expect it.
It has been like that lately for me, and I was reminded tonight that this too shall pass. It’s a hard thing to remember when the darkness descends upon you.
Friends are often hard to find when this [...]
Filed under: Joyce A Anthony, Mental wellness, Op-eds on September 4th, 2006 | No Comments »
