http://bi-polarbears.com Its not just a slogan, its a way of life Sun, 25 May 2008 09:46:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yep, we made it to five at last! I missed it too.  I was so wrapped up in University that I commented on my personal blog and completely forgot to say something here. Being five means we've managed, roughly, one post every two months.  Its not a great record, but its one ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2008/05/21/believe-it-or-notbi-polarbearscom-is-five/ Ignorance is wonderful isn't it? I mean, its really nice to get up in the morning, be depressed and ratty and get a freind demanding to know why I'm taking my 'PMT' out on them. I remember that a couple of years ago, I wrote an article that explained, in ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2008/04/24/bipolar-disorder-is-not-pmt/ This is a free article reprint. Please do NOT edit the resource box and ensure all links are intact. 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2008/01/12/article-why-two-words-can-change-your-life-for-the-better/ 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2008/01/04/writing-living-thriving/ 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/12/27/new-year-new-you/ 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/10/24/designated-drivers/ I'm going back to univeristy this Autumn.  I'm going back to study Creative writing and Criminology (which has lots of Psych and sociology mixed in!).  I'm so excited, but it means I may be a little more scarce than usual.  I will, of course, try to do as muc as ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/08/22/campus-life/ 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/07/30/witchdoctors/ (authors note – we’ve spent the last several days retrieving and reposting some of the content we used to have on our various site incarnations and I thought this was worth running now, instead of back in the archives) Someone said that she was about to ask me a dumb question ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/07/23/what-is/ 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 ... http://bi-polarbears.com/2007/07/17/three-steps-to-mental-wellness-no-matter-what-disorder/