Bipolar disorder doesn’t just ‘go away’

December 28, 2010

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) Relapse and impairment in bipolar [...]

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So, what’s new with you?

December 13, 2010

I thought I’d do a quick summary ‘update’ or sorts and let everyone know where we are and what we’re up to right now. Books ‘Pictures’ and the ‘Unnamed’ project are doing really quite well – but for reasons I’ll explain in a sec, I’ve been busy with other stuff so they kinda took a [...]

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Posts

October 4, 2010

I know we’ve had to remove lots of posts recently – they’ll be back soon!

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The comments we do approve – and the ones we don’t

September 15, 2009

I got a couple of irate emails this week, demanding to know why I’m not approving certain comments on the blog. While I read (and usually respond with links and other support where appropriate) everyone’s comments on the blogs, for your protection, and the tone of the site, I rarely approve ‘negative’ comments. There is [...]

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When things change

September 8, 2009

I’ve been on a break from everything – unsurprisingly, in my family, there’s more than one special needs member, and we’ve been spending a lot of time dealing with my daughter.  And then, by the time I discovered I had the time to get on with the stuff that I should, including this blog, I [...]

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Explaining our manifesto

June 24, 2009

Bi-polarbears has a manifesto, that we use to guide our information sharing.  I’ve been asked recently how I created the manifesto, and what it means to people around me, and you, my readers. The Manifesto It’s very easy to look at the list of things we talk about and wonder what we mean, and easier [...]

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Are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia genetically related?

June 17, 2009

Since starting to study psychology at University, I’ve discovered a couple of things about my personality, studies and how though lots of them appear to repeat the same things, over and over again, some do actually pull in information of interest. I’m going to explain my research process in greater depth in another post, because [...]

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Why we’ve never founded a social network

February 26, 2009

I’ve been asked a couple of times lately why bi-polarbears has never founded any form of ‘social network’ for bi-polars. The long and short answer is that to run a community ‘like that’, beyond the forum, would need resources that I’d hate to even consider – resources such as a psych council on hand to [...]

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The common sense approach to ‘sanity’

October 22, 2008

Steps to happiness Connect Developing relationships with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours will enrich your life and bring you support Be active Sports, hobbies such as gardening or dancing, or just a daily stroll will make you feel good and maintain mobility and fitness Be curious Noting the beauty of everyday moments as well as [...]

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Dealing with economic crisis and mental health concerns

October 10, 2008

Stress, at any time, is a bad thing, but during economic downturns, when things are looking grim, it’s harder to remain positive, especially when you have money worries. Though we rarely talk about ‘the real world’ and real world solutions on Bi-polarbears, I thought it would be a good time to address things. Panic is [...]

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