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Recovery is Beautiful
I have been sober and stable on medication for my bipolar since June 2012. Some days are great and some days are an uphill battle just to eat and leave the house.
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Taking off the Mask
I’ve been fighting this fight for 20 years and it’s so exhausting. I have good days, horrific days and some days I feel like I can’t fight it anymore. It’s hard to ask for help.
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I Can Laugh Again
Ten years ago, after the birth of my second child, I had my first psychotic break. To say psychosis is scary and lonely and dark is an understatement.
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How Art Can Help Monitor Bipolar Symptoms
Taylor Bourassa assessess art therapy in two contexts to offer support to those living with the syptoms/effects of bipolar disorder most specifically, mania and depression. -
Focus on Your Recovery
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 15. No one in my family had ever heard of this illness.
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Redefining My Normal
I am out of my ‘bipolar closet’ but I still live in fear of what troubles the stigma may create.
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Five Things I Have Learned
I do not ‘suffer from bipolar disorder,’ though I once did. It is not because I am ‘cured’ but because I have learned a lot about managing symptoms.
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Bipolarish: A Tale of Two Seasons
My sunny seasons produced poems, books and lots of activity. But the winters were dreadfully dark and anxious.
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Learning to Love Myself—and My Bipolar Disorder
I had heard of bipolar disorder, but I had stigmatized and stereotypical ideas about what people with bipolar disorder were like.
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Bipolar Disorder: A Fire that Can Fuel Creativity
Get the inside look at Kay Jamison, expert on bipolar disorder and author of the book Touched With Fire, that was recently adapted into a film starring Katie Homes and Luke Kirby.