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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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Addiction and Mental Health
DBT taught me so many amazing skills that are automatic to me now. I’m confident in my ability to make wise decisions and not react based on my emotions.
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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. -
Mental Illness in the Oval Office
Did you know that many of our past presidents have lived with a mental health condition? Here are a few that you may not have known about. -
Trading Benders for Bending Metal
Ever wonder how challenging it is to bend metal with your bare hands? Learn about Chris 'Wonder' Schoek, who manages this feat of strength regularly as a method of recovery from substance abuse.