Tag Archives: Bipolar Disorder
There are about as many men with bipolar disorder as there are women. But is living with bipolar disorder essentially the same for men as it is for women? And what about the relationship between race and mental illness? Though … Continue reading
Kate White writes about what living with anxiety is like. Natasha Tracy shares her experiences with bipolar disorder. New HealthyPlace blogger Jack Smith writes about life with depression. And last year Rachel McCarthy James joined us on the HealthyPlace Mental … Continue reading
My son struggles with moderate anxiety from time to time. In turn, I struggle with knowing how best to help him. When I read Angela McClanahan’s blog on parenting a child with a mental illness, I feel renewed gratitude for … Continue reading
Some people who find themselves dealing with a mental illness or the illness of a loved one eventually come to a point where they want to pitch in and help the mental health community. Mental health advocacy can feel like … Continue reading
As someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder, I’m well aware of the toll living with a mental illness takes on relationships, jobs, and self-esteem. I struggle with things that come easily to many, and seemingly benign things can have a profound … Continue reading
It seems to me that navigating life with a mental illness is a full-time occupation. Not only that, it can feel awfully futile at times – like Sisyphus ceaselessly rolling his rock up a mountain only to watch it tumble … Continue reading
If you’re wondering what it’s like living with bipolar disorder, or a serious mental illness, here is one of the most illuminating lines on the subject that I’ve come across: “It explores the difference between a sick brain and a … Continue reading
I can’t begin to tell you the number of emails we receive every month from people who express shame because they are living with a mental illness or they have a family member with a mental illness. They talk about … Continue reading
Written by Cristina Fender, our guest on the February 15, 2010, show on Bipolar Disorder. We asked Cristina Fender to respond to the following question: With all the stigma surrounding mental health and specifically bipolar disorder, why did you chose … Continue reading
Why do people with bipolar disorder sometimes become psychotic and what’s it like to experience this loss of reality in everyday life? That’s what we talked about on Tuesday’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show. It coincided with the introduction of … Continue reading
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