Many people who experience depression or mood disorders feel “worse” in the winter with the darker, dreary days and from being exposed to less sunlight. Sure, we can buy light therapy lamps (ask me how often I use mine), wonder if we actually have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD – what […]
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt World Bipolar Day is March 30th. The theme of this year’s World Bipolar Day is “More Than A Diagnosis”. Receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder is hard. I remember feeling distraught and hopeless for a […]
This blog was originally posted on International Bipolar Foundation’s Website, as part of the World Bipolar Day campaign: http://www.ibpf.org/blog/why-i-am-more-my-diagnosis “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha There are a lot of scary statistics out there. Mortality rates. […]
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