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A Free Author Reading from My New Book This War Within My Mind

Join me for A Free Author Reading from My New Book This War Within My Mind - 2/27/2021 at 1 PM MST/3 PM EST. #keeptalkingmh #bipolardisorder #bipolar #thebipolarbattle #bipolarsensai

Join me on February 27, 2021, at 1 PM MST/3 PM EST, for a free author reading from This War Within My Mind. It will last from about 15 minutes to half an hour. You can click on the link below to let me know you will make it. It will be a Facebook Live. Click HERE to get more event information about my free author reading Background of My Free Author Reading Last year, I released my debut book…

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My Current Advocating Projects That Will Change 2021

Image by 畅苏 from Pixabay Advocating for those of us living with bipolar disorder is my passion! That being said, it is a full-time job to advocate. Sometimes, I am spread thin because of all my projects – new, old, and the ones I am currently working on. I am a firm believer in creating short-term goals, to help with my long-term vision of where I want to head to. In 2021, I plan to maintain…

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Do You Want an Update for 2020?

Do You Want an Update for 2020? #bipolardisorder #bipolar #manicdepression #bipolarwarrior #keeptalkingmh

October 31, 2020

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Here I sit writing, Halloween Day, 2020. I feel like now is the perfect time to give you an update about my advocacy efforts and what I am up to.

As I know most of you can sympathize with, 2020 has been filled with so much uncertainty and chaos. The incidence of depression and anxiety has risen tremendously. In a time when we feel so…

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The Importance of Drinking Water Is Like Drinking the Value of Gold in Liquid Form

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Water is one of the most important and healthiest things you can put into your body. However, water is often one of the easiest things to overlook.

Living with bipolar disorder, Iam constantly reminded to treat my mind and body with the respect with which it deserves. To function at an optimal level, it is imperative to make my mind and body as healthy as…

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Waging Battle with Bipolar Depression - My Own Perspective

I am Waging Battle with Bipolar Depression - My Own Perspective #thebipolarbattle #bipolarwarrior #keeptalkingmh #bipolardisorder #bipolardepression

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For over two decades, I have been managing bipolar disorder, learning about it, how to cope with it, and how to keep it at bay. This has been no easy task. After all, trial-and-error is extremely time-consuming and exhausting. When I first started out on my journey, post-diagnosis, I never dreamed of discovering the right treatment would be so difficult…

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3 Ways To Manage Treatment Fatigue Living With Bipolar Disorder

New-post Wednesday is here!! 3 Ways To Manage Treatment Fatigue Living With Bipolar Disorder #keeptalkingmh #bipolar #bipolardisorder #thebipolarbattle #bipolarwarrior

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Have you ever heard of treatment fatigue?

If you live with bipolar disorder and have never heard of the term, treatment fatigue is what you experience as you look for a successful treatment plan. Over time, searching for the right treatment takes its toll on you. I know it did for me and sometimes happens to this very day, as well.

Treatment fatigue can also…

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Choosing a New Path: How My Diagnosis with Bipolar Helped Me Build a Better Life

By Natalie Dale, MD

“I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without dry and killing seasons. Life is too complicated, too constantly changing, to be anything but what it is.”

– Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Unstable Resident

I was diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorderless than a week before the NBME Match Day. I was still…

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Is There a Cookie Cutter Approach to the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder?

New-post Wednesday is here! Is There a Cookie Cutter Approach to the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder? #thebipolarbattle #bipolarwarrior #bipolardisorder #keeptalkingmh #bipolar

Many times throughout the past few years, people have asked me, “Is there a cookie cutter approach to the treatment of bipolar disorder?”

I wish I could answer with a resounding yes. That would make things so much easier. Unfortunately, there is no cookie cutter approach to the treatment of bipolar disorder. That is one of the main reasons why it can take a longer period of time to find the…

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I'm Tired and Exhausted, How About You?

I’m Tired and Exhausted, How About You?

This year has been overwhelming. As someone who is inherently empathetic, this overwhelming feeling has intensified to the point that I am both mentally, and physically exhausted. I do not bring this up as a way to throw a pity party for myself. On the contrary, I share it to show that if you feel the same way as myself, you are not alone. I am right there by your side.

I Am A People Pleaser

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3 Powerful Mental Health Routines to Add to Your Day

New-post Wednesday, with Paul Marlow - @TallPaulsLife 3 Powerful Mental Health Routines to Add to Your Day

by Paul Marlow

Today I am going to help you create a winning blueprint, a blueprint for making it through the mentally tough days.

To give you the best chance at positive mental health from sun up to sundown.

Realizing the power of creating these mental health routines took me over eight months, and I want to shorten that time drastically for you.

I fell into a deep depressionafter my…

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5 Ways to Empower Yourself Today in Your Fight Against Bipolar Disorder

New-post Wednesday is here! 5 Ways to Empower Yourself Today in Your Fight Against Bipolar Disorder #thebipolarbattle #bipolardisorder #thiswarwithinmymind #keeptalkingmh

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I am a firm believer that we all have more control than we realize. One of the main ways you can take control is to empower yourself. Perhaps this sounds difficult or overwhelming. At first, it was for me too.

Over the years, I have learned it is more important to take preventative action in managing bipolar disorderthan it is to wait for an episode and…

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An 'Aha' Moment and Time to Take Action

My brother Wrote a guest post for this week - An 'Aha' Moment and Time to Take Action #thebipolarbattle #BLM #thiswarwithinmymind

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By Steve Poehler

I am a white male in my late 30’s. I live in a middle-class neighborhood in the suburbs of mostly-white Oregon. I certainly do not consider myself “racist.”

I bring all of this up so you can understand where I’m coming from. Let’s just call it what it is – white, male privilege.

Not sure about all of you, but the events that have…

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My First Audiobook for This War Within My Mind

On March 27, 2020, I published my first book, This War Within My Mind. It is based on my blog, The Bipolar Battle.

Since then, I have been working with ACX to convert my book into an audiobook. I am pleased to say that This War With My Mind audiobook was completed and released on June 1, 2020. The process was nice and smooth and I am grateful for that.

It took a few years to complete…

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Addicted to Sadness

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Caution – Potential Trigger

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call 911 or go to your nearest Emergency Room. You can also contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

By Mackenzie Jerks

Even though it makes my eyes sore and even though I let the pain ring throughout my core, I cry each night until…

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The Number One Way I Am Managing During the COVID-19 Crisis

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The COVID-19 Crisis has uprooted our lives and turned them inside out. Across the world, everyone is impacted in some way. Some are impacted more than others. The majority have been stuck at home learning how to homeschool their kids and make enough money to keep afloat.

It is no surprise that the wellbeing and mental health of the world has taken a…

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Launching The Bipolar Battle Podcast

Launching The Bipolar Battle Podcast #keeptalkingmh #thiswarwithinmymind #bipolarwarrior

I finally decided to start a podcast.

It has been a long time coming and I am pretty excited to see where it will go.

If you have had a chance to read any of my articles, you know how much I like to empower others living with bipolar disorder. After the many trials and tribulations I have experienced, it brings me great joy to help others traverse their own.

We are on this planet…

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Living, Loving & Laughing with Depression: How I Survived Medical School & Physician Burnout

Living, Loving & Laughing with Depression: How I Survived Medical School & Physician Burnout #ThisWarWithinMyMind #warrior #keeptalkingmh

By: Dr. Lynette Charity, Board-Certified MD, Anesthesiologist & Keynote Speaker

Hello, my name is Lynette Charity MD, and I suffer from depression.

Becoming a physician was my dream come true. I still remember watching the TV medical drama Ben Casey when I was 9 years old. The year was 1961 and I lived in the segregated South in the state of Virginia. And no matter that Ben Casey was white…

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