My name is Prakash. My age is 68. I am fighting bipolar disorder for the last 48 years. At age 20 while studying inter-science in college, I got my first episode of severe depression. As my mother also suffered from…
Creativity As Selfcare For The Helping Professional
Fenichel, a psychoanalyst said, “the patient’s wish to be cured by a magician may be equalled by the therapist’s wish to be a magician”. People in the helping profession are often expected to be such magicians, immune to the kind…
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Depression: The Way Ahead
I am a bipolar disorder survivor and have faced around three episodes of depression. In this post, I have explained in detail the measures that I had taken to deal with depression and the steps I take now to help…
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Coping With The Moods Of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a brain disorder entailing mood swings from Depression to Hypomania/Mania with normal moods in between. Whereas most of us experience some sort of mood shifts, the mood swings in Bipolar Disorder are extreme and can affect a…
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Recovering From Bipolar Disorder
Any journey that feels like a mountain conquered is savoured that much more! Ask any Bipolar Disorder afflicted and you’ll hear about the difficulty she or he is have in coping with the condition. BD affects one in insidious ways. The unpredictability…
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Importance of Stable Relationships in Mental Illness
We talk about diagnosis and treatment for those struggling with Mental Illness. The nature of the affliction affects the hapless person on even more fronts: earning a living and at a more personal level, it hits the stability of his…
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Freedom From Depression
I have had to brave many low phases during my journey as a Bipolar II, some of them lasting months, the worst of them stretching for years without mercy. I would like to share what really works to help one break…
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Messing Up My Medicine Dosage
I use this little plastic tablet storage unit with three sub-compartments in it~ each of which can hold up to three to four pills. They are conveniently marked Morning, Afternoon and Night. I like the concept because it ensures I rarely miss…
