After a pandemic forced gap of 3 years, the community converges once again offline to mark World Bipolar Day 2023! It has all the makings of an invigorating day of conversations, sharing of rousing stories of lived experience, showcasing of…
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…
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…
Nutrition For Mood Disorders
The Session began with a relevant Question asked by one of our Members~ ‘We know of how Diet can help in managing weight, although it has not helped me lose weight. Can it really help in managing moods?’ Mrs Mittal’s…
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…
Our National Conference on World Bipolar Day 2019
On Saturday, 30th of March, 2019, BipolarIndia hosted its 4th National Conference to celebrate World Bipolar Day at the magnificent S P Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. Participants drawn from those living with Bipolar Disorder/Depression, their caregivers to psychologists, students…
When a Psychiatrist Had to Himself Face Depression
It was in July 2017 when I started feeling very low. I prayed to God before going to sleep to kill me in my sleep. No, I did not want to die… I just wanted my pain to end. I wanted to…
Bipolar Disorder and Marriage: The Odd Couple
“Sir, I am 39 year old and feel terribly lonely at times” Aakash sounded despondent when we spoke over coffee. “My marriage broke up after just 4 years when my wife deserted me. She could not cope with my mood…
Can I be a Caregiver for a Depressed Girl?
There she sat in my class of software testing with a blank expression. It was not that she was unable to understand what I was teaching, rather she was unable to understand why she was there at all when all…
Our National Conference For World Bipolar Day
All indications were that this time it would be big. Big, informative and inspiring this meet surely was!! It was Sunday, the 1st of April, 2018 and we were celebrating WORLD BIPOLAR DAY with a National Conference. So we had…