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…
Creative Mind Is Healthy Mind
‘Creative Mind Is Healthy Mind’ is the theme of the two month long campaign that Bloggers Alliance has chosen to celebrate its First Anniversary (falling on 7th of August) with. What a fine way to do it! BipolarIndia is excited…
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…
The Vital Role of Financial Planning In Bipolar Disorder Affected
Change is the only certainty in life and possibly nobody knows this better than we Bipolar Disorder affected. How does this factor impact our Financial Planning and thereby, security? The sheer unpredictability and the turbulence associated with Bipolar Disorder affects…
Let’s Dare to Dream Big!
She stood in front of the huge mirror. This was no ordinary mirror! It was her connect with life, a life that made sense. In it she could see her past and her past was all that she trusted. After…
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…
Born to Run
‘Health is Wealth’ it is said and rightly so. For, if you are enjoying good health (physical as well as mental), you have the capability to chase your dreams with all the energy that you require. Good body health is…
How Happy Are You?
When we talk of healing from mental illness (or any other devastating illness), what is our main motive? Recovery from the clutches of the illness or reclaiming the ability to live life fully? A person who wants to continue evolving, uses…
Tiny ‘positive engines’ bound towards rewarding ‘destinations’!
While studying for an elementary course on “Positive Psychology” from Coursera, I was prompted to think how the study in around negative emotions is so much more that the positive ones. Varied theories around negative emotions have filled up large…
Takeaways From First Peer Support Meet
It was the 22nd of November and five of us met at a mere one day notice at a coffee shop in Mumbai. So, on a Sunday morning, Bipolar India’s Offline initiative rolled off for the first time. What a…