No doubt you have noticed that my shareposts this year are framed as conversations with you, the readers here at BipolarConnect. You are the experts in what is important to you. My shareposts here address the hot topics you have raised across these pages over the week.This week is different. I spent the last five days in San Francisco as a... Read more
Hey, readers. My last installment of Question of the Week demonstrated that you are the true experts in knowing what your illness all about. This week, I'm going to really challenge you:How would you define well?If you have never been well or can't recall being well, this may be the toughest question you've ever been asked. But I'm betting you can... Read more
In two recent shareposts, we looked at anger, first in terms of how our illness may be a contributing factor, then at how some manufacturing defects in our brain circuitry may set us up for system overload. Your comments indicated that we have hit upon a hot topic.But fine, I also hear you saying. "How do I deal with bipolar anger?" That was Fire... Read more
Hey, readers. A fantastic response to last week's inaugural "Question of the Week." These were book-quality answers that offer some of the best accounts about our illness that I have ever read.Let's keep the conversation going. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. It's all about the considerable wisdom and insight that you bring to the... Read more
Last week, in a sharepost, we talked about anger - and did we talk! At the time of this writing, I count 23 comments, all of them extremely insightful and enlightening. Trust me, this is how I learn - from you. What immediately struck me was your near-unanimity in seeing anger as a major issue in your lives. Obviously, we need to continue the... Read more