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posted 08/16/2009, comment (1)
Starting Group Therapy
I'm excited and nervous. There is finally room in my therapist depression group for me to join. It is a 12 week program, we meet twice a week, and afterwards the group meets once a week. The once a week is only the people who have gone through the group and it is free. I've been looking for a group since I moved here a year ago. I want to be able... Read more
posted 08/15/2009, comment (1)
Controlling my Emotions
Its been almost 2 weeks since the incident with my sister. I'm doing better than I was that night but I still cant get ahold of my emotions. Last Sunday was a really bad day. I wont say much because I dont want to hurt any ones feelings.It started out out with me being really tired. I just wanted to be left alone and spend my day in peace. But my... Read more
posted 08/13/2009, comments (0)
Success After Diagnosis
I celebrated my anniversary this summer. I became a twenty year survivor of the "mentally ill" label. As the bipolar world has changed since the manic depressive/lithium days of old, I have to say so have I. I'll admit straight up all of my hospitalizations have been for mania, but those were no picnic. My mind has completely left the building at... Read more
posted 08/13/2009, comments (0)
Living out of Darkness: A personal Journey of embracing the bipolar opportunity by George Denslow
Hi all,My friend George Denslow has just written an excellent and highly readable book on embracing bipolar through a holistic spiritual approach. This is not a clinical dissertation on how to treat bipolar. It is a true, practical, written on the ground, map of what he has discovered living the terrain himself. You can read my review of the book... Read more
