Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Andrew Mura's Posts

born bipolar, living with it, staying alive

I was born in Washington state and lived in the deep woods to the age of 4.  By 6 months i was screaming myself purple to the point of passing out. my symptoms piled up over time but doctors refused to confirm any malady, choosing instead to call my mother a poor parent.  i was expelled from every school i ttended from 4th grade to high... Read moreChevron

EVOLUTION, TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE

     Now and then i have a thought stick in my head. On even rarer occasions those thoughts will block up my thought process and begin to accumulate smaller aggregate groupings of thoughts that begin this process anew, untill i have developed an obsession. Now I dont know whether this topic is obsessive or just a developement... Read moreChevron

Looking for people to share my music about my experince with bipolar. hoping for feedback.

Im a 32 year old living with bipolar disorder with psychotic features. I am on am an artist on social security, and my primary focus is on music writing, performance, recording, mixing and production... with a minor in album cover creation :)   Im looking for fellow bps and practitioners to critique my music and perhaps suggest ways i... Read moreChevron

A PATTERN EMERGES!

I just noticed that all of the recent posts on  Living with it/questions are all about the same thing... I wonder if anyone has any info on whether thess moodstate changes are SEASONAL in nature? I know that winter allways makes me depressed, but maybe the Fall shif coul trigger mania? I m I totally of the mark?

Recognizing manic phases without external support.

I am ver lucky to have my Mother, a Psychologist, checking on me regularly throughout the week to monitor my moodstates, and I spend the majority of my time in a highly funcionally manic state, very active and creative, sometimes experiencing great difficuly with passive activities (i.e. watching a movie without also picking at a guitar or... Read moreChevron