What Does Living With Depression Feel Like?
Many people mistakenly believe that depression is just being extra sad. That isn’t true – at all.
What Does Being Suicidal Actually Feel Like?
We all know what “being suicidal” means. But what does it feel like?
Do Your Loved Ones See Your Fatigue as Laziness?
Feeling abandoned by friends and family only adds to the trauma of managing chronic fatigue.
How Important Is Sleep to Managing Bipolar Disorder?
Is there a relationship between the symptoms of bipolar disorder and your sleep patterns?
Bipolar Symptoms Versus Normal Emotions
How can someone with bipolar disorder tell the difference between a symptom and an everyday emotion?
3 Warning Signs Someone Is Experiencing Bipolar Mania
If you suspect that bipolar mania is at play, but aren’t sure, use this handy list of three warning signs that someone is experiencing bipolar mania.
How Peer Support Can Help You Manage Bipolar Disorder
Credit: iStock Back in 2003, I wasn’t Gabe Howard, mental health speaker, writer, and activist. I was a very sick man sitting in an emergency room with untreated bipolar disorder. A woman I was dating at the time had brought me there because I had to...
4 Sure-Fire Tips To Survive the Holidays If You Have Panic and Anxiety
Credit: Thinkstock I love the holiday season. I love the music, the lights, and the decorations. As a person who lives with bipolar disorder, I appreciate the subtle “backwardness” of the season: We bring live trees inside, put electric lights outsid...
Halloween 'Insane Asylums' Should Not Offend the Mentally Ill
Many mental health charities all over the country think that haunted insane asylums are offensive to people, like myself, who live with mental illness.