The other night I went to be ok. I woke up at midnight in a downswing. It’s ridiculous. What on earth is going on with my brain! This illness is hard.
I talked myself out of it. “It’s an illness Julie. This isn’t real Julie. Life isn’t that bad. It’s depression.”
And I woke up ok.
Julie
Mania peaks in the summer. I always feel better that is for sure. I live in Portland, Oregon and the winters are dark and rainy. The summer is so wonderful when it finally arrives.
I have to be careful though. I’ve written a lot about this. If you go to the categories section to the right [...]
I recently did an excellent radio/podcast interview with Deborah Harper of Psychjourney. We talked about the release of my new book, Get it Done When You’re Depressed.
Here is a link to our interview. She asked excellent questions and really knew her stuff. All writers dream of interviews that go this well! You can scroll down [...]
I just received a great blog comment, so I will answer it here!
Just curious, Julie….I could be wrong as I’m just getting acquainted with you after hearing you speak recently, but in what I’ve read so far in your website/newsletter/blog writing, there’s a conspicuous absence of any sense of spiritual help for your bipolar issues. [...]
A friend and I had a long talk about bipolar last night. He said that he would not get rid of his bipolar disorder if he had the chance. I was shocked by this as the illness has really caused him serious trouble. I know that I would do ANYTHING to get this illness out [...]
Sleep is the Key
A friend of mine who writes books on bipolar said, “The main way to manage bipolar disorder is to manage your …. sleep.”
He’s totally right. I talk about this in my book Take Charge of Bipolar [...]
1. Read all you can so that you aren’t constantly surprsed by the odd things that bipolar makes us do!
2. Learn about psychosis. It’s often the most difficult symptom to understand, and yet most of us go through it.
3. Have a plan in place for when the person you care about gets really sick.
4. Learn [...]
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