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Bipolar By Chance - The Bipolar Connection
http://bipolarbychance.blogspot.com
Bipolar By Chance blog is a meeting place for those interested in mental illness, especially bipolar disorder. Addressing this illness as both a patient and a psychotherapist, my focus will include facts, opinions, self-help, anecdotes, tips for coping, and a variety of topics yet to be thought of.
Recent Posts
New Year Resolutions for the Bipolar
I have had a difficult time writing resolutions for the New Year. It is difficult to tell where bipolar leaves off and the rest of the population appears. So, I have decided to make lists for both. Sometimes the things we do make no sense to us until...
The Parental Role and Bipolar Disorder
As a parent you learn to put your children’s needs before your own. Isn’t that the nature of the parental role, making certain children are safe and secure? But, what happens if the parent is ill? What occurs when a parent is bipolar and cannot d...
Biploar Holidays Revisited
It’s that time of year again; time to get ready for the holidays. Gray skies, falling temperatures, daylight receding into night earlier. Time to take the holiday cheer out of the closet and bedeck the house with it. This is the season for gratitud...
Women\'s Issues and Bipolar
Women’s issues, when it comes to bipolar disorder, are many; all focused on a sense of identity and autonomy. In the culture as a whole, females have a particular array of unique problems arising from the way society views them.When lost in mania o...
Men's Issues and Bipolar
Why is it the tough guy always gets the girl? Is it because of that elusive quality we call “macho?” And, what is macho? To be sure it has an effect on the way men see the world. What happens when macho meets mania and depression?To be macho is t...
Bipolar Disorder – The Fifth Commandment
I never understood the fifth commandment, “Honor Thy Father and Mother,” never that is until my father died. I was not certain I understood what, “Honoring Thy Father,” meant. I loved and respected him, but wasn’t of like mindset and didn...

