February 3rd, 2012 
admin About the “B” word and me By Rachel Pappas How has bipolar affected me? Hmm, that’s a tough one, because I never know what to “blame” on being a clinically-certified screaming meamie. And I don’t know what to blame on myself—diagnosis or not. That’s actually one of the ways my human condition has most affected [...]
February 2nd, 2012 admin I’d like to say a very special thank you to Bill Birdsall for submitting his story. The length prevents it from being posted in its entirety, so he has been kind enough to submit it as a PDF file. His story is well-worth the time it takes to download and read through it. Here is [...]
February 1st, 2012 admin Life has to become pretty unbearable before one starts seeking out answers. Thanks to the World Wide Web they are found easier and faster than ever before. I was diagnosed 4 years ago. However I fought against it and tried another job, insisting I could beat it with medication! I was wrong. I have been [...]
January 5th, 2012 admin February 2012 marks our fourth annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month. As always, I will be accepting guest posts from anyone who has been affected by bipolar disorder. I’m looking for personal experiences, insight on the disorder, new medical findings – anything related to bipolar disorder. This series may also be of interest to those becoming a [...]
February 3rd, 2011 admin It wasn’t until several months after my husband’s suicide and several years after his diagnosis with bipolar that I saw it. I was reading Frederick Buechner’s memoir, The Sacred Journey and had somewhat of an epiphany. Buechner was describing his life as a child and recounted the many times his family moved because his father, [...]
February 2nd, 2011 admin Peter S K Lynch chronicles his life with bipolar disorder through chapters posted on his semi-autobiographical blog. Peter says: I’d welcome you to check out my semi-autobiographical account of a young man’s descent into madness. The first chapter is located here: http://newmanx.blogspot.com/2010/10/chapter-i-sunday.html Here is an excerpt from the first chapter: For reasons not quite forthcoming [...]
February 11th, 2010 admin I sincerely wanted the second annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month to be even bigger than last year. My life has become quite hectic in the past few weeks and it has prevented me from fulfilling my goals. I have faith that next year will be better. I would like to ask all of you to [...]
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No Comments » January 4th, 2010 admin vvvFebruary 2010 will be the second annual Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month! Our goal is to reduce discrimination through awareness and education. I need your help! You can help raise awareness in several ways: Host a badge! To increase the amount of participants and spread awareness, I am asking you to consider placing a Bipolar Disorder [...]
Posted in About Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar 2, Bipolar Awareness Month, Bipolar I, Cyclothymia, My Personal Experiences, NOS, Psychosis, Symptoms Tags: about, all, all about bipolar, awareness, badge, banner, bipolar, Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month, button, disorder, essay, month, volunteer No Comments » September 17th, 2009 admin Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is October 4-10, 2009. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) does not mention Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day on the 2009 MIAW web page. “In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first week of October as “Mental Illness Awareness Week” (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental illness [...]
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