November 2012
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Starting Exploratory Therapy: Why my blog on...
I haven’t visited Twitter or posted on Bizpolar in months, and I want to explain how my work here fell off a cliff entirely out of the blue.
After being on an NHS waiting list for over two years, I was recently given a place for therapy. I was told that it is exploratory psychoanalysis, and it may open up more issues than it immediately solves. I was told that I was very lucky to receive a...
July 2012
3 posts
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My Failures: Learning from Past Mistakes
“What was your biggest failure?”
I was recently interviewing for a new job when this question came up and I was quite taken-aback by it. At the time, I made up a suitably interview-spin response about not getting onto a PhD course which led me to actually start on my current career path. But it has got me thinking seriously about this subject: admitting and learning from failures...
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Managing Symptoms in the Workplace: Dealing with...
I recently read a really great blog post about managing Bipolar symptoms on a daily basis: ‘How to Reduce Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings’. I fully agree with many aspects of the post, especially in regards to keeping to medication and having a good sleep pattern. These are the initial building blocks of maintaining a positive and productive lifestyle for most people with mental health...
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“How to change: Action speaks loudest. Here are quick and effective exercises...”
– Richard Wiseman (@RichardWiseman), Author of Rip It Up: The Radical New Approach to Changing Your Life. Quotation taken from ‘Self-Help: Forgot Positive Thinking, Try Positive Action’ in The Guardian, 1 July 2012.
June 2012
3 posts
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Full (Dis)Closure: Coming Out With Mental Illness...
For many years, I have lived with the stress of not only living and working with a mental health condition, but also with trying to hide it from my employer and colleagues as well. I believe that I have been successful at both of these, but it has been difficult and an addition stress to my life. I recently disclosed my illness to my company and have learnt many things along the way which I would...
““You are not your bra-size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are...”
– ~ Unknown
Why Twitter works so well for Bipolar people (and...
Although this account is new, I have been on Twitter in both my individual professional capacity, but also representing my company through their marketing account for some time now. I have been very impressed by its capabilities and – although still very much a novice to social media – am a strong advocate to its immense benefit.
But whilst Twitter connects and helps people worldwide of any...
