Category: Mental Health

Blogs written for The Mighty, Moodscope or other mental health websites varying through my experiences to how I manage my mental health .

Bipolar Affective Disorder 2 and Me

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I decided to write about what I’d like my family and my friends to know about Bipolar. Face to face with people I’m a bit of a blabber mouth and I’ll happily talk about myself but we don’t always have that chance so here we go…….

Is It a Dream or Reality?

Is It a Dream or Reality? (May 2016) It’s funny when I meet up with my friend J, we are both suffering some similar symptoms though we have different illnesses, hazy brain being one of them. We can spend a very entertaining hour in deep conversation, counselling each other and seriously constructing helpful advice, then… Continue reading Is It a Dream or Reality?

Living With a Black Dog

Living With a Black Dog (Mar 2016) I’d like 1 week with a normal head please. Having read through enough Philosophy I know all the return comments to this. It doesn’t stop me feeling that it’s what I need though. I’ve had long periods with the ‘Black Dog’ and some pretty good times without it.… Continue reading Living With a Black Dog

Finding a Way

Finding A Way (Feb 2017) Five months, that was the length of my last downer. It came in gradually there some days,  gone the next….I remember because I’d been monitored more closely by my Doctor, not because the NHS knows how to deal with people like me, but because my Doctor knows how to deal… Continue reading Finding a Way

Calling a Truce

Calling a Truce (Jan 2019) I’ve never liked confrontation, I’m not a fighter. I wonder now if that’s why I never reached the top of my game in hockey. I’ve always loved learning sports techniques and having recently taken up cricket and learnt to bowl and bat has only confirmed that. I’m determined to do… Continue reading Calling a Truce

Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder 2 the Day After My 47th Birthday

Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder 2 (Nov 2020) It was a shock but not a surprise just as much as it was a relief but also frightening. For 35 years I have been aware of something not quite right lurking within me. It’s taken all that time to discover that the uneasy feeling was being caused by… Continue reading Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder 2 the Day After My 47th Birthday

Talk to Someone

Feeling like there is something wrong or that you don’t quite fit in is a common symptom of depression. When it falls alongside other physical or mental symptoms it should be a clear indicator that an illness is there.  Looking back now I find it unbelievable that I was never diagnosed with depression as a… Continue reading Talk to Someone