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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Birdie Thorn is an Author and Mental Health Advocate. She is a speaker with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She has written articles for the International Bipolar Foundation. Birdie has lived experience with Bipolar 2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and ADHD. Birdie runs an Instagram page @birdies.bipolar.brain that brings awareness to mental health conditions. Q:…
The Future of Mental Health by Caitlyn Ner | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
The future of mental health: Personalized to the individual Adaptive based on mood and mental state Leverages AI and biometrics Immersive and gamified experiences Social community features Accessible evidence-based interventions Integrates with your holistic health Safeguards for those at risk Promotes positive habits Scalable through automation Evokes altered states of consciousness Prioritizes precision Evaluated through…
Guest Post: Mental Health Tips from Licensed Therapist Angela T. Jackson | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Practice self-care regularly, such as getting enough sleep, exercising and eating well-balanced meals. Journaling is a great place to unpack your thoughts and feelings during this time as well. Prioritize your mental health by taking breaks when needed and engaging in activities that bring you joy. The healthy activities that you identify may be good…
60 Mental Health Quotes #13 | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
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Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Randye Kaye is the co-creator and host of the popular podcast, Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches. She is the Connecticut State Trainer for NAMI’s Family-to-Family Course, and is the author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey From the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope (Bowman & Littlefield,2011 and Front Porch Press audiobook 2022), and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words.…
Guest Post: Coping Tips for Uncertain Times by Debanjali Saha | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
One of the first things we are told by experts is how important structure and discipline is for children. We teach them the rules of the house, how to play with peers, how to behave with elders and the rules of the dinner table. We assign for them a time to wake up, a time…
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Information | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Video on Tik Tok Video on Instagram MOST COMMON EATING DISORDERS Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Pica Disorders: Binge Eating Rumination Avoidant/Restrictive Purge Eating Night Eating Syndrome OSFED (other specified feeding or eating disorder) STATISTICS Ref 1 16% of adult patients screened positive for an eating disorder. Anorexia has the highest case mortality rate and second-highest…
72 Mental Health Quotes (#15) | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
72 Mental Health Quotes (#15) For More Quotes: (Clickable even though there is no line underneath) 50 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#1) 65 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#2) 35 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#3) 45 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#4) 25 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#5) 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#6) 30 Mental Health…
New Treatment for Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia That Could Change Your Life ( Updating with resources occasionally) | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
UPDATES: ( Original Aricle scroll down to ORIGINAL ARTICLE) Metabolic Mind is a great thing to check out. Living Well With Schizophrenia You Tube How Keto/ Carnivore Healed His Bipoar Dosorder You Tube Chris Palmer Link to Articles Below https://twitter.com/Metabolic_Mind/status/1796598352584315279?t=kjDhmPApIqU3tCjNILp5Lg&s=19 I also have some research I'll share soon. If you have more information about this…
Guest Post: Look into Martial Arts for People with Mental Health Issues by Richard from Fight Coop | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Mental health is a topic that has been gaining more attention in recent years as society moves towards breaking the stigmas surrounding it. With the rise of mental health awareness campaigns, increased people are becoming aware of the importance of mental health and its effects on a person's life. This article aims to provide an…
Mental Health Advocate: Rosalyn Carter | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Rosalyn Carter was not only the First Lady of Georgia and the United States, she was also a huge mental health advocate. She shared a story of a relative who had mental illness and he scared her because he would run down the street yelling. She would later share he probably just wanted friendship. He…
Music and Mental Health | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Music has been proven to help with your mental health and overall health. Singing, songwriting, listening to music and playing an instrument are all things that you can do deal with your mental health. Ways Music helps: Connects you with your feelings Gives you a way to express yourself Boosts your mood Makes you dance Forms…
Guest Post: What I Learned from Hosting 100 Hours of Peer Support By CeCe Cheng of Sharewell | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
What I Learned from Hosting 100 Hours of Peer Support By CeCe Cheng, CEO and Founder of ShareWell Peer support isn’t a phrase we hear all that often and I wasn’t fully aware of what itmeant until I needed it. Two years ago, I was in an emotionally abusive relationship and my recovery from thatchanged…
Living with Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder and Learning as You Go: How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder; Part 2 | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. Even people who love the person and have supported them for years, can eventually throw up their hands and be done. It is understandable because they have to watch out…
Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? A: About a hundred years ago back in South Africa where I was born, I trained as a nurse, got several post-grad nursing qualifications,…
Guest Post: Postpartum Bipolar Disorder and Using a Vegan Ketogenic Diet for Bipolar Disorder by Dyane Harwood | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I had treatment-resistant bipolar depression, and I tried over 20 meds to no avail. After my father died, I asked for ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) which saved my life. (I wouldn't hesitate to get ECT again if I needed it.)Fast forward to…
GuestPost: Surviving a Major Bipolar Depressive Episode and Finding a Purpose in my Life by Becky Rowland | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
BiographyI had my first mental illness episode with psychosis symptoms when I was 20 years old in 1982. I had mental illness episodes of extreme anxiety, depression, mania, and psychosis at different times from 1983-1992. I also worked in the mental health field for three years during this time, helping mentally ill patients in hospital…
Warning! Beware of Tardive Dyskenisia | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Petition I have made it a point to not talk about medications on my blog and social media. It is actually a rule in my Facebook group Advocates for People with Mental Illnesses not to talk about medications. My reason is everyone is different and most of us are not medical professionals. I won't be…
Guest Post: Living with Bipolar 2 Disorder by Cathy Shaw | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. From the deep despair of the manic depressive stage to the idealistic highs of…
Guest Post: Interview with William L Hartwick, Author of The Invisible Backpack | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
What the book is about: The Invisible Backpack is a labor of love created from a life-long struggle to come to terms with who the author is and accept himself as he was meant to be. We are all born with an invisible backpack on our backs. It is where we put all the hurts…
85 Mental Health Quotes #14 | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
For More Quotes: (Clickable even though there is no line underneath) 50 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#1) 65 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#2) 35 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#3) 45 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#4) 25 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#5) 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#6) 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 7 30…
72 Mental Health Quotes (#15) | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
For More Quotes: 50 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#1) 65 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#2) 35 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#3) 45 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#4) 25 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#5) 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#6) 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 7 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 8 Mental Health…
Guest Post: Postpartum Bipolar Disorder and Using a Vegan Ketogenic Diet for Bipolar Disorder by Dyane Harwood | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I had treatment-resistant bipolar depression, and I tried over 20 meds to no avail. After my father died, I asked for ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) which saved my life. (I wouldn't hesitate to get ECT again if I needed it.)Fast forward to…
Living with Bipolar Two Disorder by Cathy Shaw | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. From the deep despair of the manic depressive stage to the idealistic highs of…
Healing the World and Mental Health: How You Can Help | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Would you like to be part of a collaborative video that sends a message of peace and how we can all get along and the answer is not division and not being friends with someone because they disagree with you or calling them a racist because their political views are different? If so. please send…
Living with Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder and Learning as You Go: How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder; Part 2 | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. Even people who love the person and have supported them for years, can eventually throw up their hands and be done. It is understandable because they have to watch out…
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Information | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Video on Tik Tok Video on Instagram MOST COMMON EATING DISORDERS Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Pica Disorders: Binge Eating Rumination Avoidant/Restrictive Purge Eating Night Eating Syndrome OSFED (other specified feeding or eating disorder) STATISTICS Ref 1 16% of adult patients screened positive for an eating disorder. Anorexia has the highest case mortality rate and second-highest…
Music and Mental Health | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Music has been proven to help with your mental health and overall health. Singing, songwriting, listening to music and playing an instrument are all things that you can do deal with your mental health. Ways Music helps: Connects you with your feelings Gives you a way to express yourself Boosts your mood Makes you dance Forms…
Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Randye Kaye is the co-creator and host of the popular podcast, Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches. She is the Connecticut State Trainer for NAMI’s Family-to-Family Course, and is the author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey From the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope (Bowman & Littlefield,2011 and Front Porch Press audiobook 2022), and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words.…
Warning! Beware of Tardive Dyskenisia | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
I have made it a point to not talk about medications on my blog and social media. It is actually a rule in my Facebook group Advocates for People with Mental Illnesses not to talk about medications. My reason is everyone is different and most of us are not medical professionals. I won't be talking…
Mental Health Advocate: Rosalyn Carter | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Rosalyn Carter was not only the First Lady of Georgia and the United States, she was also a huge mental health advocate. She shared a story of a relative who had mental illness and he scared her because he would run down the street yelling. She would later share he probably just wanted friendship. He…
Guest Post: What I Learned from Hosting 100 Hours of Peer Support By CeCe Cheng of Sharewell | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
What I Learned from Hosting 100 Hours of Peer Support By CeCe Cheng, CEO and Founder of ShareWell Peer support isn’t a phrase we hear all that often and I wasn’t fully aware of what itmeant until I needed it. Two years ago, I was in an emotionally abusive relationship and my recovery from thatchanged…
Guest Post: Interview with William L Hartwick, Author of The Invisible Backpack | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
What the book is about: The Invisible Backpack is a labor of love created from a life-long struggle to come to terms with who the author is and accept himself as he was meant to be. We are all born with an invisible backpack on our backs. It is where we put all the hurts…
Coping Tips for Uncertain Times by Debanjali Saha | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
One of the first things we are told by experts is how important structure and discipline is for children. We teach them the rules of the house, how to play with peers, how to behave with elders and the rules of the dinner table. We assign for them a time to wake up, a time…
A Look into Martial Arts for People with Mental Health Issues by Richard from Fight Coop | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Mental health is a topic that has been gaining more attention in recent years as society moves towards breaking the stigmas surrounding it. With the rise of mental health awareness campaigns, increased people are becoming aware of the importance of mental health and its effects on a person's life. This article aims to provide an…
Mental Health Tips from Licensed Therapist Angela T. Jackson | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Practice self-care regularly, such as getting enough sleep, exercising and eating well-balanced meals. Journaling is a great place to unpack your thoughts and feelings during this time as well. Prioritize your mental health by taking breaks when needed and engaging in activities that bring you joy. The healthy activities that you identify may be good…
Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? A: About a hundred years ago back in South Africa where I was born, I trained as a nurse, got several post-grad nursing qualifications,…
Guest Post: Interview with the Author of Bedlam and Tea Tony Abbs | Bipolar Bandit (Michelle Clark)
1. What is one of the hardest aspects of having Bipolar?The alienation and rejection that is often felt from society leaves me feeling shameful for having a mental disorder. The ignorance and lack of empathy from society can compound my progress due to the negative responses I may feel towards their lack of understanding. 2.…