(again), she also diagnosed me with anxiety. As a separate issue. After all these years of it being wrapped up in my BP, someone has finally taken it seriously. It doesn’t change anything, I’m still on the same meds, but now it’s real and we talk about it and I feel ...
Find your go-to stress relief strategies.Mayo Clinicsuggests doing a relaxing activity — such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga, tai chi, or deep breathing exercises — which can all help alleviate tension. Getting exercise can also help, as it increases feel-good hormones like endorphins. Ditto...
Over the years, the “movies” continued. I called them “death images” and assumed all people dealt with them. My death images showed up in busy places where there were a lot of people and vehicles. Standing and wa...
Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, which was developed as a psychotherapy for bipolar, aims to regularize circadian rhythms by emphasizing structure in daily routines, including when you go to bed and when you get up, when you have meals, when you work, even what time you exercise every...
We all have different tasks to perform throughout the day, and we try our best to balance them. We manage our work life, family responsibilities, budget, screen time, diet, moods, exercise, social life, downtime, and more. It’s the everyday stuff of adulthood, but we sometimes forget...
“Did I take my meds? Yes. Did I sleep well that night? Yes. Was I depressed? Nope. Did I have a stressful day? Not really. When was my next period due … bingo!” She adds, “Once I was able to process all of this, I went to find [my partner], gave her a huge hug an...
Terry uses an iPhone app that translates data such assleep, exercise, medication, triggers, and symptoms into charts and reports that she can share with her psychiatrist. That kind of information can be extremely helpful to mark when hypomanic ordepressive symptomsare edging forward. ...
We all have different tasks to perform throughout the day, and we try our best to balance them. We manage our work life, family responsibilities, budget, screen time, diet, moods, exercise, social life, downtime, and more. It’s the everyday stuff of adulthood, but we sometimes forget...
We all have different tasks to perform throughout the day, and we try our best to balance them. We manage our work life, family responsibilities, budget, screen time, diet, moods, exercise, social life, downtime, and more. It’s the everyday stuff of adulthood, but we sometimes forget...
I feel like this so often. It really is hard. As I drive to the social event or where ever I am headed. I always say to myself. I am not going to talk too much and be too open. It’s harder for me than thoes people that I have shared my heart with because I ...