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Bipolar Recovery Forum Ideas on Recovery
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Some people see their recovery in steps/distinct phases. A friend contributed this idea of how he has seen his recovery:. Step 1: I used to have ups and downs with no control over my moods. I had no idea these ups and downs were part of a recognisable disorder or illness. Step 2: I recognised that my ups and downs were a diagnosis (manic depression) but did not know I could do anything to control my mood swings. Step 3: I gained an awareness that I could influence my moods. What is bipolar recovery?
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Bipolar Recovery Forum Ideas on Recovery
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Studies of recovery identify 'acceptance' as a significant factor in the recovery process. Most of us start by rejecting the possibly we could have a mental illness and so not seek help, not want medication and not want to change. Often it is the acceptance of the diagnosis that triggers recovery in that it becomes clearer what it is that we can recover from. Sometimes acceptance can hold us back. What if we accept the wrong diagnosis or inappropriate medication? What holds us back? In some ways managing...
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Bipolar Recovery - Therapies - Mood Mapping East Midlands
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Therapies for people who experience mood swings. Traditionally therapies seem to be things people do for us. Therapies can be things we do for ourselves. I tend to think of therapies mainly as things that stop us getting more ill. maybe you see therapies more as things that help with recovery? Two friend shave put forward these ideas:. A list of therapies. One person explanation of DBT. Thinking in your own colours. What is bipolar recovery?
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Bipolar Recovery - Recovery after Bipolar
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What do we mean by recovery? Sometimes it seems as if there are as many definitions of recovery as there are people in recovery. Recovery is the process of getting over, getting better, finding new ways of doing things, making a new life for yourself. If you have a simple illness that has a cure or is cured with time, such as a common cold, then it seems fair to view recovery as a destination. Bipolar recovery / recovering from mood disorder. 8226; I have found that with mood disorder the initial recover...
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Bipolar Recovery Blog, Eliminating Bipolar Diagnosis
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I'm starting to us the two blogs more so only adding a few words here from time to time. I want to stick to useful/interesting things rather than rambling on. 6th Jan 2012 - Just tidied up front page and checked that most of the links below still work. 22nd April 2011 - Two new blogs. And Rethinking Bipolar Blog. 16th April 2011 - I have decided to start a blog. It is going to be called 'eliminating bipolar disorder'. That is a big decision and is going to change what I do and how I do it. 30th Nov 2010 ...
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bipolar labels
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Bipolar recovery requires finding out about causes, but first we may need some understanding of the psychiatric bipolar categorisation in use today. Receiving medications for bipolar disorder is a serious thing, with patients on average dying 20 years earlier than the general population. However, with no medical tests for bipolar, it has only ever been a way of saying, “Something is wrong with your moods but we do not know what is causing it.”. With such a wide meaning then:. At first a label can help us...
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Wootton | Rethinking Bipolar
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Bipolar disorder certainly does not have to be for life…………………………………. Use this search option. Bipolar Driving Analogy #Wootton. May 1, 2016. Yesterday, in ‘Psychology Today’, my good friend, Tom Wootton posted a useful short article called, “ Bipolar Treatment Is More Than Just Tools To Lower Intensity. Here are a few words from it; “. Filed under Wellness tools. Tagged with Bipolar Recovery. Bipolar In Order by Tom Wootton – A Book Review. August 6, 2015. Bipolar In Order –. Wootton takes on the treatme...
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Why? | Rethinking Bipolar
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Bipolar disorder certainly does not have to be for life…………………………………. Use this search option. What we have now is very different from what bipolar replaced. With the old manic depression people mostly got better and returned to a life without drugs. Why are we hearing more and more about Bipolar? Why has this diagnosis grown so fast? Why are drug manufacturers making huge profits without offering any kind of cure? Yes, there is a lot more wrong in the world beyond excessive use of psychiatric drugs. ...
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Disorders | Rethinking Bipolar
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Bipolar disorder certainly does not have to be for life…………………………………. Use this search option. Bipolar is Not a Separate Condition #notjustbipolar. January 18, 2015. For 16 years led me to the realization that bipolar overlaps with other forms of emotional distress as in this diagram from our 2012 bipolar textbook. Many psychiatric diagnoses have many similar symptoms. They also have similar causes. To tackle a disorder effectively we need a good idea of the true causes. What are the common causes. Cleare...
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Causes | Rethinking Bipolar
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Bipolar disorder certainly does not have to be for life…………………………………. Use this search option. Glyphosate facts: It affects mood. It causes cancer. May 13, 2016. Having just written about glyphosate – the debate as to whether this carcinogen (currently sprayed on wheat in the UK) should be banned across the whole of Europe seems to be heating up. If you agree we need to eliminate this mood altering carcinogenic chemical from our foods then please sign this petition:. May 6, 2016. I cannot prove any such l...