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Guest Post: Craig Hamilton part 1 of 3

Craig Hamilton – My Story part 1 of 3

Craig: Sports broadcaster, writer, and motivational speaker. Wow!

In September 2000 I was hospitalized for two weeks after suffering a psychotic episode at Broadmeadow Railway Station in Newcastle, Australia.

The subsequent diagnosis from the team at the James Fletcher Hospital was Bipolar 1 Disorder.

It will be ten years in September since that traumatic time and I have had time to reflect on a great deal about the illness and the best way to manage it and stay well.

Bipolar Disorder, like so many other mental illnesses has a stigma associated with it that makes management of the condition even more difficult than it should be.

For many people with Bipolar disorder , managing [ Read More ]

Football Star Brandon Marshall Talks Openly about his Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis

The following is a post on Brandon Marshall and borderline personality disorder. Borderline is often abbreviated as BPD and is easily confused with bipolar disorder. They are very different mental illnesses (brain disorders). I wanted to get this posted today and will write more about the differences later this afternoon. (The difference between Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.)

The very well known football player Brandon Marshall now with the Miami Dolphins, just told the media that he has borderline personality disorder.

I praise him greatly. It’s not easy to talk about borderline personality disorder as it’s a very difficult to treat illness that comes with a lot of stigma. Much more than with a bipolar disorder diagnosis.

I am so happy that this is talked about [ Read More ]

Video: Brandon Marshall on his Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis

Bipolar Disorder Brain Tracking – Does this happen to you?

I was walking on the beach on the Oregon coast yesterday. It was stunningly beautiful. The beach was there and I was there and depression wasn [ Read More ]

Does Britney Spears Have Bipolar Disorder? Update

Britney Spears on Good Morning America in 2011

Here is a post I wrote when Britney Spears was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Do you think she should come out in the open and talk about the illlness? Or do we expect too much of celebrities? There is no reason they have to be role models. The topic is still interesting as she seemed to do so well and then she was pretty out of it again. If you saw her performaces of recent TV shows such as Good Morning America, she didn’t look well. Who knows!

The following picture was captioned:

Britney Spears is Back! Troubled Singer Britney Spears Performs For Good Morning America!

Isn’t it interesting how mental illness (brain disorders) are often labeled troubling, [ Read More ]

Bipolar Depression Tips: What are your top five symptoms?

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow! (I hope so!)

Make a list of your top five depression symptoms: especially the ones that sneak up on you and make you think they are real.

Write out this list and put it in your wallet. When the depression starts take it out and read it. Then say to yourself, “If I’m going through something on this list, it has to be depression. This means I have to treat the depression first.”

Depression behavior rarely changes. When you learn your symptoms, you can differentiate them from the real you. If you care about someone with depression, make a list of their top five depression symptoms. Memorize them. This helps you know what you’re up against when their behavior is confusing. You can say to yourself, “I [ Read More ]