3 Strategies for Successful Communication When Your Loved One or Client is in a Mood Swing
A Free Phone-In Event with bestselling author and coach Julie A. Fast.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
2:00 PM PST
5:00 PM EST/10:00 PM London, England GMT
What if you could learn to recognize a loved one’s or client’s mood swings from the beginning and create a communication plan that works even when a person is ill? It is possible when you use the strategies from Julie’s books Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder.
In this complimentary call, Julie will show you how to not only recognize a mood swing before it [ Read More ]
Take care of yourself today. Take care of your mental health. No matter what happened in the election, there is one thing that does not need to happen today. You do not have to get sick.
If you have a mental health disorder, sleep is paramount. Make sure you sleep tonight no matter what. If you have a tendency towards psychosis as I do, watch for signs of paranoia and do something about the signs now. If you’re depressed, anxious and worried about our future, focus on yourself and staying stable.
Change is a part of life. Sometimes we like the change and sometimes we don’t. Half of our country is deliriously happy and the other half is completely devastated.
Beer, food, meth, stimulants, energy drinks, video games, unprotected sex, bad relationships, obsessive internet checking, smoking, tattoos, spending, raves, ecstasy, pills, hard drugs, new shoes, new relationships, have a baby, nachos, lottery, obsessive friendships, junk food, caffeine, new lipstick, pot, new haircut, hard liquor, party, buffet, new roommate, new city, fantasy football, … anything to feel … alive, better … something!
You are NOT alone if you have a similar NOT-SO-GREAT bipolar disorder coping list.
My list used to be very long. I drank a lot in order to calm down. I got caught up in manic internet dating and now have an STD to live with for life. (I am always honest about this as STDs are a consequence of mania for many of us.) Constant moving and [ Read More ]
Just answered this great question from reader and advocate Judy Fryer on my live chat with Martin Baker and Fran Houston for the launch of their new book High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder. (I often do live question and answer sessions on my Julie A. Fast Facebook account.)
Julie, In the UK, the drs are very reluctant to diagnose children with a mental illness. It is very difficult to discern if a child is displaying signs of mental illness or being ‘naughty’. The danger is, we put their ‘ bad’ behaviour down to puberty and we miss the signs. Any pointers as what to look out for?”
Hello Judy!
The first step is to examine the family history and see if the child has symptoms that [ Read More ]
Bipolar disorder anxiety and voting. It’s time to vote here in the United States and as always, I’m amazed at how anxiety can rear up and affect our ability to do the things in life we hold dear! Voting is an amazing right and experience, but for people with anxiety, it can be a stressful time. Here are a few suggestions that I used myself to get my vote recorded. We have a mail in ballot in my state and even thought I pushed the deadline close, I got my ballot finished and sent in! 1. Recognize that anxiety around voting is absolutely normal and you are not alone if all of the little dots and squiggles you have to figure out are causing you a bit of brain alarm. That is ok! You [ Read More ]
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Bipolar disorder anxiety and voting. It’s time to vote here in the United States and as always, I’m amazed at how anxiety can rear up and affect our ability to do the things in life we hold dear! Voting is an amazing right and experience, but for people with anxiety, it can be a stressful time. Here are a few suggestions that I used myself to get my vote recorded. We have a mail in ballot in my state and even thought I pushed the deadline close, I got my ballot finished and sent in! 1. Recognize that anxiety around voting is absolutely normal and you are not alone if all of the little dots and squiggles you have to figure out are causing you a bit of brain alarm. That is ok! You 
