I’m not doing my best. I’m happy to be here. Thanks for asking. I’m having a tough day, but it’s better now that I’m out of the house. It’s not a great day, but I’m happy to see you! I’m using my treatment plan! It’s chasing me today. It’s lurking.
There are many more. Usually, I just say- “I’m really depressed today.” or, “Yesterday was really tough.”
Since I wrote Get it Done When You’re Depressed I feel better- I can visualize the list of tips in the front of the book and pick one when the days are tough.
Bla. Dumb depression. Terrible depression! But I will not let it ruin my life. The days may be difficult, but I will keep going- always.
Many of our readers have asked for updates from our guest bloggers so we reached out to see what they were up to. Karen Tyrrell has been busy and is excited to announce her next great project, her latest children’s book, Stop the Bully has arrived! Here is a wonderful update from Karen: If you would like to read her original guest blog post for BipolarHappens.com, click here.
I, Karen Tyrrell, am an Australian award winning mental health author and teacher, as well as a survivor of Bipolar Disorder. I keep myself resilient on a day to day basis with my pro-active wellness plan. When I was a teacher, parents at my school bullied me to the breaking point, triggering bipolar [ Read More ]
On your radio show from a few years ago, you spoke of your “brain chatter”? Can you explain what you mean by this?For myself, sometimes I just run the same words over and over in my head when I am anxious, maybe in a group of people. I do not believe it to be psychosis (i.e. audio hallucinations), or even a delusion, but one thing I do know it to be: annoying. It is even as if it exists in a certain physical location in my skull.
Weird—huh?
I told my sister about it who said, “No you don’t!” I lied and agreed with her, “You’re right, I don’t.” 🙂
C.
Hi C.
Ah, brain chatter. This is what I call the brain in a blender feeling I get when I’m sick. I have so many thoughts and sounds in [ Read More ]
Bipolar Happens: 35 Tips and Tricks to Manage Bipolar Disorder is a top ten Bipolar Disorder Book on the Kindle!
That’s exciting. I went to the Kindle store to see how my books Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder were doing on the bipolar disorder page. These books are in the top ten ranking- and then I saw that Bipolar Happens! was right up there as well!
Fantastic! Bipolar Happens! is an enjoyable book about a serious topic.
Guess what- it’s only $.99 I want it to be available to everyone.
Yes, I think this is a great deal and a good way to get helpful information about bipolar disorder at minimum cost. Bipolar Happens! was my first book. I knew I wanted to talk about how I [ Read More ]
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I’m not doing my best. I’m happy to be here. Thanks for asking. I’m having a tough day, but it’s better now that I’m out of the house. It’s not a great day, but I’m happy to see you! I’m using my treatment plan! It’s chasing me today. It’s lurking.
