Don’t give in to stigma. If you dig this video, share it so more people with mental illness can leave shame behind.
Bipolar 2 From Inside and Out
Comments always welcome!
Janet Coburn
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- my experiences
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- mental illness
- depression
- mental health
- anxiety
- public perception
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- bipolar type 2
- being overwhelmed
- emotions
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- psychotropic drugs
- husband
- hypomania
- social skills
- media and mental illness
- mental illness in the news
- psychological pain
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- Spoon Theory
- working at home
- freelance work
- writing
- childhood depression
- psychotherapy
- acting "normal"
- drug side effects
- reading
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- concentration
- physical pain
- self-care
- bullying
- trigger warning
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- Abilify
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- denial
- overthinking
- bipolar depression
- travel abroad
- self-help books
- suicide
- ECT
- schizophrenia
- insomnia
- metaphors
- mental illness diagnosis
- anger
- music
- semicolon tattoo
- research
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- Jenny Lawson
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- ADA
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- mood tracking
- public policy
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- language
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- my books
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- gun violence
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- synonyms for "crazy"
- poem
- Emily Dickinson
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- science reporting
- meltdowns
- semicolon project
- pets
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- finding a psychiatrist
- comfort food
- fear of dentists
- panic attack
- triggers
- online support groups
- dealing with emotions
- meditation
- journaling
- fiction
- service animals
- health insurance
- Obamacare
- introverts
- social media
- sex
- parties
- cause of bipolar
- ketamine
- aging
- disability
- dysthymia
- religion
- #MeToo
- shopping
- advertising
- jobs
- geographical cure
- bad thoughts
- therapy
- social security
- mental health education
- alcohol
- antidepressants
- book review
- dreams
- stress
- grief
- choice
- political activism
- kintsugi
- advice
- switching medications
- online psychotherapy
- chronic illness
- mind and body
- phobia
- hospitalization
- COVID
- psychiatry
- children
- romance
- insane asylums
- finding a therapist
- mothers
- high school reunions
- news
- low functioning
- bad memories
- good memories
- childhood memories
- violence
- mental health and violence
- mental illness and mass shootings
- mood swings
- mammograms
- breast cancer
- bibliotherapy
- dement ors
- Harry Potter
- DisneyWorld
- amusement parks
- self-injury
- losing friends
- relationships
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Andrew Wakefield
- anti-vaxxers
- drug costs
- insurance
- family of origin
- chosen family
- Valium
- school
- Sheldon Cooper
- Big Bang Theory
- boyfriends
- parents
- hamster brain
- Ambien
- car trouble
- fate
- karma
- why bad stuff happens
- the powers that be
- armadillos
- defense mechanisms
- Stevie Smith
- myths about bipolar
- rapid cycling
- police and the mentally ill
- mental incompetence
- dentists
- fear of dentists dental phobia
- the human brain physical sensations in the brain
- black dog
- Winston Churchill
- Andrew Solomon
- dementors
- metaphors for depression
- memory
- memory lapses
- bodily autonomy
- tickling
- Judi Miller
- role models
- success
- madness and genius
- mother
- internalized anger
- SSRIs. MAOI inhibitors
- tricyclics
- brain vs. mind
- schools
- advice to victims of bullying
- stopping bullying
- preventing bullying
- how not to be a bully
- Charleston shootings
- journalism
- deceptive reporting
- sonnet
- Dalai Lama
Bipolar Me 
Comments on: "For Sharing" (1)
Thank you for posting this, Janet. I only watched part of it, but it definitely looks like something I’d put on my blog next week. I’ll check out the entire video this weekend.
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