Comments on: A Bipolar Blog – Why I am doing it?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:18:22 +0000

I was reading a comment on here about how the lighter side is not shown and it made me think sometimes when you have medical issues such as anxiety and bipolar and stuff like that you dont see the lighter side or feel you need to write about the lighter side. Its hard for people without this disorder to understand how someone with this disorder thinks and feels about certain things. Its just a thought

By: Poetic Jester

Poetic Jester — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:22:47 +0000

At some point in time, we all experience Unquiet Minds. Sometimes my Mind feels like a racetrack, the thoughts they race around like mad Mountain Bikers heading down a steep slope. I cope with my Schizo-Affective disorder by using my zany, off the wall and often bizarre sense of humor. I love to write and writing a Blog is a fantastic new form of Therapy for me.

Have a great Day, Folks ! :>D

By: Cheri

Cheri — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:21:51 +0000

I’m glad to finally find a postive and well-balanced “bipolar” person who’s not afraid to put himself out there. I’m really tired of the stigma surrounding this and other “emotional” diorders. As a mom of a bipolar daughter, it sickens me to hear the teenage gossip hounds saying “OMG, she’s like so bipolar or something.” Bipolar Disorder needs to be taken seriously and the people that have to deal with it daily deserve some respect. Kudos to you Jason, I personally LOVE unquiet minds;)

By: Ms. Jill

Ms. Jill — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:02:01 +0000

I am curious as why you remain anonymous. It’s not a huge deal, it definitely makes you seem insecure about living with mental illness. That is just my perspective. However,what I am about to write, please take with a grain of salt. I make no excuses for my opinions and they might come across as rude. While you have valid points in all of your writing. I find them dragging and drilling to already media beaten stories. Media stories in modern coverage is completely one sided and completely edited to make neighborhoods seem worse than they are. This is a fact. A bad day always has some lighter note on it. For example you could get into a car accident, spill coffee on your pants, and get into a huge argument with your gf, but at least you have a car, legs to wear pants, and somebody that loves you enough to put up with you. Venting is good but if you put it in better context maybe show a lighter side of yourself, you might not take yourself and the rest of the world so seriously. I hope all is better and well with you!

Sincerely,
Ms. Jill

By: Brian in Reading PA

Brian in Reading PA — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:35:18 +0000

I have been keeping a journal since I was 16 years old. When I was a kid I wrote every day. There were times in my life when months went by I didn’t write. These days I wrote several times a week. I say anything and everything…. about me….. because that’s who it’s for. It’s a way to think through my problems… or see them on paper. Trouble is I go back years and often see the same problems repeating over andover again.

I was diagnosed Bipolar 2 eleven years ago after a horrendous episode. Now here we are still recovering from an even worse one from last year. I am reaching back in time through my journal just to find answers. Years and years ago trying to find how this started…. when this started. Always looking for answers and hoping to find them in my journal, within myself.

By: Foxsong

Foxsong — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:54:00 +0000

I have journaled off and on for years but I always find that I do more writing, and more creative writing at that, when I’m on a low swing of the pendulum. My fiction and my songwriting are at their best when I am just bleeding onto the page…