Dealing with the Psychological Side of Bipolar Disorder
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or manic depression as it was called back in 1993, I was told it was a chemical imbalance, and all the treatment I received was designed to address that. What I've discovered over the last 33 years is that there's a huge psychological component to the bipolar I experience, and I imagine a lot of people experience the same. In this video I'm going to talk about how I've addressed living with bipolar, and how I've managed to change my relationship with this mental illness by tackling those psychological aspects. For me, there's a big difference between experiencing the bipolar symptoms of; depression, mania, psychosis, extreme anxiety, hypomania and dealing with the psychological side of having a mental illness. Let me give you an example. When I'm stable, I'm not suffering from the biological impact of bipolar. I'm not depressed, I'm not manic. But at various points in the past, I've suffered from t...