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Anti-Social Anxiety

I’m shy.  I’m very shy and self conscious, yet most people who have met me would attest to exactly the opposite. This is because two things have always insured me against shyness: 1) Hypo… more »

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Anti-Social Anxiety — 11 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 3 days ago: I’m shy.  I’m very shy and self conscious, yet most people who have met me would attest … more »

Tags: antipsychotics, anxiety, being mentally interesting, Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, Body Image, Brendan, brendan hollywood.

Are you hearing me/feeling me/seeing me, or do you just think that you are? — 14 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 6 days ago: I have about a million posts lined up, but first, my unwavering curiousity leads me to asking you a … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, Crazy, Creativity, delusions

Benefits and banality — 8 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 1 month ago: Ah, I am terrible at staying away. It’s in my nature to write things down. I am alright. Ton … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, coping with manic depression, death, Depression, depressive writing, dysphoric mania

Spider — 14 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 2 months ago: Touching from a distance and continuing a raft of posts that amount to, “Y’know, I feel … more »

Tags: Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, Depression, lamictal, manic depression, Medication

The Battle Plan: The NHS, the DWP and me — 10 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 2 months ago: Thank you for inspiration! I shall work my way through it. It’s only just occurred to me that … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, NHS, mania, how manic depression can impact on your life, coping with mania

Laughing at suicide — 13 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 2 months ago: My mood has picked up a little, which I attribute to the lack of sleep I’ve had since my Seroq … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, My Dad, mania, antipsychotics, how manic depression can impact on your life

My Five Year London Anniversary: An Introspective then Retrospective — 10 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 3 months ago: 25th April means I have lived in London for five years! Given that I didn’t even think I was g … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, hello, Bipolar Disorder, about this blog, Home, Depression, rob, Hobbes

Inane narcissism. An entry about Various. Available for two weeks with no obligation to buy. — 6 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 4 months ago: It dawned on me earlier that I’m twenty two. Twenty two. That sounds so young! That’s … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Benefits, Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, Brendan, brendan hollywood., coping with mania, coping with manic depression

The Insane Guide to Living With Mental Illness: The Mixed Episode — 8 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 5 months ago: Ah, here we are. It’s now time for me to introduce the special circle of hell reserved for th … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar Disorder, paranoia, rapid-cycling, how manic depression can impact on your life, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, mental illness, Self-harm

"Self-help" — 18 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 6 months ago: Eurgh, I hate that phrase. It conjures up all sorts of horrible images; a suspiciously well-kempt ma … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, paranoia, Psychosis, rapid-cycling, mania, antidepressants

Crisis Centres — 12 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 6 months ago: On Friday, my CPN, Hannah, introduced a despondent me to the Drayton Park Women’s Mental Healt … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, rapid-cycling, mania, mental illness, bipolar 1, Mental hospitals

Bipolar- the illness of choice — 53 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 6 months ago: I am so fucking angry right now. Red with rage. I honestly don’t care how this posts comes … more »

Tags: Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, Britney Spears bipolar, diagnosis of bipolar, how manic depression can impact on your life life, lithium, lithium toxicity, living with mental illness

Sleeping in the rain — 2 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 7 months ago: Oh dear. My window has opened itself again and my bed is covered in rain. There’s a few stra … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Benefits, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, borderline personality disorder, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, Crazy, Depakote

Self-harm — 11 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 7 months ago: Edit: to make it a little clearer. I don’t go into detail about self-harm here. It seems some … more »

Tags: Bipolar, hello, borderline personality disorder, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, how manic depression can impact on your life, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, mental illness

"An Unquiet Mind" by Kay R Jamison — 12 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 7 months ago: Another afternoon in the housing office. Have just paid my rent. Counted my pennies. I’m of … more »

Tags: manic depression, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, people i like :, about this blog, lithium, Psychosis, Depression, rob

The Good Things About Bipolar Disorder — 17 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 8 months ago: A reader asks: has no one had anthing good to say about bipolar this all new to me. Well. It’s … more »

Tags: Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, Creativity, Depression, Diagnosis, diagnosis of bipolar, how manic depression can impact on your life life, mania

Getting over Body Dysmorphic Disorder — 18 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 8 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before, BDD heralded the start of my descent into mental illness. I have con … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, comorbid, coping with manic depression, delusions, how manic depression can impact on your life life, mental illness, Mentally 'Interesting'

"Get a job" and It's nice to be in Islington — 14 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 8 months ago: I’m now a fully fledged member of the mentalist community of Islington. I’ve added the t … more »

Tags: being mentally interesting, Benefits, Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, borderline personality disorder, coping with manic depression, Depression, Diagnosis

The Altruistic Victim — 18 comments

Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote 8 months ago: I want to put my head in my hands and cry today. I got a letter from the council regarding Housing … more »

Tags: Bipolar, bipolar 1, Bipolar Disorder, borderline personality disorder, comorbid, coping with mania, coping with manic depression, Depression, diagnosis of bipolar


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