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Depression and the Dickhead

“Depression isn’t real. You feel sad, you move on. You will always be depressed if your life is depressing. Change it.”

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Almost five years ago, I wrote a post about how memories from my (and likely your) childhood were being repurposed for political statements…

1d ago

Down the Rabbit Hole

1d ago

Growth Mindset and Mental Illness

Let’s start with a little levity, a quote from Groucho Marx: “Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine.” Putting the vending…

Mar 16

Growth Mindset and Mental Illness

Mar 16

New Love Languages

Noted author Gary Chapman has written that there are five “Love Languages.”

Mar 16

New Love Languages

Mar 16

My Two Diagnoses

For all my childhood, I assumed I had depression, though I didn’t know that it was a psychiatric diagnosis. I was always a moody child…

Mar 9

My Two Diagnoses

Mar 9

Paczki-Palooza

It’s Lent. So why are there three dozen paczki in my freezer?

Mar 9

Paczki-Palooza

Mar 9

Advances in Schizophrenia Treatment

Schizophrenia is one of the most problematic and least tractable of the Serious Mental Illnesses (SMI). Recently, though, there have been…

Mar 2

Advances in Schizophrenia Treatment

Mar 2

Dan’s Only Friend

The phone rang and Dan picked it up. He held it out to me. “It’s your friend,” he said.

Mar 2

Dan’s Only Friend

Mar 2

Is a Keto Diet Good for Bipolar?

I’m sure you’ve read the ads and articles that say apple cider vinegar is good for anything that ails you. There are also supposed…

Feb 25

Is a Keto Diet Good for Bipolar?

Feb 25

It’s All a Blur!

My history with eyeglasses goes way back — over 60 years, in fact. That being the fashion at the time and me being even then the opposite…

Feb 23

It’s All a Blur!

Feb 23

Janet Coburn

Janet Coburn

Author of Bipolar Me and Bipolar Us, Janet Coburn is a writer, editor, and blogger at butidigress.blog and bipolarme.blog.

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