Living with bipolar disorder can be difficult, and living with bipolar disorder around the holidays can be even more difficult. While there are many wonderful things about the holidays, bipolar stability is often not one of them. I believe that even after the holiday, we should take care of our mental health and accept the…

The United States has a complicated relationship with cannabis and its legal status, particularly with high levels of tension between the state and federal levels (Young-Wolff et al., 2022). At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (1906). This means that it is officially considered to have…

In my life as a mental health advocate, I've seen people blame anything and everything on bipolar disorder. It includes everything from thoughts like this obsession and anger to actions such as infidelity and shouting. And in my hundreds of posts here Bipolar Burble, you will find that many things are associated with bipolar disorder….

I've recently had days where I'm redundant due to bipolar disorder. My mind turned to stone. I couldn't think if I was tired. And thanks to the weakness of my brain to think, I couldn't work either. Trying to do anything – and I mean anything – resulted in nothing but crushing crush. And all…

Support for bipolar is important, but the bipolar support you really need is even more. We are all different and so is the support we need. The problem is that it can be difficult to get the support we need when we need it. I would say that getting that support is actually a skill….