Top 10 Rainy Day Albums to Fit Your Mood Perfectly
Rainy day albums have a distinct, mysterious quality to them. Sometimes dark. Other times quiet and delicate. Always moody. But definitely ethereal. See if any of your favorites made the list and weigh in.
Ask the Author: Is Electroconvulsive Therapy a Viable Option for Treatment of Depression?
We’ve seen it in movies – think Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest or Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. In the case of both films, electroshock therapy is shown as a punishment. The efficacy of the treatment is shrouded in mystery. But electroshock therapy is not archaic, as some would believe. The treatment has evolved.
The Top Ten Most Authentic Films About Addiction
Alcohol and drugs are featured prominently in many movies because they make for sexy storylines. From prescription-drug thievery to heroin overdoses, I compiled this list of the definitive films featuring drug and alcohol addiction.
Bipolar Geniuses: Beach Boy Brian Wilson
“Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear,” Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson told the New York Times Magazine in 2004. “I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.”
Metallica’s James Hetfield Expounds on Addiction and Recovery In New Interview
Metallica is notorious for playing hard and partying harder. That’s why the band is nicknamed Alcoholica. James Hetfield expounds on addiction and recovery.
The Top 10 Films About Mental Illness
Our culture has come a long way since One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. While the Jack Nicholson film is indeed a great one, it is nowhere near an accurate picture of what mental illness and treatment look like today. The following films get it right.
Bipolar Geniuses: Carrie Fisher
She played Priness Leia – one of the most iconic heroes in Hollywood history. But off screen, Carrie Fisher has battled bipolar and addiction for decades.
The Top 10 Songs About Mental Illness
Every music mag and blog is coming out with their best of list for 2014. We at the Bipolar Addict decided to count down the best bipolar songs that encapsulate the bipolar experience.
Bipolar Geniuses: Amy Winehouse
Alcohol. Heroin. Cocaine. Crack Cocaine. Ecstasy. Ketamine. All of Amy Winehouse’s drugs of choice. They rendered her Lithium treatment for bipolar useless.
Happy Halloween!
A little out of my element at Planet Earth – The ’80s New Wave dance party at Late Bar. I dressed for the wrong decade. Kurt Cobain was a bipolar heroin addict. This year marked the 20th anniversary of his death.