Video Games Are Good for Your Mental Health, Reports Say
After video game addiction was recognized as a disorder by the World Health Organization in 2018, some other studies and academic papers are showing that video games can actually be therapeutic.
Star Wars Day Giveaway!
Today is officially Star Wars Day! #MayThe4thBeWithYou In honor of today, I am giving away limited-edition Carrie Fisher #BipolarStrong coffee mugs as well as stickers to the luckiest people who preorder my book.
Demi Lovato, Bebe Rexha, and Halsey: Revealing a Mental Illness Is No Big Whoop, Especially for Millennials
There’s no longer a stigma about coming out as having bipolar disorder. It is becoming more commonplace to openly discuss mood disorders, as evidenced by the number of celebrities who’ve publicly disclosed their diagnoses. Bebe Rexha is the latest to come out.
Marijuana Linked to Psychosis, Says New Study
Marijuana makes me paranoid. Irritable. I can’t leave the house if I am high or I will panic. A new study finds that THC, the chemical in marijuana that causes you to get stoned, in high doses and of high potency can cause psychosis.
Ask the Author: What Are the Signs and Symptoms of PTSD?
Any traumatic experience can trigger PTSD, not just war. Sexual assault, child abuse, a car accident, or any excessively stressful event.
Bipolar Geniuses: Kurt Cobain — Reminiscing On His Everlasting Legacy on the 25th Anniversary of His Death
With his trademark sky-blue Fender Mustang guitar and godforsaken, angst-ridden scream of a voice, Kurt Cobain mobilized a generation of freaks and geeks in the early ‘90s, knocking Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard charts and chaperoning the mainstream into a new age of enlightenment fueled by punk and alternative rock. For Generation […]
Happy World Bipolar Day 2019!
This is our day. This is our moment. Let’s make it count. It’s time to raise awareness and fight stigma. Bipolar is beautiful!
Catharsis in Creativity: Bipolar/Recovering Addict Scott Stapp Unveils New Song
After a psychotic episode in 2015, rocker Scott Stapp received a bipolar diagnosis. At the top of his game, Stapp was the leader of Creed, a popular hard-rock band in the late ‘90s that sold 10 million records. The rocker returns with a new single.
How Daylight Savings Lifted Me Out of an Excruciating Depression
It’s no secret that I suffer from seasonal affective disorder. The darkness that dangles over wintertime, in combo with the cold, leads to a depression that hovers over me throughout the season, exacerbating my bipolar symptoms. I don’t know if it was the light of day growing stronger that did it, or the new medication regimen I’m on, but I recently lifted myself out of an abysmal depression.
Keith Flint, Frontman for UK Electro Group The Prodigy, Dies by Suicide at Age 49
British electronic band The Prodigy announced that its singer Keith Flint had taken his own life, found dead in his home of Essex, UK, on Monday.