Something uncharacteristic is happening to me: I am winning on every front. Or at least, that’s what it feels like. Yesterday I finished an intensely pleasurable 4-5 day hypomanic writing trip. I now have two blogs ready to go public with my “latest and greatest” writing, including 12 new articles written in the last 2-3 The post When talking to your sub-personalities is more interesting than talking to other people appeared first on Healthy Bipolar.

[Note: this article is a continuation of How to talk to the voices inside your head]. The approach I am about to describe, attempts to make the very tricky balance between compassion (empathy) and wisdom (or discernment, accurate and sober self-perspective, ultimately emotional intelligence). I would call this approach, simply Buddhism. I view Marco’s 3 The post Marco’s 3 Noble Truths appeared first on Healthy Bipolar.

We all have them. For some of us, it’s a single insistent voice. For others its more of a cacophony of voices, rising and falling according to the flow of the day and whatever perceived “success”, or lack thereof, we are having in the moment. Some of the voices are cruel, others inept or pitifully The post How to talk to the voices inside your head appeared first on Healthy Bipolar.

Despite the tragic scarcity of parties and the sad state of dating, there is some good news: I have noticed a sharp uptick in the quality of television this year. Here is a list of my lifetime favorites. I especially like documentaries, given my desire to learn something in the endless hours of this endless The post Best classic movies, documentaries and TV series of 2020 appeared first on Healthy Bipolar.

I am trying to locate an old joke but did not succeed. It goes something like (very roughly paraphrased): “You haven’t slept for 24 hours. The room is spinning around you. You have enough caffeine in your blood to kill a horse. But you won’t stop what you are doing. What does it mean? You The post “You know you are a writer when”: writing and coffee addiction jokes appeared first on Healthy Bipolar.

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