Journaling about our feelings releases emotions, which allows for perspective and helps us to better manage our bipolar mood episodes. Whenever James M. feels stressed, he logs onto his computer and ...

Revealing your bipolar diagnosis to a romantic partner is a deeply personal decision. Here’s how to approach the conversation with care and confidence. Starting a new romantic relationship is often an ...

Living with bipolar disorder is extremely difficult, especially when I watch the news or read online articles that leave me feeling irritable. Lately, I’ve been feeling disillusioned with the world — ...

Being in a relationship with someone — as a spouse, partner, friend, or relative — means sharing a part of your life with them. In a sense, even if only one of you carries a diagnosis, both of you are ...

It almost never fails to happen. When I talk about my experiences with bipolar disorder at one of my book events, someone, usually the mother of a budding artist, will come up afterward, wait until no ...

In fact, other findings show that daily exercise can boost your mood and even improve your cognition. Not to mention, breaking a sweat is often free, or nearly so — and fun! It’s easy to find mistaken ...

Entrepreneurs are always “on,” which is why they need to have lots of energy, an inventive streak, and a sizable appetite for risk. In the article, the authors propose that entrepreneurship may serve ...

If you’re dealing with hypersexuality as a part of your bipolar disorder, you’re likely no stranger to an unusually relentless focus on sexual thoughts. It’s not uncommon for many to engage in casual ...

Over the years of managing bipolar disorder, I have made it my mission to keep developing ways to meet my moods head-on. As time passes, I continue discovering new strategies to soothe my depressive ...

Living with bipolar disorder is difficult, and one of the things that is so difficult about it is depression. A lot of people who don’t have depression are under the impression that you are either ...

Most of us are familiar with this famous quote, and likely learned it in school in the context of big historic events, like wars, famine, disease, or human cruelty. Much of my great struggle with ...

Living with tardive dyskinesia can feel like facing an invisible challenge. This often-overlooked side effect of medications used to treat psychiatric conditions affects at least 600,000 people in the ...