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Jan 9, 2025 | 
msn.com | Sasha Kildare
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare |Seth Gillihan
ViewsAs a working mom, simplifying the holiday season became necessary years ago. Streamlining and simplifying are two ways to meaningfully reduce anxiety, especially the anxiety that comes with uncertainty around having company: Who’s coming over? Will everyone get along? How long will they stay? Did I make enough food? And so on. Since stress and anxiety can be mood triggers for those with bipolar disorder, it’s important to make things as anxiety-free as possible.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare
Views“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness,” ancient Greek poet Euripides once said. What was true in ancient times still holds true today. Our most valuable, most important friends are those who are there for us when we need them the most. Friendship can provide the salve in the wound, the laughter in the disappointment, and the inspiration to become your best self. When Bill Withers’ crooned, “I just might have a problem that you’ll understand.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare
ViewsAs a working mom, simplifying the holiday season became necessary years ago. Streamlining and simplifying are two ways to meaningfully reduce anxiety, especially the anxiety that comes with uncertainty around having company: Who’s coming over? Will everyone get along? How long will they stay? Did I make enough food? And so on. Since stress and anxiety can be mood triggers for those with bipolar disorder, it’s important to make things as anxiety-free as possible.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare
Home>When Hollywood Gets Bipolar Disorder WrongPlease note: Suicide is discussed in the content below. Reader discretion is advised. In her insightful review of the documentary Roadrunner, author Jessica Lynn eloquently captures the shock and disappointment I experienced after watching the film about the celebrated chef, author, and television star Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare |Allison Young
ViewsToting my workout bag, I pass a coworker in the hallway, who remarks, “You are so good about exercising.”I struggle to keep from voicing my instant reaction: “Fear of psychosis is a pretty good motivator!” Instead, I smile and say, “Too much sitting.”I’m faithful to my exercise routine — 30 minutes of intense activity, six days a week — because it helps me sleep through the night and combats the tentacles of depression.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare |Allison Young
ViewsAre you bothered by sounds and smells that don’t annoy the people around you? Are you often accused of being overemotional and too easily upset? If so, you may be a “highly sensitive person,” or HSP. That term, not a clinical one, was coined by research psychologist Elaine Aron, PhD, to describe people who have something called the sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) trait.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare
ViewsMore light. More possibilities. Who doesn’t get excited about the advent of spring? Yet I didn’t make the connection between springtime and the onset of my former manic episodes until 2014. At the time, I was researching and writing an article about how — for those with bipolar disorder — the changing of the seasons can translate into vulnerability to mania or hypomania. I vaguely knew “circadian rhythms” had to do with our body’s internal clock.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
bphope.com | Sasha Kildare |Allison Young
Karen S. from Michigan has experienced the devastating effects of paranoia, which has caused her to doubt her partner’s love and suspect him of using her, and to believe her coworkers disliked her. “It’s affected my daily life so much, sometimes making me worry about having a more serious mental issue than just bipolar disorder,” she says. Paranoia in bipolar disorder fuels constant doubt in relationships, making it difficult to connect with others.
