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  1. The Simple 6-Word Phrase That Helps Someone Feel Less Alone When They’re Struggling | Victoria Costello

    My toughest audience yet: 50 San Francisco high school seniors, two weeks short of graduation. They’re a striking,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #AU #Australia #bipolardisorder #copingwithdepression #depression #Friendship #Health #MentalHealth #PersonalityDisorders #self #suicide
    newsbeep.com/au/641289/

  2. The Simple 6-Word Phrase That Helps Someone Feel Less Alone When They’re Struggling | Victoria Costello

    My toughest audience yet: 50 San Francisco high school seniors, two weeks short of graduation. They’re a striking,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #AU #Australia #bipolardisorder #copingwithdepression #depression #Friendship #Health #MentalHealth #PersonalityDisorders #self #suicide
    newsbeep.com/au/641289/

  3. Kehlani shares insight on bipolar and BPD diagnosis and mental health journey

    Kehlani opens up about living with bipolar disorder and BPD, revealing how therapy, medication, and self-awareness have shaped…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #bipolardisorder #BPD #Health #Kehlani #MentalHealth #somatictherapy
    newsbeep.com/us/604897/

  4. Kehlani shares insight on bipolar and BPD diagnosis and mental health journey

    Kehlani opens up about living with bipolar disorder and BPD, revealing how therapy, medication, and self-awareness have shaped…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #bipolardisorder #BPD #Health #Kehlani #MentalHealth #somatictherapy
    newsbeep.com/us/604897/

  5. Kehlani shares insight on bipolar and BPD diagnosis and mental health journey

    Kehlani opens up about living with bipolar disorder and BPD, revealing how therapy, medication, and self-awareness have shaped…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #bipolardisorder #BPD #CA #Canada #Health #Kehlani #MentalHealth #somatictherapy
    newsbeep.com/ca/625640/

  6. Bonjour, aujourd'hui je ne serai pas présent•e sur Mastodon. Des choses que j'ai lues, adressées à ma personne ou non, m'ont soulé•e. Je souffre de problèmes de santé psychique, j'en parle souvent, alors je n'ai aucune obligation de vous répondre. Désolé•e pour celleux qui attendaient des réponses, mais aujourd'hui peut-être même demain, je me centre sur moi-même.

    Je suis actuellement en hôpital, pour un programme de 10 semaines, je sors jeudi prochain, en attendant cela me demande AUSSI du temps et de l'énergie.

    Et je dois me concentrer dessus. Ça me demande déjà assez d'énergie et de concentration.

    #TDAH #ADHD #Bipolarité #BipolarDisorder #TAG #GAD

  7. What is it like to live with extreme hypothyroidism...

    I'm trying to stop taking T3 (triiodothyronine - liothyronine), but today, in 20°C weather, I had a rather unpleasant bout of hypothermia. My core temperature (measured at the eardrum) wouldn't go above 35°C, and I had stomach pain and shivering. Autumn is just starting here, and it began with damp and somewhat chilly weather. I don't know if it will be possible for me to stop taking T3 because my thyroid isn't functioning properly, and the conversion of T4 to T3 isn't working well at all. The problem is that a day like this means terrible digestion, extreme fatigue, feeling cold, drowsy, and depressed. I can't concentrate on anything. The main reason I'm trying to stop taking this hormone is primarily the price, and secondly, because it tends to raise my blood sugar and induce hypomanic states (it acts as an antidepressant, which I can't take, because I'm bipolar).

    That's my life with autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis (Hashimoto).

    #hypothyroidism #hashimoto #autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #diabetes #bipolar #bipolardisorder #thyroid #actuallyautistic #endocrinology #medicine

  8. What is it like to live with extreme hypothyroidism...

    I'm trying to stop taking T3 (triiodothyronine - liothyronine), but today, in 20°C weather, I had a rather unpleasant bout of hypothermia. My core temperature (measured at the eardrum) wouldn't go above 35°C, and I had stomach pain and shivering. Autumn is just starting here, and it began with damp and somewhat chilly weather. I don't know if it will be possible for me to stop taking T3 because my thyroid isn't functioning properly, and the conversion of T4 to T3 isn't working well at all. The problem is that a day like this means terrible digestion, extreme fatigue, feeling cold, drowsy, and depressed. I can't concentrate on anything. The main reason I'm trying to stop taking this hormone is primarily the price, and secondly, because it tends to raise my blood sugar and induce hypomanic states (it acts as an antidepressant, which I can't take, because I'm bipolar).

    That's my life with autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis (Hashimoto).

    #hypothyroidism #hashimoto #autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #diabetes #bipolar #bipolardisorder #thyroid #actuallyautistic #endocrinology #medicine

  9. What is it like to live with extreme hypothyroidism...

    I'm trying to stop taking T3 (triiodothyronine - liothyronine), but today, in 20°C weather, I had a rather unpleasant bout of hypothermia. My core temperature (measured at the eardrum) wouldn't go above 35°C, and I had stomach pain and shivering. Autumn is just starting here, and it began with damp and somewhat chilly weather. I don't know if it will be possible for me to stop taking T3 because my thyroid isn't functioning properly, and the conversion of T4 to T3 isn't working well at all. The problem is that a day like this means terrible digestion, extreme fatigue, feeling cold, drowsy, and depressed. I can't concentrate on anything. The main reason I'm trying to stop taking this hormone is primarily the price, and secondly, because it tends to raise my blood sugar and induce hypomanic states (it acts as an antidepressant, which I can't take, because I'm bipolar).

    That's my life with autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis (Hashimoto).

    #hypothyroidism #hashimoto #autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #diabetes #bipolar #bipolardisorder #thyroid #actuallyautistic #endocrinology #medicine

  10. What is it like to live with extreme hypothyroidism...

    I'm trying to stop taking T3 (triiodothyronine - liothyronine), but today, in 20°C weather, I had a rather unpleasant bout of hypothermia. My core temperature (measured at the eardrum) wouldn't go above 35°C, and I had stomach pain and shivering. Autumn is just starting here, and it began with damp and somewhat chilly weather. I don't know if it will be possible for me to stop taking T3 because my thyroid isn't functioning properly, and the conversion of T4 to T3 isn't working well at all. The problem is that a day like this means terrible digestion, extreme fatigue, feeling cold, drowsy, and depressed. I can't concentrate on anything. The main reason I'm trying to stop taking this hormone is primarily the price, and secondly, because it tends to raise my blood sugar and induce hypomanic states (it acts as an antidepressant, which I can't take, because I'm bipolar).

    That's my life with autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis (Hashimoto).

    #hypothyroidism #hashimoto #autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #diabetes #bipolar #bipolardisorder #thyroid #actuallyautistic #endocrinology #medicine

  11. CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day

    Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.

    I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."

    Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.

    Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.

    Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.

    Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.

    I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.

    Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.

    I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.

    #WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters

  12. CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day

    Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.

    I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."

    Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.

    Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.

    Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.

    Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.

    I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.

    Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.

    I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.

    #WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters

  13. CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day

    Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.

    I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."

    Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.

    Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.

    Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.

    Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.

    I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.

    Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.

    I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.

    #WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters

  14. CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day

    Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.

    I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."

    Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.

    Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.

    Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.

    Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.

    I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.

    Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.

    I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.

    #WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters

  15. CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day

    Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.

    I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."

    Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.

    Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.

    Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.

    Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.

    I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.

    Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.

    I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.

    #WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters

  16. Aspasia was the teacher of Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers in history.
    In a similar way, although with the big difference that I am not Socrates, my mother, who barely knew how to write, taught me to read when I was 3 years old.
    In the many tests they gave me, they asked me how and why I learned to read at that age. And I answered that I saw children going to school and I wanted to go too, I saw my father reading and wanted to read too. Then I had my appendix removed and to keep me entertained my mother decided to indulge me and teach me my first letters.
    A month later I was already reading everything I could find: posters, books, magazines, advertisements.
    My father loved to read and bought books, entire encyclopedias. When I was 8 he bought a collection of 60 books and then 40 more books at a used book fair. So, between the ages of 8 and 10, I read those 100 books.
    From Borges and Unamuno to Kafka and Poe. I read Papillon, Robinson Crusoe, Trafalgar, Cortázar, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.
    Many of them weren't to my father's liking, but I liked them. One day he threw away a book with Chinese characters, and I rescued it and read it; it was the Dao De Jing.
    Then came books on science, physics, biology, and astronomy.
    I studied engineering, medicine, philosophy, and programming.
    But it wasn't until I was 47 that I learned I was bipolar and gifted, and not until I was 59 that I learned I was autistic.
    But if for a moment you might believe that this brought me success and happiness, I'm telling you it didn't. Rather, I had a worldview that made me a misanthrope, a nihilist, a loner, and a pessimist.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #neurodivergent #hyperlexia #highiq #misanthropy #nihilism

  17. Aspasia was the teacher of Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers in history.
    In a similar way, although with the big difference that I am not Socrates, my mother, who barely knew how to write, taught me to read when I was 3 years old.
    In the many tests they gave me, they asked me how and why I learned to read at that age. And I answered that I saw children going to school and I wanted to go too, I saw my father reading and wanted to read too. Then I had my appendix removed and to keep me entertained my mother decided to indulge me and teach me my first letters.
    A month later I was already reading everything I could find: posters, books, magazines, advertisements.
    My father loved to read and bought books, entire encyclopedias. When I was 8 he bought a collection of 60 books and then 40 more books at a used book fair. So, between the ages of 8 and 10, I read those 100 books.
    From Borges and Unamuno to Kafka and Poe. I read Papillon, Robinson Crusoe, Trafalgar, Cortázar, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.
    Many of them weren't to my father's liking, but I liked them. One day he threw away a book with Chinese characters, and I rescued it and read it; it was the Dao De Jing.
    Then came books on science, physics, biology, and astronomy.
    I studied engineering, medicine, philosophy, and programming.
    But it wasn't until I was 47 that I learned I was bipolar and gifted, and not until I was 59 that I learned I was autistic.
    But if for a moment you might believe that this brought me success and happiness, I'm telling you it didn't. Rather, I had a worldview that made me a misanthrope, a nihilist, a loner, and a pessimist.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #neurodivergent #hyperlexia #highiq #misanthropy #nihilism

  18. Aspasia was the teacher of Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers in history.
    In a similar way, although with the big difference that I am not Socrates, my mother, who barely knew how to write, taught me to read when I was 3 years old.
    In the many tests they gave me, they asked me how and why I learned to read at that age. And I answered that I saw children going to school and I wanted to go too, I saw my father reading and wanted to read too. Then I had my appendix removed and to keep me entertained my mother decided to indulge me and teach me my first letters.
    A month later I was already reading everything I could find: posters, books, magazines, advertisements.
    My father loved to read and bought books, entire encyclopedias. When I was 8 he bought a collection of 60 books and then 40 more books at a used book fair. So, between the ages of 8 and 10, I read those 100 books.
    From Borges and Unamuno to Kafka and Poe. I read Papillon, Robinson Crusoe, Trafalgar, Cortázar, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.
    Many of them weren't to my father's liking, but I liked them. One day he threw away a book with Chinese characters, and I rescued it and read it; it was the Dao De Jing.
    Then came books on science, physics, biology, and astronomy.
    I studied engineering, medicine, philosophy, and programming.
    But it wasn't until I was 47 that I learned I was bipolar and gifted, and not until I was 59 that I learned I was autistic.
    But if for a moment you might believe that this brought me success and happiness, I'm telling you it didn't. Rather, I had a worldview that made me a misanthrope, a nihilist, a loner, and a pessimist.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #neurodivergent #hyperlexia #highiq #misanthropy #nihilism

  19. Aspasia was the teacher of Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers in history.
    In a similar way, although with the big difference that I am not Socrates, my mother, who barely knew how to write, taught me to read when I was 3 years old.
    In the many tests they gave me, they asked me how and why I learned to read at that age. And I answered that I saw children going to school and I wanted to go too, I saw my father reading and wanted to read too. Then I had my appendix removed and to keep me entertained my mother decided to indulge me and teach me my first letters.
    A month later I was already reading everything I could find: posters, books, magazines, advertisements.
    My father loved to read and bought books, entire encyclopedias. When I was 8 he bought a collection of 60 books and then 40 more books at a used book fair. So, between the ages of 8 and 10, I read those 100 books.
    From Borges and Unamuno to Kafka and Poe. I read Papillon, Robinson Crusoe, Trafalgar, Cortázar, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.
    Many of them weren't to my father's liking, but I liked them. One day he threw away a book with Chinese characters, and I rescued it and read it; it was the Dao De Jing.
    Then came books on science, physics, biology, and astronomy.
    I studied engineering, medicine, philosophy, and programming.
    But it wasn't until I was 47 that I learned I was bipolar and gifted, and not until I was 59 that I learned I was autistic.
    But if for a moment you might believe that this brought me success and happiness, I'm telling you it didn't. Rather, I had a worldview that made me a misanthrope, a nihilist, a loner, and a pessimist.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #neurodivergent #hyperlexia #highiq #misanthropy #nihilism

  20. Aspasia was the teacher of Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers in history.
    In a similar way, although with the big difference that I am not Socrates, my mother, who barely knew how to write, taught me to read when I was 3 years old.
    In the many tests they gave me, they asked me how and why I learned to read at that age. And I answered that I saw children going to school and I wanted to go too, I saw my father reading and wanted to read too. Then I had my appendix removed and to keep me entertained my mother decided to indulge me and teach me my first letters.
    A month later I was already reading everything I could find: posters, books, magazines, advertisements.
    My father loved to read and bought books, entire encyclopedias. When I was 8 he bought a collection of 60 books and then 40 more books at a used book fair. So, between the ages of 8 and 10, I read those 100 books.
    From Borges and Unamuno to Kafka and Poe. I read Papillon, Robinson Crusoe, Trafalgar, Cortázar, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.
    Many of them weren't to my father's liking, but I liked them. One day he threw away a book with Chinese characters, and I rescued it and read it; it was the Dao De Jing.
    Then came books on science, physics, biology, and astronomy.
    I studied engineering, medicine, philosophy, and programming.
    But it wasn't until I was 47 that I learned I was bipolar and gifted, and not until I was 59 that I learned I was autistic.
    But if for a moment you might believe that this brought me success and happiness, I'm telling you it didn't. Rather, I had a worldview that made me a misanthrope, a nihilist, a loner, and a pessimist.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #neurodivergent #hyperlexia #highiq #misanthropy #nihilism

  21. If you have autism and bipolar disorder, you're a poor kid with two disabilities.
    But if you also have high intellectual abilities, gifted, let's say, then you're a damn arrogant jerk.
    What the hell is wrong with those people?
    It turns out that anywhere, physical or virtual, where you try to mention that you have a very high IQ but at the same time have a lot of trouble navigating the human world, you will be stoned by an angry mob of ignorant people who overvalue intelligence (and hate and fear it).
    Yes, I'm a damn genius at many things, as I'm also level 2 autistic and have a pretty severe mixed bipolar disorder. And all of that with real, official diagnoses that required years of therapy, psychiatrists, hundreds of tests and some hospitalizations in psychiatric hospitals.
    I have a long list of achievements and professions and an equally long list of failures, illness, and suicide attempts.
    I'm now trying to compile information and studies on comorbidities or overlaps of these three things, and if anyone finds anything, please share the link.
    Overlap or multiple exceptionality of autism+bipolar+giftedness. I want to delve deeper into this to understand it more thoroughly and refine my personal therapies.
    I also have an overlap of autoimmune diseases and metabolic disorders. In other words, it's not an easy matter.
    I have been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for almost 40 years and have practiced various martial arts and therapeutic techniques for almost the same amount of time. That's how I've stayed fairly stable for the last 15 years, without psychiatric medication and with very little for thyroid and allergies.
    In order to extrapolate the theoretical framework to natural medicine and the methods I use, I need to study much more.

    And obviously share all of that with people who have similar problems.

    #autism #actuallyautistic #bipolardisorder #giftedness #autoimmunedisease #neurology #hashimoto #psoriasis #psoriaticarthritis #inflammatoryboweldisease #diabetes #hashimotoencephalitis

  22. I'm not a social person. That is, I'm not a sheep. Many years ago I understood that the social world doesn't work the way I was taught and that the social contract is a lie. So I decide my own value system, what matters and what doesn't, and I break the social contract because the other party doesn't comply; it was just a deception to subjugate and exploit me.
    I do not adhere to beliefs or ideologies, nor to cultural trends, tribes or groups with special and superficial preferences.
    I don't believe any lies, I have no idols, heroes, no one to follow or emulate. Neither football nor movies or TV series can keep me busy. Social media doesn't fool me either. Nobody here cares about people, only about data and getting attention.
    And my personal social relationships consist of a few people and my cats.
    And I know very well that nobody cares about what I'm saying and that my criticism will bother them, but I don't care about that either.
    I hope these spaces will be a little better someday. But for now, for someone like me, they're of very little use compared to the toxicity one has to endure.
    I've been in several battles, even real ones, and I don't mind dying. But I do mind living badly.
    #actuallyautistic #gifted #bipolardisorder #society #socialmedia #people

  23. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Handle Her Mental Health Together

    Selena Gomez revealed in 2020 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Since then, the singer and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #AU #Australia #bipolar #bipolardisorder #digital_syndication #Health #MentalHealth #motherhood #SelenaGomez
    newsbeep.com/au/532046/

  24. Robert Carradine's Cause of Death: Bipolar Disorder and Suicide

    Actor Robert Carradine, known for Lizzie McGuire, died by suicide at 71 after struggling with bipolar disorder. His family confirmed the news on February 23rd.

    #RobertCarradine, #BipolarDisorder, #SuicideAwareness, #LizzieMcGuire, #MentalHealth

    newsletter.tf/robert-carradine

  25. Actor Robert Carradine, famous for his roles in Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds, has passed away at 71. His family shared that he died by suicide after a long battle with bipolar disorder.

    #RobertCarradine, #BipolarDisorder, #SuicideAwareness, #LizzieMcGuire, #MentalHealth

    newsletter.tf/robert-carradine

  26. Completely unbeknownst to me, #RobertCarradine, whom I mentioned yesterday, took his own life a couple of weeks ago after battling #bipolardisorder for decades.

    I only knew him from #RevengeOfTheNerds, where he played alongside people like #CurtisArmstrong, but looking at some of the tribute wheels, we seemed to be a pretty awesome guy.

    Take care of yourselves, folks. #MentalHealth is serious. And in the words of Curtis Armstrong as Booger in #BetterOffDead: Suicide is never the answer, little trooper.

    deadline.com/gallery/robert-ca

  27. They Burned Through A $300K Inherited IRA While Earning $38K Annually. Dave Ramsey Says Trading Isn’t For Anyone, Especially Not Someone Bipolar

    A couple in Illinois watched more than $300,000 disappear in a matter of weeks afte…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #bipolardisorder #brokerageaccount #Business #capitallosses #DaveRamsey #daytrading #inheritedIRA #IRA #liz #manicepisode #PersonalFinance #tradingaccount
    newsbeep.com/us/499345/

  28. I'm an ARTIST (w/ Bipolar Disorder) from Canada & I create all Original Black and White Art of my CRaZY & bEAUtiFUL WORLd. ♡ Here's one of my POETRY PAINTINGS on Canvas.

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  29. I'm an ARTIST (w/ Bipolar Disorder) from Canada & I create all Original Black and White Art of my CRaZY & bEAUtiFUL WORLd. ♡ Here's one of my POETRY PAINTINGS on Canvas.

    WatERMeLoN SMiLe - 16" X 20"

    ART SHOP: lyndablack.ca/
    ALL Orders have FREE SHIPPING within Canada ♡

    #Art #Painting #Paintings #OriginalArt #Poem #Poetry #PoetryonMastodon #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder #Mania #Manic #BlackandWhite #Monochrome #MastoArt #MastodonArt #Artist #ArtistsonMastodon #Calgary #Alberta #Canada #YYC