Bluntly Bipolar

The Cornell 7 and sexual assault of Jane Doe are currently in the news. In this episode, I use this situation to shine a lot on elements of toxic masculinity, rape culture, and intervention. The actions of those seven men and lack of action from the other 50 in the group chat is a fine example of why "not all men" is wrong.

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• Brock Turner
• NY Post, DA Reopens Probe in Alleged Gangrape at Cornell U
• CUPD Information Page

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

As I was deeply unstable with my Type 2 Bipolar Disorder, deep in depression, I fell into a trap of incorrect perceptions which screwed up my interpretation of the world. I saw the awful in everything because that's what I most often looked for. It caused me to wonder is if my cynicism and eternal pessimism were real, or just laziness on my part.

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

The Lindsay Clancy case has created a lot of strong emotions, and rightly so, because three children were murdered. However, sometimes emotions are not signaling correct information to us. Not only that, but we may not necessarily understand what information we don't have. In this episode, I explore how this is an ideal scenario for practicing Stoic nonjudgment to improve your own peace of mind and mental well-being. I will caution you that I discuss self-harm and suicide regarding cutting in a more blunt way than I normally would. You may find it triggering if you struggle with self-harm.

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• Lindsay Clancy Medical Malpractice Lawsuit (READ THIS)
• In-Depth Breakdown of the Clancy Case
• A Doctor Explains the Body Temperature Timeline
• Collection of Clancy Crime Scene Photos
• Lindsay Clancy Phone Records Searches

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

It's that time of year again! A holly, jolly Suicide Prevention Month. In this episode, I'm going to give you five reasons to not kill yourself this Suicide Prevention Month!

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• Suicide and Crisis Hotlines | Wikipedia

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

There's a common fear in mental health communities that treatment will take away your spark. Yes, that can happen. However, what isn't talked about nearly as much are the ways in which treatment can benefit your art. In this episode, I discuss the benefits and affects treatment had on my writing.

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

As we approach this mid-term season, I would like to make a stark statement - vote, because it's a matter of life and death. The fact of the matter is that most money that goes into mental health care comes from the government and charity. I was one such recipient. I would likely be dead today without a block grant from the government that paid for my initial diagnosis and treatment. In this episode, I talk about this more in-depth, as well as exploring other reasons why we should vote, even if you think your vote doesn't matter.

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• Black Women Are Educated and Underpaid Compared to White Men
• Arrival of the First Africans in 1619 (U.S. National Park Service)
• Wealthy Disparity Between Black and White Families
• RNC Funding for 2023-2024
• DNC Funding for 2023-2024
• Green Party Funding for 2023-2024
• Pennhurst Abuse
• The federal and state role in mental health | Mental Health America

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

Are you afraid of Bipolar Disorder? That's understandable. When you're first diagnosed, you're stepping into a world that's large and hard to understand. However, that fear gets smaller as you start learning how to captain your ship. Let me walk you through some of my strategies for doing exactly that.

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

"Joy is an act of resistance." Toi Derricotte

This phrase is largely used in social justice circles when it comes to dealing with oppressive forces, because an oppressive force wants you to be scared and broken down. Joy is a middle finger in the face of the oppressor. I identify with this, because my bipolar disorder has been trying to kill me for over 30 years now. My mental illness has oppressed my ability to live the kind of life I wanted, to feel healthy emotions, to have things that I would not have lost if not for depression and bipolar disorder. In this episode, I want to share with you part of how I went from suicidally depressed and nihilistic to hopeful and optimistic, if not joyful from time-to-time.

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• Box Breathing: How to, Benefits, and Tips
• from “The Telly Cycle” by Toi Derricotte - Rattle: Poetry
• 7 Ways Gratitude Rewires Your Brain

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

The Lindsay Clancy trial currently has social media in a grip. What's interesting about all of the discussion surrounding Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Psychosis is one understated detail.

Lindsay Clancy had an undiagnosed bipolar disorder as far as back as 2020, three years before she killed her three children. In this episode, I discuss the medical malpractice lawsuit that Clancy filed against six mental health professionals and three facilities who put Lindsay on thirteen different meds in the span of about three months, and what that means for people with bipolar disorder.

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• Lindsay Clancy's Lawsuit Document

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.

Do you remember Elisa Lam? Elisa went missing and was discovered in a cistern on top of a hotel back in 2013. Her disappearance made the rounds through mystery and true crime circles because of how strange it was. There was a video from an elevator that showed her acting strangely, fearfully, as though she were being followed by someone. Many people took that to mean that she was being stalked by someone.

But did you know that Elisa Lam was also in treatment for Bipolar Disorder? Elisa Lam's death was ruled as an accidental drowning, likely as a result of a psychiatric emergency. In looking at her actions leading up to her death, they are a perfect storm of things you should not do when you have Bipolar Disorder. In this episode, I lay these things out clearly, so hopefully others can learn from it.

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• Who Killed Elisa Lam?
• Elisa Lam's Personal Blog

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.