Bethany Robinson - @Sportybethcf

Beth appeared on SAS who dares wins and lives in Cornwall and is an art teacher in a mental health school. Beth lives with Bipolar and lives her life loving being active and is now an athlete in the sport Cross Fit.

She is an advocate for fitness and talks about how that goes hand in hand with our mental health. Beth made several attempts on her life in the lead up to getting her diagnosis and after being on a long waiting list, she was eventually assessed. After tracking her mood using an app called Daylio and further assessment the doctors told her she was living with Bipolar.

Beth had a preconceived idea of what Bipolar looked like so therefore battled this advice until she learned more about what living with Bipolar can actually be like to live with.

We talk about the treatment she received from the police and how more education is needed for emergency workers to better support those suffering with this illness.

Beth now knows she has been living with Bipolar disorder since her childhood years but wasn’t diagnosed until 2016.

We discuss how after receiving a diagnosis it is hard to work out which parts of our behaviour are our personality and which parts are part of our condition.

We also speak about the importance of parenting ourselves and what self-care looks like for the higher and lower side of living with Bipolar.

TW: We discuss auditory disturbances, self-harm and suicidal ideation in this episode.

Please find support and resources on our website:

Website www.bipolaruk.org

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Please find links to Beth’s Instagram and Youtube profiles below:

IG @sportybethcf

Hosted by Emma Belle

IG @emmakbelle

www.emmakbelle.com

Hello and welcome to the "Lets Talk Bipolar" podcast brought to you by Bipolar UK and hosted by myself, Emma Belle.

I live with Bipolar Disorder and I was diagnosed 10 years ago after being misdiagnosed for over a decade. I am now an ambassador for Bipolar UK.

Bipolar UK is the national charity dedicated to supporting individuals with the much misunderstood and devastating condition of bipolar.

This podcast will share conversations and lived experiences of those that live with Bipolar along with carers and families that support those living with Bipolar I will also be having conversations with professionals in the medical and research fields

We believe that you can live with Bipolar Disorder and still have a really good life, we hope that this podcast will help you to not feel alone in your experiences, supported in your journey and also to be a resource to help educate anyone that is living with or supporting someone that is affected by Bipolar Disorder

Website www.bipolaruk.org

Insta: bipolar_uk

Twitter: bipolaruk

Facebook: bipolaruk