The Bipolar Diaries

Warning: Sensitive and Triggering content. This weeks episode is like no other. The whole point of this Podcast is to educate and help people to relate to Bipolar Disorder, which means I need to be showing the other side so many of us try to hide away….The Downside. In this episode I discuss how I’ve been feeling for the past few months, lost, confused, depressed, and where this may be coming from. Unlike all my past episodes, this one will not display any humour or entertainment, it is raw feelings and emotions.

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My legend of an ex-boyfriend was kind enough to join me for this weeks episode. He was with me pre, during and post diagnosis...which means he's seen it all! We discuss our relationship dynamic, what I was like as a person and how he dealt with having a partner who was going through a major life transition.

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This weeks episode is based all around my recent birthday....a day that overwhelms me greatly. I take you through the events of that week, my feelings of depression leading up to it, what helps me cope and post happy vibes!

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Introducing Ellie Carpenter, officially the first Bipolar Queen to guest star on The Bipolar Diaries. Ellie and I have bonded over our diagnosis and the endless amount of similarities we have to each other. Ellie is joining me today to discuss her own journey with Bipolar, breakdown some myths, and how she has related to The Bipolar Diaries.

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This week's episode stars a very special guest, my beautiful mother, Carolyn. Similar to Episode 9 in Season 1 - My family's little devil, this discusses the relationship between a mother and a daughter and their journey to understand mental health. We discusses our different characteristics, past memories and what life could have been.

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Welcome to Season 2! This episode discusses the multiple filing cabinets in my brain that are constantly open!! It’s one of the best ways I’ve been able to explain a component of my Bipolar about how confusing life can be.

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In this weeks episode, I answer your questions received through Instagram anonymously. I was asked ‘How to know if you have the right diagnosis?’ through to, ‘What’s the craziest thing you’ve done while manic?’. Thank you for all your questions and hopefully you enjoy my answers!

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This weeks episode features The BPD’s first guest, Ali McLean, my big sister. She has joined me to discuss what it was like growing up with a sibling suffering from mental health issues. She gives listeners an insight from the family’s perspective.

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In this weeks episode, I discuss my love/hate relationship with my birthday. I touch on the overwhelming pressure I feel on my birthday, the gratitude I have to still being here and the aftermath.

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In this Bonus Episode that does not follow the blogs, I discuss my journey over the Christmas Holidays and lockdown in London and returning a positive Covid Test. I talk about the impact it had on not only my body physically, also mentally.

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