Meditation
My meditation practice is up and down. I go through phases where I meditate every day. And then I’ll only meditate weekly at a meditation meeting I go to. Sometimes I’ll skip even that. I would highly recommend group meditation, though. I can more quickly and easily fall into a deep meditation. I notice that…
Stigma
Using the term ” bipolar” colloquially can minimize and invalidate people who struggle with severe and persistent mental illness. Even people with manageable bipolar disorder are stigmatized by using the term ” bipolar” to describe things that are not related to the mental illness. Describing Volatile Moods: “She is so bipolar,” used to mean someone…
Post-manic depression
What goes up must come down. I used to think that I didn’t have depression after mania. I have since learned that depression can take many different forms. It can mean deep sadness for some, but for others, it can mean numbness and anhedonia. It is also a lack of motivation, mental fog, guilt and…
bryan Hunt's bipolar journey 