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How to Tell People You Have Bipolar II Disorder: Part 3 – School and Work

Telling People in School or the Workplace In school and the workplace, you’re entitled to accommodations, and to get these, school and workplace administrators have to be informed to some extent.

Posted in Dating, People

How to Tell People You Have Bipolar Disorder: Part 2 – Dating

Dating and New Romantic Relationships When you’re starting a new relationship or dating, one of the questions that hangs around for a while is “is this going to be something serious?”

Posted in Family, Friends, People

How to Tell People You Have Bipolar II Disorder: Part 1 – Friends and Family

Bipolar II Disorder is a complicated illness to have and experience, let alone to explain to others. The “should I or shouldn’t I tell them” dilemma can be a major source of anxiety. It comes

Posted in Depression, Treatments

6 Things You Can Do to Combat Depression, and Why You Should Always Do Them

There are a lot of things you can do on top of taking medications to combat depression. Some people will get a lot of mileage out of these, and others may not feel much benefit, but here are a few

man in suit has telemedicine visit on tablet

Posted in Telemedicine, Therapy, Treatments

Making the Most of Telemedicine Visits

If you’re like me right now, all of your medical appointments have become video-chat sessions for the foreseeable future, if they haven’t been postponed indefinitely. Personally, I prefer

Posted in Anxiety, Depression

Dealing With Uncertainty

Uncertainty is usually some part of life, but is it a big part of life right now. With a global pandemic going on that still hasn’t peaked, we’re uncertain about our health, job security,

Posted in Depression

Depression, Social Contact, and COVID-19

With COVID-19 necessitating social isolation to some degree for all of us, most of us with a tendency towards depression need to be extra careful to get enough social contact while still keeping with

Posted in Self-Help, Treatments

Self-Help Sabotage: 11 Things You Can Do to Help Depression, and Why You Shouldn’t Care if You Do Them

If you have Bipolar II Disorder, you probably spend more time depressed than hypomanic, and more time depressed than well. It would be amazing if there were simple things you could do to get better

man washing hands to prevent coronavirus spread

Posted in Public Health

COVID-19 and Bipolar II: How It Affects You

No matter what age you are, or what risk factors you have for coronavirus/COVID-19, you need to worry about this pandemic if you have Bipolar II. What do I mean by worry about this pandemic? I mean

Posted in Therapy, Treatments

What If You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy?

For most people with Bipolar II Disorder, some kind of psychotherapy is an important part of their treatment. There can be a lot of obstacles to getting that treatment – not having insurance,