Learning Communities’ March agenda included continued brainstorming on recovery classes (now over 150 ideas!), how and where they might be taught, what resources are already available, and how to communicate the courses we can offer.
New ideas include medication education, nutrition, Pilates, yoga, meditation, projects (such as collages), massage therapy, haircuts, pedicures and manicures.
How and where [...]
Growing up I could not understand why people could not keep up with me, or why I seemed more emotional than others, or why I had lots of problems in school.
There is a good side to being bipolar. I took many new jobs in my past and did them with fervor. I had two paper [...]
I feel I have dealt with depression most of my life. I remember being sad a lot, tried to commit suicide before I was 18, and many times through the years.
My dad died when I was four years old. I was raised around alcoholics and their nonsense. My brothers were always number one; I was [...]
My name is Julie and I am bipolar. I have two faces, the side most people see, and the other I hide except from my family and special friends. I always want to hide that I am bipolar, because that mental illness “stigma” leaves a small part of me uncertain and ashamed.
I hope telling my [...]
My mental illness started when I was only 21 years old. My mental illness was from giving birth to my first son. I didn’t have a very supportive family at the time to help me through my problems then, plus I had a husband that just threw me in a psych unit so his family [...]
Life for me has not been easy. Growing up I experienced a great deal of abuse. My mother and stepfather had bad anger and drinking issues and regularly beat me for things I didn’t do. I found pleasure in seclusion. Even though it was lonely, it was also safe from the school kids being mean, [...]
