Living with Bipolar Disorder
Rain on the River is a book of poetry about one’s struggle to fit into a world in which he or she was not designed to fit into. The river represents one’s life; the rain represents the afflictions p ...
Living with and managing bipolar
We don't have the answers or cures but we having developed the disorder almost 20 years ago we have managed a recovery - able to live well in the presence or absence of symptoms. Following 6 hospit ...
Undiagnosed Thyroid Disorders May Be Affecting Your Energy Level
I recently asked a question in the Q&A section regarding what to do about fatigue, and it made me wonder why I would experience fatigue, despite the fact that I get an optimal amount of sleep. I tal ...
Major Depressive Disorder
I am a person, a unique complex individual. My diagnosis does not define who I am. It only describes some of the things that I experience. Major depressive disorder is one way to describe how I feel ...
Parents in the Dark about Pro-Eating Disorder Websites
In this day and age, you’d think more people would be responsible about the kind of information they disperse about eating disorders. However, according to experts, there are tons of pro-eating disord ...
Line between overeating and binge disorder is a thin one
For Natalie, it started in high school. She had always been a hearty eater, but increasingly, when life got stressful, she turned to food for comfort.
At first it was relatively harmless, she says, b ...
Gay men seen prone to have eating disorders
Gay and bisexual men may be at far higher risk for eating disorders than heterosexual men, while women seem to be equally affected regardless of their sexual orientation, a new study suggests.
Resear ...
Being Aware of Eating Disorders
I was watching a show on VH1 or some other such trashy celebreality network, regarding women in the media who are "too thin." Now, I've never really paid too much attention to shows like these, beca ...
Fitness Testing as Motivation
We all know it's difficult to stick to an exercise routine. Things come up, or we let them come up, and our exercise gets pushed to the side. A technique I try to use to motivate my clients and clas ...
