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Why do I not “talk myself out of” my bipolar moods?

“You are not even trying to feel better.\” “I have bipolar disorder. It is not about trying\” “Yeah, but you take medication for it now. Just explain to yourself. Tell yourself why your feelings are irrational and they\’ll go away.\” Irrational. The word stings. I like to think I am rational. I even included the […]

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Why Passionate Reason?

The name of my blog, \”passionate reason,\” has a strange, personal origin – and for that reason I hesitated to use it. The phrase came about in July 2001, during the height of the Bush administration, right before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I wrote an emotional, rambling essay or \”manifesto,\” thinking I had

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