Breaking free of anxiety’s shackles.
Article taken from HBR.org Zulfi, a coaching client of mine, is the envy of many of his peers. As the general manager of a large, successful business, his work is one of the CEO’s core priorities. He does good work and is well-loved by his team. But Zulfi has a secret. He suffers from anxiety.…
Depression Amidst Loud Whispers of Hope
I was casually browsing content that might help me create a visualization of the way I experience racing thoughts, which I came across this painting on someone’s blog that caught me off guard. The image is hosted by it’s author on her blog, MyLoudWispersofHope his depiction of one woman’s experience with depression was spot-on and…
Bipolar at Work – Coming Out
As the founder and CEO of a tech startup, I found that transparency about my condition to my colleagues was a major step in the right direction. I spoke individually to my key wingmen, I took each out separately to lunch and explained the situation and my plan for improvement. Later, like the speaker in…
My shrink’s better than yours
I knew my psychiatrist, Dr. Goldberg M.D. was fantastic at his job after more or less rescuing me from one of the darkest periods of my life. What I didn’t realize is that nearly everyone else in the bipolar-focused psych business feels likewise. After randomly finding several articles he penned from WebMd I decided to…
Can fMRI brain scans spot suicidal thoughts?
The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) has granted two Pittsburgh-based researchers a five-year, $3.8 million grant to better identify and treat individuals with suicidal thoughts with functional MRI (fMRI). Read the complete story: “Pittsburgh duo receives $3.8M grant to improve suicide prevention with fMRI”
Bipolar disorder is NOT a character flaw.
After my initial diagnosis, this was the toughest question I had to work on figuring out for myself. In terms of my personality, who I am, what I do or say, how I treat others…I kept coming back to the same issue – where does manic me stop and real me begin? To be sure,…
How to Support Colleagues With Mental Illness
Like many people with a mental illness, Spencer was unable to make a living. I know this contributed to his despair. It’s a shame because he was bright-eyed and intelligent, and had so much to offer. Chances are, you have a colleague who suffers from a mental illness — probably silently, unbeknownst to others. The U.S. National…
Bipolar Continuum
From Depression and suicidal thoughts to mania and psychosis, I find this mood continuum chart on of the more comprehensible of these type of visualizations. Mood can be thought of as a continuum ranging from extremely happy (mania with psychosis) to extremely sad (depression with psychosis and/or suicidal ideation). Mood disorders can primarily be differentiated…
Anxiety & Depression Cripple so Many Founders
Mental Illness May Plague Entrepreneurs More Than Other People. But there are ways to cope and even power through and above for some folks. A bipolar brain is by nature difficult to manage. As are startups. Together the intricacies of manic depression can make life running a startup a particularly interesting challenge to say the…
Can Head-Banging to Heavy Metal Alleviate Mental Illness?
According to strict medicial criteria, not likely But one Australian study from the University of Queensland indicated that patients suffering from depression or anger-related issues found relief by listening to aggressive music, ex., heavy metal, hard core, punk, etc… Another study participant noted, When I’m sad I don’t want to listen to Happy by Pharrell,…
The Bipolar Survival Guide
If you’re bipolar, read it. Without question. If your child is bipolar, definitely read it. A spouce? Dig in. It forces you (all) to face some though questions and even tougher memories, but the advice is indispensable and spot on in every scenario. (I found it almost scary how similar behavior an be from one…