well it’s a bipolar linkdump

Thanks to socialworkerangela for the reminder of this shot straight to the heart mhm… “I think there’s a flaw in my code”. Halsey is bipolar and also genius. Volume UP.

Now go listen to more y’all. Girl got game.

The them section coming up is dominated by Patty Duke, which I think is more than fair considering the sheer length of time she was vocal about her stuff. Aw and then she went and gave us lovely Sam Gamgee Sean Astin too. Rest in Peace, warrior woman.

Them:

Sean Astin on Mom Patty Duke’s Bipolar Disorder: ‘We Were All in the Storm Together’
ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Patty Duke Seeks to Promote Understanding of Manic Depression in 1989
From the PEOPLE Archive: Patty Duke Opens Up About Her Battle with Bipolar Disorder

10 Celebrities With Depression, Bipolar Disorder, or Both

Don Cheadle: ‘Miles Davis was probably bipolar‘

Blah F. Polar: yo mama was probably bipolar.

Some of the us section really are us – you know, our little blogosphere tribe. I know that many of you have blogging gigs in other places and I read a lot of them and then forget to stick them in my own Linkdumps. Bad, bad blahpolar. Please feel free to use my contact form to give me a heads up.

Us:

Two from Fryane:
How Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Helped Me Survive to Battle Bipolar Depression
My Bipolar Mindset: Always Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

“I peered into the center of the universe.” Was I sick, or in search of myself?

Why I Hid The Fact I’m Bipolar For Over A Year After My Diagnosis

MY STORY: What It’s Like to Live with Bipolar Disorder and Why It’s Important to Talk About It

From The Good Men Project:
I’m a Great Dad and I Have Bipolar Disorder
My Teenage Son (Who Has Bipolar Disorder) is My Mentor

Advice:

Thanks for this one, rg.
We need to find a way to talk about psychosis the way we talk about depression.

Another blogger friend at HuffPost, well done Samina, How You Treat Someone With a Mental Illness

At TEDx talk, Boise teen with bipolar disorder to deliver message: ‘I am not my illness’ “Eric Walton was the anonymous raging son in “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother”. Now he’s an inspiring success story of someone living with mental illness.”

“Sometimes you can do everything and still have a relapse—which is incredibly frustrating and disappointing, no doubt. Unfortunately, that’s the nature of bipolar disorder for many people. It is a complex and chronic illness.” What You Need to Know About Relapse in Bipolar Disorder

Real advice for those who’ve attempted suicide, and want to step back into life

Going nowhere slowly zzzzzz Research:

Expert Q&A: Bipolar Disorder

Infradian oscillation of circadian genes in a mouse model of bipolar disorder

Prevalence and clinical features associated with bipolar disorder polypharmacy: a systematic review

Research could lead to new, individualized treatment for bipolar disorder

Theory of Mind Decoding Impairment Associated With Mania in Bipolar Disorder

Brain Abnormalities May Be Biomarkers for Bipolar Disorder

Increased Incidence of Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and Asthma

Controversy: if the palliative care for mental health wasn’t so shitty, conversations like the ones below would be different. Anyway. It is what it fucken is.

Should people with mental health disorders have access to physician-assisted death?

Here is what Dignitas in Switzerland says:

“Contrary to a widely-held opinion, people suffering from mental health problems normally have sufficient capacity of discernment to decide whether they would like to continue living or end their life. Therefore, and as a general rule, they are entitled to ask for an accompanied suicide and receive assistance just as much as people suffering from physical health problems, in order to avoid the high risk of failure. The same applies to healthy people who wish to end their life because they feel that it has become too arduous for them due to old age. There are no rational reasons to patronise these people through paternalism.” source

The next one is a longread.

Letter from Belgium The Death Treatment – When should people with a non-terminal illness be helped to die?