The first thing I tell a potential girlfriend is that I suffer from bipolar 1. I'm sure these potential girlfriends have problems they keep secret.

I agree about the disassociation!

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Thank you very much for this podcast, I am a mum with child with bpd and I am very interested in dbt ,so this is very informative and useful ❤ thank you again.

❤ I love this conversation!!! I was finally diagnosed bipolar 2 over a decade ago. Not addressed properly for a long time though. I actually identify with both of you in my childhood. What I do know is I honestly felt the symptoms very young. Honestly at least as far back as pre-k! I didn't know what to do with all of my thoughts on it as a grade school child! I always felt the switches in moods, reactions and coping, it definately would have been realized had the research and medical diagnosis been in existance in the early 70's. I am only now this past almost 2 yrs, I am finally researching for myself, like listening to you both! 🎉 it feels really good to learn and grow with others with this battle for breakthroughs and acceptance of self and perpetual work ahead of me.

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Fantastic interview! Great interviewer, so compassionate, professional & well done Gemma, proud of you 🔥🔥 warrior women🔥🔥❤

Gemma is amazing .what an inspiration she is .brave courageous and very funny .thanks for sharing your story gem and being a great mhealth advocate for people who have no voice .I'm very proud to be yr friend ❤❤

Thanks so much for this, y’all! I wish I’d known some of these things 35 years ago. I really do think you’re helping so many people by sharing your stories. Mine was so similar with the sleep

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Loved this episode! In Canada the best place to buy the book is Indigo, much cheaper than Amazon.

This was great! I'm a fellow DBT nerd and I shared this podcast with my dbt peer support group on facebook!

What a great story, thank you for letting us know about it

Gosh leave the pronouns out of it bro. We can see ur a woman. So we will be calling u a woman

Hannah had her own channel on youtube , yes? I remember it well

I've been in denial for years over the diagnosis. Within 5 years, I was diagnosed GAD, MDD, ADHD, and finally Bipolar 2 and ADHD. I maxed out on zoloft and ended up having a psychotic episode where I ended up so sick that I lost tons of weight and was violently ill. Finally treating the ADHD really helped but I still cycle into deep bouts of depression. About a week ago, I went into a deep depression one night and I was forced to see it- which led me here some how. I sleep on average 2-3 hours a night now for months at a time, but im never tired regardless. Just want to say thank you for both of your willingness to be a light in my darkness, and for the first time ever listening to you both makes me feel hope for myself. Keep doing what your doing, you are both amazing.

One of my fave episodes so far. I’m not on instagram anymore because I find that social media isn’t the best for my mental health, but I’d love to get that list of 25 things if you could email or comment under this?

A good insight into the real world situations

I loved this podcast! Such great topics ❤😊

the bpad journey can be brutal and unrelenting...but...things can still be achieved by those who suffer...give yourself the best chance possible....diet. meditation. sleep..interaction..support...exercise...its funny cos i was a uk r&b dj all through the 90s/2000s and used to get sent promo copies of vinyl and Kleshay were one of those uk soul groups that we used to push...

A bipolar disorder diagnosis is like a thumbprint…no 2 people have the same exact symptoms nor do they have the same exact med combo. It’s very specific to each and every person. Each treatment has to be tailored to each person specifically.

Very good interview. Please keep it up.

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I'm so late Shaley, this was a good episode. Heard a few things that helped. Always great guests, and of course the host is fabulous 😊

Love that you guys shared the stories for the first time 🥰 this was really cool to listen to. Thinking of everyone watching this 💗💗🙏🏼🧘🏻‍♀️

I was just diagnosed with cyclothymia (bipolar disorder III). I’m learning more about this condition and I thank you for this channel.

Shaley, thank you for bringing awareness about the disorder and bringing in all these amazing active people! Love watching your interviews with a cup of matcha), Lee is a cheerful and open person, very much inspiring to listen to! Thanks for sharing your experience of living with bipolar!

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Many many happy returns!😊🎂🥂💐 Thank you for everything you do, your kindness and solidarity!❤

I appreciate y’all and this channel soooooo much! ❤🎉

I really enjoyed this whole video and the mammalian dive response thing blew my mind too! I especially liked the end and I wanna write something out that I paraphrased from this video that I want to remember as a sort of affirmation: “You’re not alone. Whatever you’re dealing with, someone else somewhere is going through it in their own way. I’m not alone. There are other people all over the world dealing with similar challenges and though we may never meet or even interact, we’re here and we’re getting through it each day. Together. You can get through it. We can get through it.” Thank y’all! I think the work you’re both doing is helping people so much and is indeed saving lives.

20:12 I greatly admire the two of you for your empathy and generosity in sharing with us. You are kind souls, humane in the full sense of the word.

I'm am enjoying all of your video series <3 ;

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I am being treated for Bp 1.I am feeling like a vegetable.what should I do?

Thank you for sharing

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1:25:27 absolutely. Sleep also radically changes the game with metabolic imbalance (& consequently weight management).

52:00 neurological genetic illness, terrifying but true. Definitely good if BP management and treatment includes neurology.

34:12 Shaylee ❤ I think your first intuition of "bless them and block them" is probably right for you despite everything. I think this is a question of self-preservation. Just discovered your channel this morning and I love it. Julie is a wonderful person too, I also discovered her channel (sadly inactive since 2021) just recently too and I find it an absolute salvation 🐿🌸🌻🌺🍀

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Thank you Shaley, I think this is a really informative podcast that offers some good coping mechanisms and suggestions to try. I am 59 and diagnosed with BPII about 3 weeks ago...no joke. Despite the fact that my mother was diagnosed with BPI at 38 years old (in the late 70's), was on lithium until death at 43 by cerebral aneurysm, and she had a grandfather that committed suicide via shotgun, which was always documented in medical histories given to new practitioners. I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder in my early 30's, so I've been on antidepressants for 29 years, attempted suicide 5 times in my life starting at age 15 and most recently 3 weeks ago. Many of the bipolar guests you interview have conversations that describe my whole life, but I had a very difficult time convincing practitioners that it was BPII recently (strangely, BPII had never occurred to me before this recent depressive episode when I began my own research about depression) because I didn't have "lack of sleep lasting days" episodes, although I've always had difficulties falling and staying asleep. In addition, I could not articulate any episodes of hypomania because I did not understand it. I thought mania or hypomania always meant positive energy: getting things done, excessive talking, more focus, feelings of extreme well-being, and in BPI, sometimes delusions or psychosis, etc. I had no clue that uncontrolled irritability, racing thoughts, constant pessimism, extreme disagreeableness about everything, and mulling over the same text, email, or off-handed comment, and pressured speech are also very common symptoms in BPII hypomania: I know I've had some of these symptoms last longer than 4 days. Truthfully, it was very difficult to accept some of the things I said or did to people and didn't understand how I could be so "harsh" at times, when I am typically a very open-minded, generous, helpful person. At this age, I am not as concerned about the stigma of the disease as getting qualified provider care, especially in the backwards, Southern state (US) in which I currently live. And, to be able to educate my only daughter and any children she may have. I've been able to progress in my career but notice during the past 12 years that there is a pattern awesome performance when starting a new role and then depressive episodes become more frequent and severe around year 2 or 3 into a job and then I become disagreeable, it's often at this point I lose the job. Fortunately, in my line of work I am usually given a graceful exit and time to find other employment. Hopefully now that I am diagnosed properly and intent on taking the meds even if it is a trial and error process, and follow advice from the therapist, I can finish the remainder of my working career (hopefully 7.5 years!!) and retire without all the daily stress. Some of the videos' guests talk about life changes such as working part time, getting disability, reducing my footprint, asking for help, but it is very difficult to do these things on a middle-class, single income with this inflated economy and on the cusp of retirement. Keep making the videos as they are very helpful.

When I lost my virginity @ 14 it was to a guy w a gf. When he tried to break things off w me, I had my first self exit attempt. Then like 3 years later a dude I was really into & dating broke up with me. Hospital again.

Annoys me when people conflate psychosis & hypomania with mania.

I’m crying in absolute relief. And also because I’m doing exactly what you’re talking about. So grateful I’m not alone. Oh the self gaslighting….

Oh my goodness! You girls are a breath of fresh air 😊 I’m a 54 year old female with bipolar 2. Unfortunately my anxiety (at present) is so overwhelming that I’ve had to cancel several artwork commissions, lost friends, delayed family get togethers and so on - aaaaargh!!!! Anyway, thanks so much for this much needed podcast - it’s very much appreciated ❤ SUBBED

Really interesting video. It bring home how varied it is. I wish my Hypos were so productive and enjoyable. It just doesnt work like that for me. Keep spreading the info🙌🏻

Life is hard enough as it is- and then women have to deal with the constant invalidation by the medical community as if its still the 1400s and we are just "hysterical females". The connection between hormones and psychosis is not discussed enough! 🙏