Bipolar, A Quiet Mind, A Mystic Journey Out of Insanity

[giggity1111goo]

Wait so is bipolar when someone has like, severe mood swings?

[dminton245]

32 years of bi-polar and with or without meds I have made it through all kinds of stuff, God is my help through it and ups and downs.Thank God for drs and meds but our wills help us to make it too.

[chromodynamics23]

diminishing the ego through meditation.. that was funny. acknowledge your ego by trying to meditate it away. you won't get too far with that. Apart from that statement... it was a pleasant video and I enjoyed it.

[mikevern69]

ooooh, fancy.

[gcraw7777]

I agree.

[philosophyvlog]

thanks for posting! makes a lot of sense

[movadoband]

Simply divine, I am anticipating this book!

[mrmoogle1]

have you ever experienced metal decompartmentalization or "ego death"? where it feels like you are not one person but instead you are several people inside of one head making decisions about what to make the body say or do next?

[movadoband]

@mrmoogle1 I do, it's as if my ego was shattered into different parts, I have put them back together again but they remain seperate and compartmentalized to an extent.

[mrmoogle1]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!! I was beginning to think I was the only one like me who has been there and back, My dad was a Navy SEAL. He died when I was 15. That was part of the trauma I experienced. My first mania was at age 17. Then I was hospitalized from ages 17-22. Then I went off meds and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Game Art and Design, WHILE MANIC.

[starseedleo]

Please read starseedleo.blogspot dotcom for good infomation about our gifts that have been hidden.

[123perrin]

Dreamredeemer umm... o..k..  O.o *twirls finger next to head*..

[DreamRedeemer]

"PSYCHIATRY: AN INDUSTRY OF DEATH"

Is a very well made and informative documentary that is FAR from boring, and I recommend it to everyone who comes across this comment.

[iloveblueoctober100]

Whatever

[Dumass88]

This sounds like bullshit.

Using religious figures as credits to you point is also pretty retarded.

If the ancients were so great, how come they didn't even have iPods?

[MonacoBlast]

Crap.

[Painnnnful]

Oh really, I've been going through phases, rapid cycling, depresseion hypomania for 7-8 yrs (am 21yrs now) and it was getting worse and worse and messed up my life to the core until I found help and only now been put on mood stabilizers,antidepressanats made me unstable and fall into mixed phases... Not into that stuff you're preaching about...

[DreamRedeemer]

@Painnnnful Everybody is different, and to each their own. What works for other people, may not work for you and vice versa. This planet will chew people up and spit them out - with some of us stronger than others and able to handle it better is all. If medication works for you, then so be it, but what he's preaching does help some who are 'different' without the need for primitive, polluting, pharmaceuticals that are actually doing much more harm than good, along with all the poisons in food

[123perrin]

i always considered the 'visions' of ppl to be some sort of mental disorder. i have a few disorders myself, bi polar being one of them. i dont have the classic visions, rather i have times of absolute clarity of thought. its exhillerating when this happens, i love it. since being advised to take meds, which i have, these episodes have lessened. i wish i could have the good patches without the bad. if it were possible to do that, would it still be considered as a mental illness?

[beneficialstature]

@123perrin i believe mental illness is an observed aberration of standards of normalcy. although, hospitalizations often occur because something is perceived as very wrong or even dangerous about a person. people usually are not hospitalized for walking around smiling all the time and having clear thought. but maybe that is when the possibility of persecution, othering and downright hate begins. nobody likes a smiling jackass, cause they are miserable.

[DreamRedeemer]

@123perrin Good people are attacked telepathically by Bad people, hence your seeming moods.

[SicilianoJen]

Great and important approach to teaching about bipolar disorder....

Mental illness awareness is a huge goal of mine as I have bipolar disorder too and am trying to expose the stigma through my art and my book, Not As Crazy As You Think.

I do take medication but I also believe that the bipolar disorder experience is indeed otherworldly

Happy to subscribe to your channel. Please subscribe to mine as well and check out my latest video on my journey with bipolar disorder! Thanks!!

JEN

[DreamRedeemer]

@SicilianoJen The first step is to understand that it is NOT a 'disorder' but a type of personality that psychopaths are in direct conflict with, as one is about truth and speaking up about it and the other about lies and secrets they want to keep hidden. Unfortunately, the World is mostly run by Psychopaths, hence their need to suppress any and all 'bipolar' people.

[T00LS4Life]

has helped so much - many thanks

[prisonshadows]

i'd love to read your new book.  is it in bookstores yet? i have many bills to pay this month and next month, loans and stuff, but i'll eventually buy a copy of your book. :-)

[humanyoda]

One thing is when you hear voices and just write down what you hear and another when you obtain large amount of medicine and swallow them all to kill yourself. Just being present with the person in the latter case would just be observing him die, wouldn't it?

[Wacked420]

Lol

[MassagePatriot]

I love Sean Blackwell :-)

[JazzyJonas]

I love the disclaimer at the beginning: "...not a substitute for professional medical advice." Well, yes it actually is; thank goodness for that!

[distressed7]

The ego drove me to places and destinations of deadly darkness. I can only fall down and cry.

[cjellwood]

a bit like neo allowing Mr Smith to take over him

[blindhunt3r]

Who are we to say who the saints are......

[bong420asu]

creepy that dude blinked at the end

[justbeformlessly]

cool vid :) thanks!

[elcaptainkebab]

crap

[IndividualityMonarch]

The flaw is and what science proves irrefutably is that you cannot diminish, destroy,or eliminate the ego.The ego can only be observed.Many like the late Rajneesh who life was a terrible tragedy from enlightenment to insanity who at the end of his life admitted all his life he tried to destroy the ego with drugs,meditation, intellect,so on,you cannot destroy it.All you can do is observe control it.Without your ego you will die.If you feel you've rid the ego,its just in another part of the brain.

[sidthinker]

thought it was gonna be kaka, but it turned out to be really good and to the point...not preachy. Thank you.

[bambikohaku]

Can you please tell me more about this? Where is the information from? Why is it supposed to be dangerous?

[crnogora]

I remember reading that somewhere, but now that i look for that article i only came across that meditation is good for bi polar. i probably should delete my comment

[lightupbuddha]

i've thought about if i lived in another time... if in my mania i would be seen as a shaman or spiritual leader.... but i believe this is wishful thinking.... i don't think saints pissed themselves constantly, screaming, talking to themselves, destroyed things.... a good friend of mine who also has bipolar told me a nice quote... "the madman drowns in what the mystic swims in." ... it just gets out of control and i don't believe it is healthy...

[mistyred8]

Clearly, we still have a long way to go before manic depression is understood. Hatemongers like GurnSi are pulling in the wrong direction. Wheter it's an illness or a psychological dysfunction, part of post traumatic stress, a chemical imbalance, food allergy or anything else - people are suffering and fundamentally it's not their fault.

[emptiful]

Yesterday I was officially diagonsed as bi-polar. I'm on medicine for my rage-filled times. I don't want to make it my life- though happily seeking treatment via western medicine, homeopathic oils/teas, and using meditation/creativity to release my demons.

It's maddening how western society says it is not crazy to talk to "God", but you're crazy when "God" possibly 'talks' back.

Hah, whatever. Still, I crave my own peace for my own sake and success. Bye bye mon dieu.

[andeyejah]

well said!

[dimviesel]

i wanna know if this guy is "insane" or if he's a "shrink"? its real easy for sane "educated" ppl to try and analyze someone and claim to know the way out. only if he's been there does he know how to treat it.

[bipolarorwakingup]

I was hospitalized with an acute psychosis. Cuffed to a bed and forcibly injected. 3 days later I walked away...no shrinks, no meds, no relapse and grateful for the experience. Sorry for the delay!

[HiAdrian]

Very true.

Many of the milder mental illnesses are caused or supported by a habit of trying to gain control over "oneself", based on a false concept of one's own functioning.

[shelbyoneconobie2]

meditation is about consentrating and control of the mind and can be done along side religious beliefs learning about mind control is handy,its you in control of your mind and by meditating on good (divine)thoughts you can gain peace of mind and a feeling of well being,there are differant ways to meditate,we worry a lot about our physical self but should do more about our inner self which helps both

[shelbyoneconobie2]

its also good to keep your mind occupied and when depression hits or preferbly before if you have the abbilty a red flag system,to have some music you could arange when you are happy to lift your mood also on my list is to phone a friend or visit, do something your intrested in hobbies are good,try to be inspired in activities you enjoy,remember at points in your life youve been loved, are loved and will be loved again

[shelbyoneconobie2]

if your going to meditate or explore your spiritual self gain proper information,dont just jump in hope for the best as this can cause "a man to become insane like"it says in books ive read, and as i found out :) peace!

[shelbyoneconobie2]

stress is a big factor it seems with bipolar we go over and over things that cause us stress instead of consentrateing on things that dont,ive found through meditation and finding ways of healing my spiritual self to be very helpful,doctors dont know the underlying cause so its for you to find out as were the only ones that really know .....

[shelbyoneconobie2]

having a bipolar "episode" can feel like enlightenment, you may see nature and feel everything as one, have a feeling of being guided from a higher place,and reality can become confusing and merge with what you beleive,or think you beleive,some think they are jesus or god and when taken literally sound crazy,but many have these feelings,please dont think your jesus you not you are you dealing with stresses in life...

[shelbyoneconobie2]

we are all individuals but many have same thoughts and feelings if you feel spiritual which is totally differant from religion try to look into what spirituality is and means,doctors dont understand bipolar only which drugs might help slow you down always talk to your doctor if you want to change your meds or stop but if they really help then carry on until you feel you can stop with help

[DanTheDamnManDan]

Thank you for the fair warning. I'll be sure to carry my loaded gun with me in case I am ever in the presence of a "bipolar" person behaving badly.

[shelbyoneconobie2]

i attend bipolar support groups have met some very nice people found it helpfull to know that im not the only one to experiance bipolar theres millions of us world wide and given comfort and help to others by sharing knowledge and understanding its good to talk.i personally beleive a lot of people are bipolar and dont know it and have "bipolar capabilities".famous people with great minds are bipolar,we look up to and aspire to be as clever and good as them,not everything is as it seems

[DanTheDamnManDan]

Talk about preying on the innocent for sport... Shelby, why are you still responding to him? And Gurn, don't you have more important things to be doing with your powerful, educated mind, like saving the world from terrorists? You cute little terrorist-fighter, you...

[ManicSkates]

sucka dick dummy, you as bipolar as the rest of the world

[DanTheDamnManDan]

Sounds like you have a personal grudge. Makes you sound very uneducated and unintelligent to be generalizing one negative aspect of your bias to the rest of the bipolar community. It almost seems as if you have no experiential knowledge of bipolar disorder and its manifestations other than ones that have been harmful to you... and are then using the existence of these bad memories as justification in maliciously insulting someone who may or may not have ever harmed anyone. Very immature of you.

[DanTheDamnManDan]

GurnSi, I don't know if you understand how to have a dialogue not based on generalizations and pre-canned insults directed at a certain group of people, but 1. I am neither mentally ill nor a terrorist, so you can stop all the obsessive insulting, and 2. unless you are a public figure making actual accomplishments that affect the world, your high regard for yourself and your stances on issues is mostly a personal endeavor and it would be wise to speak with some humility.

[DanTheDamnManDan]

That said, I think there is some merit to your viewpoint, that belief precipitates behavior, but you're just an asshole so no one listens to you. You're too emotionally involved in what you're saying and it's obvious by your uncalled-for insulting that detracts from any valid argument you may have to make. So why don't you go sit in time-out, take a few deep breaths and come back when you can speak like an adult.

[DanTheDamnManDan]

Because your main point throughout all your posts, which were mostly an excuse for you to gleefully insult shelbyoneconobie2 (apparently your intellectual equal), could have been boiled down to one sentence: Bipolar disorder is an illusion, created and maintained by the individual and his or her doctors, which propagates itself and naturally brings about the crazy behavior it is supposedly characterized by. This, and then you could have gone on to discuss how this happens and give some examples.

[DanTheDamnManDan]

Instead, you defaulted to vicious, uncalled for insults on people you don't know, probably because you enjoyed being "witty" and "smart." I don't know, maybe you're just a tool and that's how you talk to people. Either way, it deserves some attention because it causes a conflict of interest with your desire to be taken seriously and be regarded as intelligent or educated or worthy of respect. Ya fuckin' idiot.

[shelbyoneconobie2]

im creative with art,photography and tend to be good at anything i put my mind to, sometimes its difficult to stop racing thoughts or to get certain things out of mind often bad thoughts of life experiances since childhood like deaths of friends and family or wondering if everything is whats its ment to be ..ive studied wondered and still learning and now starting to understand bipolar. joking before not all being the same is that what they want,slaves to the elite? make up your own minds peace

[shelbyoneconobie2]

im bipolar ..what you say is offensive you judge millions of people world wide on the assumption of meeting one person that you didnt understand or couldnt cope with...people fear the unknown...overwelmingly probably? a fraud and hoax, ive been hospitalized on and off for 13 years, people with bipolar from my point of view see a lot of the world as(vindictive vicous selfish unpredictable ect )and fear people that dont understand...peace :) ps were not all the same or is that the problem ?

[shelbyoneconobie2]

ive paid for my national health called national insurance...if your told your stupid all your life youll believe if your told your intelligent enough times you believe even if its not true people are told bipolar is a mental illness possibly some will believe that to be true ..i personally dont believe i am ..you dont know me or how i behave when i have so called "episodes" you call a lot of names and abuse are you not intelligent enough to comment without swearing and name calling

[shelbyoneconobie2]

I was locked up jumped on and injected because I spoke of spiritual and mystical experiances I was feeling sometimes and didnt want to take drugs they were trying to make me take, I dont sleep for weeks,sleep deprevention is a form of torture that cuases madness, I love nature hate waste care about people and the planet, I clear litter everywhere I go and write poetry in an attempt to open eyes to the destruction and suffering thats going on in this world how were killing nature and ourselves.

[shelbyoneconobie2]

i added that ps before i visited your blog ironic or coincidental hehe

[mistyred8]

just because someone is bipolar doesnt mean they cant also be a-holes. you are basing this idea on one person, who sounds like a psychopath btw.

[shelbyoneconobie2]

you sound really aggressive GurnSi, you dont know what your talking about, i dont know why people cant post constructive messages on serious mental problems without idiots posting abuse and talking nonsence,because i dont think that will help anyone im a builder i have shame i hate lies especially when theres no need and yes my father used to bully me he died 3 years ago i found out last month ..

[shelbyoneconobie2]

if you have nothing usefull or kind to say then it is better to say nothing at all

[misseptember]

Secret to happiness = Be one with life. Be one with what ever arises, be one with everything, only then can you find true joy, deep joy of knowing that you do no only have a fleeting life experience, but simply that you are life.

[pyro51090]

awesome video, he speaks the truth.

[nspeert]

Just because you were able to successfully go off your medication doesn't necessarily mean everyone else will be able to as well. Cycling into full blown depression is not uncommon after an intense manic episode.

Contrary to what you seem to think, making the decision to take mood stabilizing medication rarely needs to be a so called life sentence.

[kongawonga]

I've always found it useful to embrace what's bothering you rather than trying to ignore it, look it square in the eye until you've broken it down to it's most basic element, to the point you feel comfortable thinking about it. At that point, whatever is bugging you ceases to have the power to overwhelm you or wreck your focus/life.

I believe in a round about way, is what this guy is trying to say in a flowery analogy.

[bipolarorwakingup]

That´s pretty much it, however that is exactly what bipolar people are told NOT to do by our society. All they are told is, take your meds and stop bothering your parents.

[DelIriSentA]

very true...when i was diagnosed, i was over 18 and able to refuse meds or hospitalization by legal standards...however, they kept telling me i was not in a state of mind to do so until i got tired of arguing and just gave in...later on when i finally stopped being controlled by my folks to take my meds i stopped taking them and realized they had erased four months of my memory, made me feel like a zombie, and it felt wonderful to even feel sad sometimes.

[NessVlogMusic]

@DelIriSentA Pretty much what happened to me!

When I refused to take my Meds my mom was furious! But I told her "I have lived all my life dealing with my problems myself, you really think that now that I have this diagnosis that I will die without these drugs?" I felt better immediately the next day.

[unionofonion]

If you wanna face it, what if the person didn't know how to and anything anyone said or did wouldn't help, more or less because they wouldn't care to listen without loopholing the fact of being on medication or simply being insane and unwilling to listen?

[abraxnos]

man I can tell you have had a good life compared to many

[bipolarorwakingup]

If you want to find out, I talk about my life in the intro to my book, which is posted on my blog (links are on the right). While the early years were blessed, I was also locked up and drugged, in a psychiatric emergency unit for 3 days. That´s why I do what I do. I got out, so can many others.

[ButterKnifeLtd]

That PICTURE IS BLINKING, MAN!!

[ozjthomas]

yeah it is =)

[KarlosSanatana]

@ButterKnifeLtd Yeah, trying to get us to think we're crazy so he make some quick change out of us.

[OBxSMITHxOB]

I had bipoler b4 for 3 1/2 yrs but I rely god on most of my life and everything come out to be good.

[Bennetttt]

The yin yang, balance of both. Nothing new at all really.

Capitalizing on old basic understandings & ideas is not such a good idea IMO, but good luck anyways.

How about a book that tells us about how to write a book based on old ideas, & make it seem new? Ok, I'm too cynical, sorry. All of this has happened before & will all happen again...Battlestar Galactica

[c16467]

I think rather the point is, old or new, when applied does it help or hurt? Does it uplift or depress. I don't care what you call it or how you classify it; more important is did it make you happy, or feel stronger or increase your understanding?

[danger0usknowledge]

What negative effects does mania have

on the brain? I realize this is an intro

and hopefully the gee-whiz stuff is kept

to a minimum.

[havoctrend]

You mention the word TRUTH and I only find OPINION as be it as well as fact and that is the TRUTH no IMO ...... cool huh? lol

[boosuff]

This video seems to have a flowery, fantasy type approach to "happiness" and does appeal to me in anyway. Although on the right track, it's message is over-simplified and somewhat misleading of the interpretation of "escaping insanity". Personally I have found solace in accepting that "my" life is not "perfect" and as being human, will succumb to all the emotions that humans feel. Nothing wrong with this. Learning to let go at times that will help you grow, move on, and develop as a person.

[citizenX9328g]

bipolarorwakingup is a brilliant man

[jasontreck]

The ego is needed as much as anything ells, without the desires of the ego there is no expansion and without expansion there is no consciousness in the universe, remember that quieting the mind and suppressing the ego is also a desire, at least that's what I believe for now.

[boosuff]

I agree with you somewhat. When one "meditates" that person is letting things just exist and "be", undiluted and without judgment, in-other words without attaching thought to it. (It's not repression, its acceptance)

Of course, without thought, we humans would not have developed much. However, obsessive compulsive thinking does not lead to productivity, but rather to the demise of human life.

[bipolarorwakingup]

Please remember this is only a quick excerpt of a few paragraphs. The entire introduction of my book, A Quiet Mind, is posted on my blog for you to check out. The link is in the text box on the right.

[c16467]

I think the real point seems to be that Sean took personal responsibility for his life and out of the hands of others. No one potentially, has your best interests at heart or knows you better than yourself.

[boosuff]

I definitely agree with that.

Why did my comment get deleted?

because it was considered negative?

[bipolarorwakingup]

I´ll be talking more about ego, why we need it, and when we need to strip it down in some new videos later this summer.

[havoctrend]

Tell us about The Holy Roman Empire and The New World Order.

There are 500 denominations of Christianity and only one truth which stands. User COGLtruth

[c16467]

Whatever truth you can know is the truth within you (not "Truth" forced on you as such, unless you find that it is True for you, then and only then is it True for you). What others believe is what others choose to believe. Those who merely accept unevaluated data as Truth never find enlightenment or spiritual peace.

[havoctrend]

The sword in the stone at the grace of your hands is nothing more than a Kingdom without a king.

[guitarlovenjc]

hmm... nah. Christians are not bipolar thank you very much!

[Linzizzle18]

lol amen :)

[cobrachoppergirl]

I will not let go to injuries and injustices. I chose hatred. I chose war. When all my mortal enemies who have attacked and damaged me with uninvited and unjustified malice are dead, only then will I find peace. There can be no justice until there is justice also for me.

[gandersource]

There's a saying - you may have heard it: if you stare into a river long enough, you will see the body of your worst enemy drift by you.

[SteveSchlotterer]

You need a war God. Yaweh is pretty good for war. Thor might be even better....

[SFJane]

Preach it Sean!

[bipolarorwakingup]

Yup, the one part of my book I get a little preachy, but Oz liked it, so what the hell!

I´ll be getting preachier as the year goes on (here comes the hate mail!)

[ozjthomas]

Did you read his book, Jane? It was really good. I want you to notify me when you get your book out, too, altho I've been busy enough just trying to keep up with your blog!

[SFJane]

Yes I read it Oz, Ive been monumentally busy, too much so to give it a proper review on my blog (yet) I liked your animations btw real nice.

My blog is on fire right now as I crank out more material in anticipation of a long editing process. In the meantime, Aall Hail Sean for his mastery of madness :)

[bipolarorwakingup]

It was bad enough when David told me that I was "The Oracle." This is getting ridiculous.

[c16467]

Sean,

I could not make out a couple of words you used in the video (I watched it three times to see if I could be sure); is the text on your website or is it only in your book please?

[bipolarorwakingup]

The entire introduction is pasted on the first page of my blog. You can find this excerpt near the end of that text

[c16467]

Got it! Thank you!