Bipolar Disorder

Clinical Psychologist Joseph Burgo discusses the core emotional challenges in psychotherapy with clients suffering from bipolar disorder, using the film "Limitless" to illustrate the flight from hopeless depression.

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

http://www.afterpsychotherapy.com/bipolar-disorder

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• bipolar disorder
• bipolar disorder symtpoms
• bipolar ii disorder
• bipolar symptoms
• what is bipolar disorder
• depression
• psychotherapy

[reflex1reflex1]

I found this to be a good video on Bipoler Disorder. I have recently become very interested in this disorder and how its effects sufferers. I had a freind up untill just yesterday that has Bipolar and the effect her ilness directly had on my own state of mind and mood was sadly so great that I snapped with her and told her I couldn carry on having her in my life.

[reflex1reflex1]

I feel bad about this as I am a very understanding person and i fully appreciate the fact that she cant help the way she is and the traits and characteristics she has, but at the same time I cant help if it all in turn affects me in a way thats negative and so I cant carry on a friendship with her. .Her behaviou facsinates me it really does and its clear to see that the way she is is not an act but really is because of Bipolar.

[reflex1reflex1]

I know obviously that not every person with Bipolar will have the same characteristics as another person with the illness but with this girl she was a very self absorbed person who was very dominant in a conversation wether it be over the phone or face to face. She was near on impossible to talk to about anything serious and her attention span and her willingness to listen to what I had to say was very poor.

[reflex1reflex1]

One time I tried to tell her about How i was struggling with my own problems and within no less than a minute she was gazing around my room and texting away on her phone and eventually said "Lets go for a drink come on lets go" see now this is another thing about her. She would very quikly change her focus on something .. We would be half way through watching a film together and she would suddenly shoot up and say lets do this lets do that come on im bored of this film.

[reflex1reflex1]

She was also a very using person and quite rude infact on how she would respond if I didn have money to for example take her out on a drink. Now i dont know wether this is another trait that can be part of having bipolar but it was what she was like. It just really amazed myself and my other friends at times how her behaviour was and still is but i think the facsination is with the fact that we think but how could you not be aware of how you are being and coming across to other people

[reflex1reflex1]

I mean some of the things this girl did in social situations most people would never do like just comming over to you and saying my beer tastes flat i want yours and just taking your beer and sitting back down without even asking you if she could have it. Overall this girl it just amazed me in alot of ways of how her bipoler effected her. She was just in her own world 24/7 she drank an awfull lot to i can only imagine soften the pain she was feelin from depression her bipoler would make her feel

[reflex1reflex1]

I just wonder if im honest where her life will end up ... I feel really sorry for her because she is a very attractive girl aswell you see and through being so physicaly desirbale she seems to attract alot of the wrong male attention that may make her temporarily happy but in the long run its so obvious its really damaging to her health .. you know every time i met her her she would always start off by angrily saying "My ex is a f***ing arsehole" and she can never let it go its always there

[reflex1reflex1]

I just hope with me in her life or not that she does end up happy and as content with her life as she can be even suffering with bipolar. :((

[malexandrec]

Depression and mania can be changed so that it is not necessary to think in terms of eradication of symptoms. You are always changing anyways -- there is no safe equilibrium in life --but change can occur through awareness itself.

The language of the desert is the language of pain and mirage. Open yourself to the messages of the desert and start to create meaning from your experiences. But if you can't do this then you will probably need an excuse. Bipolar should work for that!

[wulvyrn]

thanks for making the video.