Joshua Walters-Mental Health Educator

Joshua Walters is an internationally acclaimed performer, poet, educator, beatboxer and comic from San Francisco. His work has appeared on ABC, HBO, MTV and NPR. Walters performs in the Bay Area, New York, Berlin and Jerusalem to audiences ranging in age from 9 to 90. He also facilitates performance workshops for middle schools, high schools and colleges.

Theater performer for over a decade, Walters incorporates elements of spoken word and beatbox into his shows. In his one man show, Madhouse Rhythm (2008), Walters uses humor to reframe the telling of his own experiences with Bipolar Disorder. A member of the 2007 Berkeley Poetry Slam Team, Walters now regularly hosts, as well as performs. Walters also speaks nationally as a mental health advocate.

www.thejoshuawalters.com

Category:

Education

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• Mental Health Educator
• bipolar
• mental health
• joshua walters
• depression
• medications
• manic episode
• mental health advocate
• college speaker

[senoritajosefina]

Thank you for explaining this so clearly and concisely....God Bless ya man!

[senoritajosefina]

Thank you for explaining this so slearly and concisely....God Bless ya man!

[mprovon]

Thank you for "coming out" so well. I work in a hospital intensive care unit where people with bipolar disorder are spoken of as "being bipolar" in very negative terms. I prefer people do not know I have this disorder, but wish I could also be an educator, such as yourself.

[bambinangel]

great job Joshua!!!

well said

fellow bp ;)

[killtroy811]

WOW! I say the same things to friends, family, and small groups of people. I was diagnosed at 21 in the army with the wonderful gift/curse of manic depression. I did the meds and whatnot...it all came down to how bad do I want to figure this whole thing out and use it for good.I started noticing what triggers what? And how to counter it.The preview of "peaceful warrior" sumed it up for me. BUt anyway its nice to know there are people out there helping clear the confusion of what manics deal with

[emgorode]

i like how you put into words how people like us feel. another thing i'd point out though is that when i go off my meds and have that downward spiral into depression i convince myself that "this" is who i really am. the meds aren't curing me. they're just masking the symptoms of depression and suppressing them. it's not really me. and that makes it hard to get back on the meds.