Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarBipolar or Schizoaffective Bipolar?There is a lot of overlap in the symptoms of bipolar and schizoaffective bipolar. How do you tell which is which?·4 min read·3 days ago--2--2
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarHow I Deal with Bipolar Weight GainThe solution is to count calories. I limit myself to 1,600 calories during the day so that I can have my snack with my meds at night.·4 min read·Jan 11, 2024--4--4
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarSo I’m Chemistry, Now What?I came to the conclusion that my mind and personality are purely chemical and neural impulses in my brain. Now what?·3 min read·Dec 27, 2023--1--1
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarDo I Have a Soul or Am I Chemistry?If I am a soul, why is it that changing my brain chemistry with medications causes such big shifts in who I am as a person?·3 min read·Dec 21, 2023--1--1
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarWhich Personality is the Real Me?Over the course of my life my personality has changed several times. Luckily now I’m in a place that I think is the authentic me…·6 min read·Nov 25, 2023----
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarTelling Work I Was Bipolar: Two StoriesI had both success and failure telling my employer about my bipolar. Now I don’t bother.·6 min read·Nov 21, 2023----
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarDealing With Unhealthy ThinkingRacing thoughts, paranoia, impulsive thinking, rumination, intrusive thoughts, self-harm ideation, “doom scrolling”, compulsive thinking…·3 min read·Nov 15, 2023--2--2
Travy DeaninSpeaking BipolarWorking While Bipolar: A Case StudyI have bipolar disorder and it interferes with my work every day.·5 min read·Nov 7, 2023--2--2
Travy DeanMy Father Forgave the Man Who Killed HimIn 1970, just before my second birthday, my father was crushed between two trucks on a construction site. He died in the hospital sometime…·3 min read·Oct 23, 2023--2--2
Travy DeanA Healthy Context is Key When You’re BipolarI live with schizoaffective bipolar disorder and I find that keeping a healthy context is crucial to getting through life.4 min read·Dec 4, 2022--1--1