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Dating While Bipolar: Is it deceptive not to disclose your disease?

mypolaropposite — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:20:23 +0000

So, I’ve been doing a fair amount of complaining about the men I’m dating, or trying to date, or seeking out for the express purpose of dating. To be honest, I’m pretty excited about being healthy and rational and looking for a companion. Yet a part of me is a little afraid about embarking on a [...]

Dating While Bipolar: Mr. Right could be inside this blog post!

mypolaropposite — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:31:53 +0000

Control, alt, humiliate...

Internet dating is all about the over-promise. If all the online matchmaking companies told the truth, they’d broadcast all of the social rejects, losers, undesirables and just-plain-weirdos that show up on their sites, and they’d say “Here’s your last for mating, you desperate cow.” By showing photo montages of happy couples, and promising [...]

Dating While Bipolar: ALWAYS judge a book by its cover

mypolaropposite — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:15:58 +0000

First the lesson: We all must trust our instincts and stop giving people the benefit of the doubt all the time, at least when it comes to internet dating. With an internet dating profile, people choose the photos and the words they use, and there are no family members or people from high school to call [...]

Dating While Bipolar: the wonderful world of idiocy and serial rejection

mypolaropposite — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:22:26 +0000

Happy 2011, kids! It has been a veeerrrry long time since I graced my darling followers with a blog post, so your reward will be a series. That’s right, I’m dating again, if by dating you mean engaging in various embarrassing activities in the hopes of meeting a man I might like to take on vacation. [...]

bipolar HAIKU

mypolaropposite — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:25:11 +0000

Running, all the thoughtsThrough my head. AnxietyReigns. Then, fatigue. Done.

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Sometimes a suicide needs a tribute – Updated

mypolaropposite — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:34:31 +0000

UPDATE May 21, 2010 – May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and today marks the 2 Millionth call to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which offers 24/7/365 telephone support to people in crisis, as well as a nationwide referral network so callers can get help in their area.

I’m not sure whether to be happy [...]

Silence is deadly

mypolaropposite — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:30:23 +0000

As generally happens when a celebrity dies suddenly, the vultures (read: tabloid speculators) have begun circling over Brittany Murphy (again, the right way to spell her name, look it up). The latest fodder for gossip is her use of prescription drugs, among them Klonopin, Atavan, Fluoxetine, Vicoprofen and Propranolol. When you rattle off a bunch of [...]

Cancer? Heart disease? Suck it up, you slacker.

mypolaropposite — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:33:18 +0000

On CNN today, Jack Cafferty mentioned a study finding that more than 1 in 10 Americans are taking anti-depressants. This number has doubled in the last decade, as has the amount of money spent each year on direct-to-consumer advertising. On his blog, Cafferty invited people to respond with why they think anti-depressant use has [...]