Hello everyone, and welcome to Bipolar Today. One question many people ask is why we have created a new bipolar site with so many out there on the internet already. On this page, I’ll discuss what I think this site has to offer that is unique and how it is structured. On top of these questions, I’ve had many of the same difficulties that people with bipolar disorder have had: poor judgement when it comes to relationships, difficulty with friendships and trouble at work and school. I’ve learned a lot from my experiences, positive and negative, and though my life has improved, I know that my condition will never be cured. In all of this time, I’ve done a lot of reading on bipolar disorder, and I’ve had some mixed results. There are two things I’ve realized: First, material that comes out of the medical community is largely concerned with getting us to be good patients. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being a good patient, but it is of limited value in terms of understanding the nature of bipolar disorder and almost useless when it comes to understanding the experience of it. Second, nothing can really be written about bipolar disorder without it being influenced by what we think it means to live a good life. It is hard enough to know what it means to be happy without a mental illness. Without a goal, though, it is very hard to get better. We need to know what it is we are aiming for if we hope to hit it. Since views of what it means to be happy are so varied, material written about bipolar disorder is similarly varied, though the underlying disagreements are rarely acknowledged. If I had a button and could be magically rid of bipolar disorder would I press it? Yeah, probably. However, so much of my identity is wrapped up in these various moods, it is difficult to know who would be there once the button had been pressed. The question is one of those silly hypothetical questions like, “Would you be happier if your first husband hadn’t died?”, asking us to express preferences between multiple possible worlds while still forcing us to answer from one of them. One way of thinking of what it means for bipolar disorder to be under control is that I find the “real me” who would have been there had I not had bipolar disorder. However, I am increasingly convinced there isn’t a “real me” who underlies all of these moods or who maybe comes out between my manic and depressive periods. Moreover, I am increasingly okay with this. I am “this man here’, as Aristotle might put it, not some “personality” composed of various dispositions to react the same way in the same situation every time. One thing which I did in the last ten or so years was get a doctorate in philosophy, studying a combination of the history of philosophy and the philosophy of medicine. I have become increasingly interested in the ways in which mental illness, especially bipolar disorder, provides important questions about human nature. Moreover, I believe that having a mental illness provides a unique perspective on human nature. It is in some ways like studying the working of the brain by looking at stroke victims or by studying subatomic particles by smashing them against each other at high speeds: one learns a great deal from things that are broken. As someone with a mental illness, I have the opportunity to look at a fractured personality from the inside. And so, the perspective of bipolar disorder is not only to learn about bipolar disorder itself, but to learn about what it is that bipolar disorder might teach us about ourselves. My ultimate goal is to use this understanding to be happier and to help others be happier along the way by sharing what I discover. Bipolar Today has three different sections. The three will be interconnected, and I’ll link from one to the other as is appropriate, but they each serve a different function: Information Pages: These are the pages that can be reached through the “Information” links on the left side of each page. They provide information about bipolar disorder for those who wish to learn about the condition. Bipolar News: On this page, I examine the latest stories about bipolar disorder in the news. It is a great way to keep up to date about the latest developments in bipolar disorder. Daniel’s Blog: On this page, I discuss some of my reflections on the experience of having bipolar disorder. This section will be more philosophical and personal in nature, and I’ll look at some of the questions that I think many people who have bipolar disorder are asking themselves. In the future, I will be adding a newsletter for regular visitors. However, as the site is still very new, I will not be doing this yet. Thank you for visiting Bipolar Today. I hope you enjoy your stay and that you will come back again.
About Bipolar Today
About Me
My name is Daniel Bader, PhD, and I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1997, back when it was still called “manic depression”. Since then, I’ve had many of the same questions that other people with bipolar disorder have had. What is this condition? What does it mean for my life? Can I be bipolar and still be happy?Why Another Site?
The Perspective of Bipolar Today
Bipolar disorder is strange, perhaps unique among mental illnesses. While it creates a great deal of unhappiness, it also includes times of productivity, inspiration and exuberance that come along with the hypomanic periods. This mixture of good and bad creates a great deal of ambivalence toward the condition, even among those who would rather be rid of it. Something important would be lost.The Structure of Bipolar Today
Future Developments
