Hi all.
I’ve been getting a lot of requests to guest write at the Bipolar Burble. Well, it’s nice to know I’m so popular! I’m really happy to hear from you but there are guidelines if you want to be published here. These aren’t meant to scare anyone off, these are just to let you know what I’m expecting.
Here are some guidelines for posting on the Bipolar Burble.
What I’m Looking for on the Bipolar Burble
I really want to hear other people’s opinions and experiences so I would like to see:
- Other people’s experiences in mental health. This might be as a person with a mental illness or as a loved one of a person with a mental illness. (No, it doesn’t have to be regarding bipolar disorder.)
- Opinion pieces on mental health subjects. You don’t have to agree with me and if you make a convincing argument, I might just post it.
Other Types of Bipolar Burble Articles
If you wish to do something outside of an opinion or personal experience piece please keep in mind:
- All articles must meet a very high standard of scientific accuracy
- You must provide credible references for assertions you make
- I must feel the subject offers value in a way that I haven’t done before
This is a high bar, trust me.
Requirements for Bipolar Burble Articles
If you wish to write an article for the Bipolar Burble, here is what you need:
- An article that is edited and proofread
- An article that is mindful of keywords and uses subheadings
- An article that is around 500-700 words
- An article that is original (not published online elsewhere)
- A short bio on you (optional)
- A copyright-free image to include with the post
- A banner image to put at the top of the post, if you want one, that is 280 pixels (or less) by 640 pixels
- Yes, you can have a link back to your site in your bio (not in the body of the text)
- Yes, you can be anonymous if you choose
- Once posted, all rights to your work belong to me (sorry)
And yes, there are exceptions to every rule. If you think that is you, you can contact me.
Bipolar Burble Article Recommendations
If you want to write an article for the Bipolar Burble I recommend you:
- Stick to opinion and experience pieces
- Run the topic and outline by me first just to make sure you don’t put work into an article I can’t use
- Don’t attack anyone or any group in your article – thoughtful critiques only
OK, so have at it. Contact me with your great ideas. I look forward to hearing from you.
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I’m scared….. I don’t like the meds I feel like they don’t help me at all just shut me down and make me not “feel” at all… I’m very artistic on the meds I had no creations… I feel like the meds don’t help me the just make it easier for people to deal with me …. Is there an alternative other than just trying to remember or admit to our illness?? I want to be ok but as I get more and more aware this problem that I have is ruining my life and I’m the one doing it and I’m the one that can’t control it
I really messed up my life and my family & friends and my girlfriends for being Bipolar and feeling I am a Boi inside and wanting to transition from F to M
I first felt hypomanic when I was 18 year old.I had just passed my 12th standard in India and I had taken admission in a University for Bachelor of Science.My family had acute Financial problem and our survival was very difficult.I remain in that condition for almost three months and then I was normal.I did not know this as a disease so I did not seek any medicine.
hey, im wendy and im 35 and i was diagnosed with huntingtons disease 12 yrs ago and my whole family on my fathers side has it or has died from it or commited suicide because of it….i took the news bad and became suicidal and a hard core intervinous user and homeless and lost my kids…4 yrs after my diagnouses and during my drug use i did a crime and went to prison for a long time…and got clean and got intense programing and changed my whole life and got my kids back and have been 8 yrs doing wonderful…..but lost my babys daddy to suicide and then my ex who i got on drugs with and then my sister killed her self last yr due to huntintons disease and i still had no desires to commit suicide and yes somethings have not gone well for me lately but i just buckle up and keep positive till things sorts them self out in time….but friday i had been drinking for about a week or more just a few drinks aday and and around 4 pm that evening i went from a 0 to a 7 and higher…by the time 9;00 pm that night i had got my mind stuck in a suicidal funk like no other…i went silent and started planing, i lied to go get sleeping pills and googled how many to take that would be certain death and i wrote 2 suicdal notes and even wrote a suicide per-vention list so others could see how easy it is to kill your self and no one would even know…i wrote down where i wanted curtain belongings to go….i was writing suicide notes in my boyfriends car as he went into pay bills…i even lied to go into the drug store to buy the pills and went into the bathroom there and poored all 3 bottles into one bottle so it would be easier to take without getting caught…in 4 hrs or so i went from being happy then mad then suicidal with no warnings or anything….i snuck into the bathroom and took 28 sleeping pills and went to bed…my boyfriend knew nothing…till he said i started hulisinating and he didnt know what was happening and it was to late for me to know either r tell him…i passed out and he thought i was just super drunk…i woke up 3 hrs later trembling no control of my musles or thoughts but knew what i did and told him….i didnt want to die so i ran and stuck my finger down my throght and puked for a half hr….he still thought i only took 2 or 3 but then i showed him the bottles and he started to count how many was gone..and said we need to go to the hospital and i said no even tho knew i was gonna die but didnt want to and was confused on why this even happend and thank goodness i didnt die and was super sick…i didnt go to the hospital cause i am afraid to be hospitalized…i am not depressed…i am not crying all the time…i dont hate my life…so im confused on how this happened out of the blue and was wondering if you heard of this happening before?
I am 18 and I am bi-polar 1/manic. I have been living with this my entire life, I was first given ADHD and then at 14 PTSD and at 16 becoming Bi-polar. From the begging my mom knew that something was really wrong. After my parents had divorced in 2001 my behavior went off the charts. During 1st grade school I would cry because I couldn’t complete my work and then got so hyperactive to where I couldn’t even read a book or even write. As I grew, in the 4th grade my behavior cent me to a special class in another school. When I started the school started bullying other kid. I went from a happy and fun kid and then changed into scary kid and wore my hood that coved my face and eyes. I was put up for suspension 5 times and then went see my first psychiatrists. I was given ADHD pills to help and then given behavior charts. I was given a 5 for good and 0 for horrible. The teacher notice that one day I would have all 5 and then the next day all 0. My behavior often would change the sweetest person to an angry back talker that said crazy thing getting email home. I went through middle school quite easy due to the fact that I had just started my MMA training. Then disaster hit in 8th grade. This was my first manic stage I had. I was not doing homework and was going completely out of control. I was having so much fun I was making so many friends and I became one of the most popular kids. I had been living off of less than 4 hours of sleep and the manic stage lasted about three month. Next my mom transferred into completely new private high school. A few months later my second manic stages hit but this was even more intense I was playing football and I had my MMA training so I was becoming a machine of pure energy. During this time I had got into a screaming fight with my coaches wife it was bad. This was the closest to where the cops almost got involved. I was also having complete melt downs. I would go into the closet scream. I was sleeping less than 2 hours and I started hearing thing hallucinating. I was having so much fun in school I had I would talk all the time during class, had a lot of friends having and the complete high school experience. When it came down to finals, the manic stage was finally over and I barely past my finals. I was kicked out of that school and then I started another new school with no more 15 kids in the entire school. Freshmen year past and sophomore year were pretty good there were a few explosions but I controlled it. So when the end of the school year hit, I went to my mom and said I need medication. So my mom found a great psychiatrist who accepted insurances. My doctor diagnosed me with bi-polar 1 manic I was put on Seroquel, Lamictal and Vyvanse and I soon stabilized. Junior year came and I had the most intense, emotional and energized manic stage. I had been working for Starbucks for a year and I was going to buy my car. This is the exact time when my manic stage started. But this time I wasn’t sleeping at all. The entire school thought I was on speed. Then I had a huge moment when I got in a huge fight with my mom and I left to live in my own car for 2 days. I had no money left because blew it all on the car. Then I lost all grips with reality. This girl had accused me of being high at school so I lost it. I went and said horrible words to her in front of little 7th grade kid and then I keyed her car. Near the end out of all this I get suspended of a racist joke. Today I am stable and having fun.