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When some people think of bipolar disorder, they think of anger, aggression and rage; and while this isn’t true for everyone, it is true that anger, aggression and rage are related to bipolar disorder in some ways. This isn’t a diagnostic fact, but rather, an experiential one. People with bipolar disorder, themselves, speak of the anger, aggression and rage they sometimes feel. This online masterclass explores the link between bipolar and anger and how to manage these feelings.

It is not easy to accept the diagnosis of a mental illness, especially a serious mental illness like bipolar disorder. I know that when I learned of my own diagnosis, my immediate reaction was that of devastation and my long-term reactions included everything from anger to denial to shame. I want this webinar to be about how to accept a mental illness diagnosis, process those emotions, and go on to find peace with what has happened. Let’s get real about what it’s really like to be diagnosed with a mental illness.

Anxiety is a huge problem for me and so many others with bipolar disorder. And even if you don’t have a co-occurring (comorbid) anxiety disorder, you likely experience some anxiety with bipolar disorder anyway. So, for my sixth webinar in the Get Real series (see everything in the series below), I’m tackling the issue of anxiety in bipolar disorder. Expect real talk on: What is anxiety in bipolar? How do people experience it? And, of course, how can people fight anxiety in bipolar disorder.

How do people with bipolar disorder think? Well, we’re not all the same, of course, but the thoughts of people with bipolar disorder do share many commonalities. For example, thoughts in bipolar disorder are commonly rife with cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are, basically, errors in thinking. Every person suffers from cognitive distortions sometimes — consider when you jump to the wrong conclusions without the facts or overgeneralize unfairly based on very limited information — however, people with bipolar disorder suffer more of them, more of the time. How people with bipolar think is driven, partly, by their mental illness.

If you want to know more about how people with bipolar think, how this drives their behaviors, and how to defeat cognitive distortions, then this is the bipolar webinar for you.

Offering mental health webinars through my site is something new for me. I have done many live speaking events and, in fact, I’ve been hired by companies to do online webinars too. However, offering them directly to my audience is new. So I thought what I should do is offer some mental health mini-webinars for free to give you an idea of what these will be like.

Depression is the main mood for many with bipolar disorder. In fact, people with bipolar disorder...