Category: Bipolar blog

How Depression Affects Memory: Why You Can’t Remember Being Happy

When you’re depressed, it can feel like you’ve always been depressed — like joy is just something you imagined. This article explores how depression warps memory through state-dependent and mood-congruent recall, making it difficult to remember positive emotions. Drawing on both personal experience and scientific insight, it explains why sadness seems permanent and how some joyful memories — especially from before illness — can break through the fog. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t remember being happy, this is for you.

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I Know How to Cure Bipolar Disorder

People love to promise miracle cures for bipolar disorder — herbs, supplements, religion, and more. But anyone claiming to have ‘the answer’ is either misled or selling something. This post tackles the dangers of false hope, profit-driven cures, and why scientific treatment is the only real path forward.

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