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Want to See Natasha Tracy Speak? Mental Health Webinar Now Available

Posted by Natasha Tracy | May 18, 2020

I’ve spoken at many mental health conferences and corporate events. This has been great for me and I’ve met some of my readers at those locations. Unfortunately, the vast majority of my readers haven’t been able to attend those events due to location, cost or simply because they were private events. So, after many requests, I’ve decided to start offering live, online mental health webinars. You can see the new Speaking Events heading on the upper menu. Under that, you’ll be able to find all the upcoming mental health speaking events.

I’m in Too Much Pain — Chronic Pain Implications

Posted by Natasha Tracy | May 6, 2020

My brain repeats the refrain, “I’m in too much pain.” It does it over and over and over so many days of my life. This type of mental repetition seems to be a chronic pain implication. It irritates me because the word “pain” describes nothing because there is such a myriad of chronic pains I experience. I am in too much pain. Too much pain for what?

People Care About Your Mental Health During The Pandemic — Don’t Give Up

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Apr 25, 2020

I’m reaching out today to tell everyone this: people do care about your mental health — especially right now, during the pandemic. I am one of these people. I have written a few posts on the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health now (listed below) and it’s because I’m hoping they will help the mental health of people dealing with pandemic challenges (which is basically everyone). But it’s not just me. Other people care about your mental health during this pandemic. I want to make this clear. I want to make it clear so that you know that while it’s hard, please don’t give up. People want to be there for you.

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting My Mental Health

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Apr 17, 2020

I’ve been talking about how the pandemic is affecting my mental health on social media quite a bit. I suppose many of us are. It’s a very hard-to-escape reality. Information (mostly depressing information) about the coronavirus pandemic is everywhere. But even when you avoid it, I find the pandemic affects mental health anyway. Here’s what the coronavirus pandemic is doing to my mental health and what I’m trying to do to counter it.

How to Sleep with Bipolar — Good Sleep Hygiene and Sleep Tips

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Apr 8, 2020

Sleeping with bipolar disorder is very hard so this article is devoted to talking about how to sleep with bipolar disorder, what sleep hygiene is and additional sleep tips. I’ve talked about some of these things before, but this post will bring together all the techniques I have previously discussed. Using all these sleep tips, I have been able to better regulate my sleep even with bipolar disorder, and I can tell you when I falter and don’t do these things, my sleep almost always suffers. Learning how to sleep with bipolar disorder has been hard, but good sleep hygiene and other positive sleep habits help.

You Don’t Need Bad Times to Appreciate the Good

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Apr 1, 2020

I hate it when people say you need bad times to appreciate the good times. You need darkness to appreciate the light. You need the pain to appreciate the pleasure. This is such nonsense. I have had more bad, dark and painful times than anyone I know and believe me, I don’t feel the need for them — not now and not in the future. I appreciate good things. I am grateful for the light. I yearn for pleasure. But all the bad times didn’t make me appreciate the good times, I’m quite capable of doing that on my own.

Reduce Anxiety by Feeling More In-Control in Spite of COVID-19

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Mar 20, 2020

I know everything feels out-of-control right now and this increases anxiety. Watch this video for ideas on how to regain your feelings of control to reduce your anxiety

The Uninvisible Podcast Interviews Natasha Tracy

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Feb 26, 2020

The Uninvisible Podcast recently interviewed me, Natasha Tracy, and, honestly, I’m honored. Lauren Freedman, the host of The Uninvisible Podcast, gave me a chance to talk about what it’s really like to live with bipolar disorder and my personal history battling with the treatment of bipolar disorder, and, quite frankly, I made her laugh out loud. We taped the podcast at the HLTH Conference, where we both received WEGO Health Awards. If you’d like to know more about my personal story and what made our sound tech sit up in rapt attention, this podcast is for you.

Patient-Blaming in Mental Illness

Posted by Natasha Tracy | Feb 17, 2020

Recently I talked to a doctor who reminded me that patient-blaming in mental illness is alive and thriving. For those of you not familiar, patient-blaming is when you, the person with mental illness, the patient, are blamed for the lack of treatment success. Unfortunately, this idea is actually baked into medicine’s nomenclature. People say things like, “I failed that medication,” or even, “I failed chemotherapy.” People know the intended meaning, of course, they mean that those treatments failed to make those people better. But the idea that language even exists in medicine really sets the stage for patient-blaming in mental illness.