{"id":75,"date":"2008-07-16T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T12:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2009-03-19T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T18:09:10","slug":"free-book-and-creativity-and-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/free-book-and-creativity-and-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"F.ree Book and Creativity and Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How are you?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hope you have a great day today. I wanted to get this out to you really quick because I have to get going with a very busy day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Really quick. Have you gotten my f.ree book yet. I hope so. I worked hard on it and it’s totally free. It’s an overview of mental disorders. Took me more than one year of really hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Get it here:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/overview_of_mental_disorders\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One thing you hear me talk a lot about is creativity and bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s probably because I really do believe that the two things go hand in hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think one of the symptoms of having the disorder is increased creativity. at least that\u2019s shown itself to be true in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mom is one of the most creative people I know. <\/span>And you know, if you\u2019ve read my emails for any length of time, that I always brag on my staff because half of them have the disorder and they are VERY creative!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What that means, for one thing, is that when there is a problem that needs solving, they always seem to find a solution that people who don\u2019t have bipolar disorder weren\u2019t able to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I even talk about creativity and bipolar disorder in my courses\/systems:<\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I know of a book on bipolar disorder that\u2019s a sort of question and answer book on the disorder, and someone even asked the question, \u201cIs there a connection between creativity and bipolar disorder?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The answer surprised me, because at the time I didn\u2019t know that creativity and bipolar disorder were linked. <\/span>So maybe the answer will surprise you, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the answer was, \u201cThe truth is there is a connection between creativity of all sorts and bipolar disorder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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What was really cool about the book, though, was that it went on to list some very famous people who had or have bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was able to do that, because it said that these celebrities chose to publically come out and disclose their own struggles with bipolar disorder, so you know it\u2019s true.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first one to admit she had bipolar disorder was Patty Duke. <\/span>In 1987, she wrote an autobiography called Call Me Anna about her bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other famous people include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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