Fresh Hope Blog Ways To Find Motivation When You Are Depressed It is hard for me to start writing today. My mood is blue and depression is making me feel listless. One of the major effects Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog When Bipolar Creates Thinking Difficulties I don’t think very clearly since bipolar has messed with my mind. There I said it. It embarrasses me when I have difficulty remembering conversations Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog How To Manage Shame When You Are Depressed As a pastor when I talk about my bipolar I feel shame. Yes, I know I shouldn’t. Bipolar is a disease. Stuff happens and bipolar Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog My Journey With Bipolar Two I had my first major depressive episode in 1971. That year as I began college and working I became haunted by depression and anger. Thoughts Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Stresses And Depression Relapse What triggers a relapse? Every one is different. For me, a lack of deep sleep will trigger and almost immediate reaction. If I’m feeling ungrateful Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Strengths That Are Part Of Being Bipolar “Being bipolar has strengths,” is a quote from an article I recently read. At first I first thought the writer knew nothing about bipolar, especially Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog What Does Resiliency Look Like When You Are Depressed? “Be Bop” the clown was one of my favorite toys. Give him a “Bop” and down he went and then he came up still smiling. Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Little Steps In Depression Managment There are little steps you can take along the journey of wellness. The major building blocks of recovery are medicine, sleep schedules and therapy. But Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Finding Hope In The Darkness of Depression “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”— Desmond Tutu Hope helps in the healing of depression. But Read More »