Bipolar disorder, or manic depression as some people call it, is a very frightening condition to live with. The symptoms of this disorder can be harsh, they can come and go rapidly and they can lead to mood swings that are on complete opposite ends of the spectrum. Bipolar depression is the particular swing that can present some of the most problems for those who suffer from the condition.

To understand bipolar depression, it’s a very good idea to have a basic grasp on this condition in its entirety. Those who suffer from this condition tend to endure very extreme mood swings. Manic behavior is on one end of the spectrum and depressive the other.

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From joy and love to hatred and disgust, emotional experiences are part of everyone’s life. However, some people are more sensitive to emotion than others. They experience feelings quickly and intensely, and take more time to “recover” from strong emotions. Reasons for this sensitivity may include biological causes, as well as growing up in a family where one’s feelings were ignored or dismissed as unreasonable. Emotionally invalidating family experiences deprive us of the opportunity to learn the skills we need to cope with strong, sudden emotion in healthy ways. Instead we may seek temporary solutions to emotional pain through behaviors that are destructive to our bodies, our relationships, and our lives, such as self-injury, disordered eating, or substance use.

These solutions come with their own set of problems that eventually add to a sense that one’s life is out of control.

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The goal that a Licensed Professional Counselor has is to implement a program of mental health and wellness by working with people to assist them in solving their own problems through a series of institutional and traditional methods. Some Licensed Professional Counselors only do research on therapeutic methods and models and many work at institutions or have their own private practice.

The purpose of therapy and therapeutic alliance is simply to support the process of inner healing, mainly of the psyche. Most patients that invoke the services of a Licensed Professional Counselor have been traumatized to some extent, whether it be from abuse, a tragedy or misunderstanding of life s purpose. The Licensed Professional Counselor provides and environment

of self examination by assisting the client through the process and models of support through analyzing their problems from different angles, therefore providing different solutions.

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What is Bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that manifests itself in a person through ups and downs in moods and energy levels. Many a time, it is confused with depression and sporadic mood swings. However, it must be understood that bipolar disorder is not a state of mind. It is a brain disorder - a mental illness which is long term. Till now, no permanent cure has been found for the same. What is it all about then read on!

Bipolar disorder causes the victims to swing between two entirely different moods. Sometimes, they might be extremely euphoric and excited. Other times, they will be melancholy and dejected. As the word bipolar rightly indicates, there are

two parts - mania and depression. Apart from mood swings, other symptoms include going on a spending spree, reduced need for sleep, increased feeling of sensuality and sexual drive, easy irritability, abysmal faith in oneself and so on. The disorder is fairly entrenched if there is an urge to commit suicide or lack of willingness to live. If you have any friends/relatives who keep talking about their lack of desire to live, then its time to rush them to a doctor.

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I have been practicing Yoga for close to 5 years now. Prior to this time, my life had been a day-to-day existence erected by symptoms of depression and low self-esteem. Aggravated by marring acne and burdensome Asthma symptoms, not feeling depressed was usually a rare occurrence. A rare occurrence that is; until I discovered Yoga and how it could help with depression treatment.

It s not a surprise that I was not alone during this time as research has shown that some form of depression treatment medication is offered to over 20 million Americans annually. However, what should be the main cause of concern are the many side effects common to these anti-depression drugs. Effective as they may be

for a while, it s been noted that these depression drugs have several side effects which may include nausea, fatigue, insomnia and some sexual dysfunctions.

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