World Bipolar Day National Conference 2024
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by Vijay Nallawala
2w ago
It is around the corner and with it, an occasion for our pan India community to come together yet again! Each year, World Bipolar Day is celebrated worldwide on the 30th of March, to mark the birth anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh, the iconic artist who was posthumously diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Bipolarindia, in collaboration with Amaha Health, is organising the World Bipolar Day National Conference. This full day Conference will be held on Sat, 30th of March, 2024 at the grand S P Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. Vincent Van Gogh Image by heblo from Pixabay This annual event ..read more
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World Mental Health Day 2023 Workshop
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by Vijay Nallawala
6M ago
Although World Mental Health Day falls on October 10, our full day Workshop to mark WMHDay is slated on October 8, 2023 it being a Sunday. We at Bipolarindia have been advocating a holistic health approach to support recovery from serious mental disorder such as Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder and other other such chronic conditions. This highly interactive Workshop, is therefore, focused in bringing to our community sessions by Facilitators from the very diverse fields of Yoga, Nutrition, Coaching and Humour. Shrikant Kshirsagar, Corporate Yoga Trainer Shrikant is a highly experi ..read more
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A Community Celebrates Itself On World Bipolar Day
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by Vijay Nallawala
1y ago
WORLD BIPOLAR DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2023 Bipolarindia conducted its 7th National Conference to mark World Bipolar Day on Sunday, 2nd of April, 2023, with Amaha as presenting partner. The well attended conference conducted at S P Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital, saw participation from far corners of the country including, Delhi, Kolkota, Surat, Pune, Hyderabad, Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), Bagalkot (Karnataka), Amravati and of course Mumbai and nearby towns. Bipolarindia’s own community members including those with lived experience and family caregivers and psychologists eager to take in diff ..read more
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Here Comes Our World Bipolar Day National Conference 2023
BIPOLAR INDIA - Let's Walk Together
by Vijay Nallawala
1y ago
After a pandemic forced gap of 3 years, the community converges once again offline to mark World Bipolar Day 2023! It has all the makings of an invigorating day of conversations, sharing of rousing stories of lived experience, showcasing of some fine organisations and of course, presentations by professionals. This year, we have AMAHA as our presenting partner for this Conference. World Bipolar Day is celebrated all over the world on the 30th of March each year to mark the birth anniversary of the troubled genius of an artist, Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed with Bipolar Disor ..read more
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An Inspiring Story Of Overcoming Adversity Against All Odds
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by Vijay Nallawala
2y ago
My name is Prakash. My age is 68. I am fighting bipolar disorder for the last 48 years. At age 20 while studying  inter-science in college, I got my first episode of severe depression. As my mother also suffered from mental illness I could immediately realize that I had depression. I was taken to a well known psychiatrist in Mumbai. I was given 1 ECT and antidepressants. I recovered in 3 months but had massive short term memory loss. I failed in my college board exams. I continued with that psychiatrist for about 12 years. He changed my diagnosis from depression to bipolar disorder when I ..read more
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Creativity As Selfcare For The Helping Professional
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by H'vovi Bhagwagar
2y ago
Fenichel, a psychoanalyst said, “the patient’s wish to be cured by a magician may be equalled by the therapist’s wish to be a magician”. People in the helping profession are often expected to be such magicians, immune to the kind of problems that they help clients through, and they often try to project that persona. A tacit expectation with most helping professionals, including those in the field of mental health, psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, frontline workers, is that they have the necessary intellectual, cognitive and social support to cope with emotional stress ..read more
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Depression: The Way Ahead
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by Vijay Nallawala
2y ago
(Image by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay) I am a bipolar disorder survivor and have faced around three episodes of depression. In this post, I have explained in detail the measures that I had taken to deal with depression and the steps I take now to help me maintain the balance. As you would be aware, there is no one size fits all mechanism, and each person will have different ways that would have worked for them. However, there are some steps mentioned below, that I believe will help everyone, irrespective of the reasons and the type of depression. Riding the Wave  I heard the term “ridin ..read more
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Creativity: Window To Our Souls
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by Vijay Nallawala
2y ago
What happens when a pool of incredibly creative talent expresses itself? There is a starburst of creativity to feast upon! Our Peer Support Community is just such a reservoir of talent. Thus, when we at BipolarIndia were invited by Bloggers Alliance to be Mental Health Partners to a Campaign with the theme, ‘Creative Mind is Healthy Mind’, the first thought was: Just what the Doctor ordered! Creative expression helps us relax our minds and release stress. It allows us to engage ourselves mindfully in activities that please the soul, nurture us. Our imagination takes us to worlds that leave ou ..read more
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Creative Mind Is Healthy Mind
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by Vijay Nallawala
2y ago
‘Creative Mind Is Healthy Mind’ is the theme of the two month long campaign that Bloggers Alliance has chosen to celebrate its First Anniversary (falling on 7th of August) with. What a fine way to do it! BipolarIndia is excited about being Mental Health Partner to Bloggers Alliance for this Campaign which culminates on 10th of October, 2020, which is also World Mental Health Day. Mental Health is a growing concern during the ongoing pandemic that has caused unprecedented disruption in the way we live, work and engage with other people. The resultant stress has taken a toll on the mental health ..read more
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Nutrition For Mood Disorders
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by Vijay Nallawala
2y ago
The Session began with a relevant Question asked by one of our Members~ ‘We know of how Diet can help in managing weight, although it has not helped me lose weight. Can it really help in managing moods?’ Mrs Mittal’s presentation threw light on both aspects~ on weight management and on how what we eat can influence how we feel. Some key insights from her presentation~ 1) Just as what we eat affects our moods, our moods also affect our body, especially the digestive tract. Long term Stress can have undesirable consequences such Peptic Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bloating, etc. 2) There ..read more
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