Bipolar & Depression discussion

Name: naomi
Where do you live: British Columbia
Age (Optional): 30
What are you working as: Manager of Tim Hortons
What makes you happy:lip gloss
What are you listening to now: Taylor Swift
An interesting fact about you: I have seen a UFO
Favourite place to be: any where near the water
Favorite lyric: "They say the captain goes down with the ship, so when the world ends will God go down with it?"
Favourite book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Favourite movie: Possession
RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Good Bye Lenin
2. A book: We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love James T. Wooten
3. A song: Dance So Good by Wakey!Wakey!
4. A band: Ryan Adams

Name: Alanna
Where do you live: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Age (optional): 23
What are you working as: Student at the University of Saskatchewan, working my way through an English Degree
What makes you happy: My dogs, music, scarves
What are you listening to now: Goldfrapp (so zen)
An interesting fact about you: Owls freak me out
Favorite place to be: the dog park with my 2 pups or talking to my best friend
Favorite lyric:
"I am bottled, fizzy water, and you are shaking me up
You are a fingernail, running down the chalkboard
I thought I left in third grade
Now my only consolation is that this could not last forever
Even though you're singing and thinking
How well you've got it made" - Just a Phase by Incubus
Favorite book: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - HARD question!!
Favorite movie: Almost Famous

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP:
1) A film: Nowhere Boy
2) A book: Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher - Very intense!!
3) A song: The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice
4) A band: The Kooks

I looved madness by Marya Hornbacher <3

Name: Izza
Where do you live: Montreal, Quebec
Age (optional): 21
What are you working as: student in psychology working part time as a cashier
What makes you happy: my pets, books, friends
What are you listening to now: right this second, nothing
An interesting fact about you: im not interesting at all
Favorite place to be: in my bed with a good book and warm blankets
Favorite lyric:"In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the
fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take" hate me - blue october
Favorite book: the Millenium triology
Favorite movie: Girl, Interrupted

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP:
1) A film: Flourish
2) A book: Hurry Down, Sunshine
3) A song: A Quiet Mind by Blue October
4) A band: Blue October

Name: Alexa
Where do you live: Richmond, VA, USA
Age (Optional): 20
What are you working as: I'm a student
What makes you happy: Effexor! Ha.
What are you listening to now: A House episode
An interesting fact about you: I want to go into Criminal Profiling for the FBI.
Favourite place to be: Edinburgh, Scotland
Favorite lyric: "You give me a quiet mind, and I, I love you..."
Favourite book: Demian by Hermann Hesse
Favourite movie: Dead Poets Society
RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: K-PAX
2. A book: Demian by Hermann Hesse
3. A song: Colorado 5591 by Justin Furstenfeld
4. A band: Blue October (my favorite!)

I am Adrian
from Liverpool UK
Happy when overlapping with someone else's mind
and love Glasgow
because "there aint no cure for love"
Favourite book at the moment is A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy

Name: Christina
Where do you live: Toronto, Ontario
Age (Optional): 34
What are you working as: I'm a substitute teacher
What makes you happy: running
What are you listening to now: tv in background
An interesting fact about you: i'm learning to sew
Favourite place to be: the beach
Favorite lyric: "if you only had one moment to capture it would you "
Favourite book: Room
Favourite movie: Casablanca
RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Fighter
2. A book: Room
3. A song: Rose of my Heart by Johnny Cash
4. A band: Sam Roberts

Hi! This is my first "group." Not sure how it works yet, but I guess I'll start at the beginning (unlike my mom who ALWAYS starts on the first page of the last chapter!).

Name: Christina
Where do you live: Atlanta, GA
Age (Optional): 34
What are you studying/What are you working as: Food Science/Food Safety Professor (for hire)
What makes you happy: Pajamas
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: A famous song that I totally should know but it's the theme to CSI:NY.
An interesting fact about you: I was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and although I live in the South, I loooove the cold.
Favourite place to be: In bed.
Favorite book line: Roughly: The spaceships "hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't" (I'd forgotten how good that line is.)
Favourite book: You have got to be kidding!
Favourite movie: Just watched The King's Speech -- three thumbs up - anybody got a thumb to spare?

RECOMMEND(ations) TO THE GROUP

1. A brand of paper towels: Viva, only Viva
2. A thing you must do: Plan a surprise trip for someone else - buy the ticket, pack the bags, everything for the lucky traveler!
3. A thing you must never, ever pray for: A more complicated life.
4: My personal favorite thing to do: Read fortune cookies. I SWEAR they always apply to my life perfectly!!

Elizabeth wrote: "I looved madness by Marya Hornbacher <3"

As do I. I'm currently reading it for the third time!

I'm new to all this and just wanted to say "Hi"
Name: Lady Willow
Where do you live: Edmonton, AB
Age (optional): 24
What are you working as: On medical due to health
What makes you happy: Friends, Music, Photography
What are you listening to now: Nothing (people are sleeping)
An interesting fact about you: I have a phobia of birds
Favorite place to be: Mountains
Favorite lyric: "Don't save me cuz I don't care" 30 seconds to mars
Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings

Name: Heather
Where do you live: Ogden, UT
Age (Optional): 37
What are you studying/What are you working as: Medical Administrative Assistant
What makes you happy: Art
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Near Wild Heaven-REM
An interesting fact about you: I've been to college for 9 years and still don't have a degree. :(
Favorite place to be: In bed
Favorite lyric: "I am the fly who dreams of the spider, the path to the web becomes deeper and wider. I dream of the silk that is tangled inside you and know that I want to be somewhere beside you." October Project
Favorite book: Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follett
Favorite movie: "A Beautiful Mind"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe"
2. A book: "The Book of Mormon"
3. A song: "Your Guardian Angel"
4: A band: "Red Jumpsuit Apparatus"

Name: Vicky
Where do you live: Newcastle, England
Age (Optional): 18
What are you studying/What are you working as: I'm studying English Language and Literature, Philosophy, Sociology and Film at college.
What makes you happy: Love, Music, Writing.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Loose Ends-Imogen Heap <3
An interesting fact about you: The first time I had to see a therapist, I was six years old.
Favourite place to be: By the sea. :)
Favorite lyric: "I'm down to a whisper, in a daydream, on a hill, shut down to a whisper, can you hear me, still." From Whisper by A Fine Frenzy. <3
Favourite book: Jane Eyre.
Favourite movie: Cheesy it may be, but Breakfast At Tiffany's.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Gia.
2. A book: Girl With A Pearl Earring.
3. A song: This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) by Ellie Goulding.
4: A band: People In Planes.


Btw, feel free to add me as a friend, unfortunately most of my friends are typical teenagers who can't understand why I spend time and money reading and writing rather than spending my time and money on vodka, so I'm all alone on here. :( :L

Name: Greta
Where do you live: California
Age (Optional): 18
What are you studying/What are you working as: I will be majoring in Creative Writing next year
What makes you happy: books, family, friends
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Linkin Park
An interesting fact about you: I have OCD and Major Anxiety.
Favourite place to be: my room


RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Inception
2. A book: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
3. A song: Blackbird by The Beatles
4: A band: Linkin Park

Name: Brenda
Where do you live: Iowa City
Age (Optional): 23
What are you studying/What are you working as: I work about 8-12 hours a week as a paralegal.
What makes you happy: my 1 year old yorkie, Socs.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: last: Adele; Now: Glee.
An interesting fact about you: I'm not sure...I'm an in the closet Logan Lerman fan...that's all I've got. =)
Favourite place to be: LA.
Favorite lyric: ...can't think of any off of the top of my head.
Favourite book: Way too many. Many Minds Many Masters. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The Great Gatsby. To Kill a Mockingbird. Gone with the Wind.
Favourite movie: too many. Gamer, Clockwork Orange, East of Eden,Sound of Music, many many more.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: East of Eden or Three Faces of Eve.
2. A book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
3. A song: Rolling in the Deep by Adele (FANTASTIC SONG!!!!)
4: A band: Ben Folds, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash.

Amr wrote: "Sheila: sorry about your back. I watched the Matrix for the first time yesterday so I got myself the whole Triology and I loved it!

Alexa and Izza: You 2 seem to like Blue October. Will give them ..."

Mr Jones? I'll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

this is a good idea:

Name: Alice
Where do you live: Little Rock < my son was married there so this brings back good memories...
Colorado Springs, CO
Age (Optional): olde and feel older
What are you studying/What are you working as: retired long ago

What makes you happy: Autumn and frost...severly allergic to ragweed

What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
Twilight CD

An interesting fact about you: BA in Fine Art

Favourite place to be: here but need lower altitude and Forks, WA

Favorite lyric: my dog died this month so for now..Painted Black

Favourite book: Afternoon of an Autocrat by Norah Lofts

Favourite movie: Twilight

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
2. A book: Jassy by Norah Lofts

3. A song: Bella's Lullaby

4: A band: The Moody Blues

Hello I'm Paul Komarek, author of Defying Mental Illness. I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio. Just joined Goodreads to introduce my new book to people who may find it useful.

Defying Mental Illness focuses directly on techniques that support recovery - finding out what you're facing, figuring out what helps, dealing with risk, building alliances, and planning for the future.

Regards to all.

--pk---

Very grateful. I'll be looking into this book shortly. Mental illness is very common in my family.

Name: LeChondra (pronounced Luhh-shawn-druhh) [:
Where do you live: Atlanta (metro), GA
Age (Optional): 21
What are you studying/What are you working as: Business Managemment/ part-time job at McDonalds
What makes you happy: attending Bipolar Support Groups
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I love all types of music !
An interesting fact about you: I am very versatile? I love trying weird things like Andrew Zimmern
Favourite place to be: with my boyfriend
Favorite lyric: "Everything I'm not makes me everything I am"
Favourite book: "Loud in the House of Myself" is a wonderful book!
Favourite movie: Tangled <3

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Tangled! (of course)
2. A book: Loud in the House of Myself by Stacey Pershall
3. A song: Rest of my Life by Bruno Mars
4: A band: Tokio Hotel

If you want to know more about me, feel free to add me as a friend. I am also open to talking about mental illnesses (I am diagnosed with major depression, bipolar 2, slight ptsd, ocd, and slight eating disorder)

Name: Vicki
Where do you live: Tempe, AZ
Age (Optional): 27
What are you studying/What are you working as: copy minion
What makes you happy: sleep and my niece
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Seether
An interesting fact about you: I'm trying to figure out where I stand on "mental illness" when after 8 years of treatment for bipolar 1 including ECT nothing has worked
Favourite place to be: a warm beach
Favourite lyric: I have "All I have undergone/I will keep on" from NIN's The Way Out Is Through tattooed on my wrists, so I must like it
Favourite book: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Favourite movie: Fight Club

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Manic
2. A book: House of Leaves
3. A song: You Wouldn't Like Me by Tegan and Sara
4: A band: Nine Inch Nails

Name: Todd
Where do you live: South Korea
Age (Optional): 38
What are you studying/What are you working as: Teacher/Editor
What makes you happy: Painting and my dogs
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Tosca
An interesting fact about you: I'm a gypsy who has lived all over the world.
Favourite place to be: In the ocean
Favorite lyric: Your cold white brother alive in your blood
Spinning in the night sky
While the moon does its division, you're buried below
And you're coming up roses everywhere you go
-Elliot Smith
Favourite book: "The Grapes of Wrath"
Favourite movie: "Requiem for a Dream"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "The Bridge"
2. A book: "The Trial" by Kafka and "The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression" Andrew Solomon
3. A song: "Waiting Room" Fugazi
4: A band: Ani Difranco

Name: Daniel
Where do you live: Melbourne, Australia
Age (Optional): 36
What are you studying/What are you working as: Writer
What makes you happy: Waking up next to my hubby
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Original London cast recording of Mary Poppins
An interesting fact about you: I'm double-jointed in both my thumbs.
Favourite place to be: Daylesford, Victoria
Favorite lyric: "I love the nightlife, I've got to boogie": Alicia Bridges.
Favourite book: "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
Favourite movie: "Stand By Me"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "Star Trek"
2. A book: "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
3. A song: "The Walk" Hanson
4: A band: Westlife

name - katie
hi
i live in london, i'm 16
clearly i never follow rules movies? The Godfather
you know you've got to see 'takin' over the asylum'
brilliant tv show

Name: Rosen
Where do you live: Exeter, UK
What are you studying/What are you working as: Author
What makes you happy: The sea
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: KT Tunstall
An interesting fact about you: I once got a lego flower stuck up my nose
Favourite place to be: Cornwall
Favourite book: Dead Famous
Favourite movie: I have sevreal, including Amelie

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Big Fish
2. A book: The BFG
3. A song: White Horses (Dean and Britta)
4: A band: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Name: Ashleigh
Where do you live: Pittsburgh
Age (Optional): 31
What are you studying/What are you working as: Stay-at-home mom
What makes you happy: Water
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Alice in Chains
An interesting fact about you: I can write backwards and can write 2 different words with both hands at the same time.
Favourite place to be: The Southside in Pittsburgh
Favorite lyric: "And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home " Nutshell- Alice In Chains
Favourite book: "She's Come Undone" and "The Rapture of Canaan" are tied.
Favourite movie: "Poolhall Junkies"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "Requiem For A Dream"
2. A book: "Go Ask Alice"
3. A song: "Nutshell" Alice In Chains
4: A band: Alice In Chains

Hi, I am new to Goodreads, I have suffered from depression off and on for 20 years. This year I decided to find a way of living without darkness that wasn't dependent on drugs or lots of therapy. And I think I've found it thanks to my little dog Alfie, lots of mindfulness and some CBT.

Name: Joanne
Where do you live: Leeds, United Kingdom
Age (Optional): 42
What are you working as: Taking a career break
What makes you happy: My family and my little dog
What are you listening to now: Don't stop me now - Queen
An interesting fact about you: I played waterpolo and won quite a few trophies in my younger days
Favourite place to be: Somewhere warm, by the sea with a view
Favorite lyric: "I don't want to die but I ain't keen on living either"
Favourite book: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Favourite movie: Shawshank Redemption
RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Shawshank Redemption
2. A book: The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenments - Deepak Chopra
3. A song: Feel- Robbie Williams
4. A band: Queen (always lifts my spirits)

Name: Fai D Flouright (better known as my old name Yoite~)
Where do you live: South Carolina
Age (Optional): 15
What are you studying/What are you working as: I go to Nation Ford, I do Raptor center and band and fecning
What makes you happy: winter
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: band
An interesting fact about you: i'm lesbian and i own a farm of animals O.O
Favourite place to be: Raptor center
Favorite lyric: i've never had a kind heart, all i've been is weak
Favourite book: to many
Favourite movie: Dark SHwdows
RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: dunno
2. A book: when living hurts
3. A song: The new world
4: A band: nation ford martching band~

Name: Thomas Gehrman
Where do you live: Appleton
Age (Optional): 23
What are you studying/What are you working as: physics and mathematics
What makes you happy: learning
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Darude rush
An interesting fact about you: I have 6 siblings
Favourite place to be: home near Appleton
Favorite lyric: i'm going ague that since i'm still young i haven't found the right song yet
Favourite book: "K-pax"
Favourite movie: "Contact"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "patch adams"
2. A book: don't have one yet
3. A song: no yet but in the future
4: A band: not sure what to say here either

i'm finally glad to have a group where i can relate to people about my disorder and where to recieve reading material so i can learn to cope with it.

I am the child of a bipolar mother. Children of bipolar parents rarely write about their experiences. I reveal in my forthcoming memoir ROCKET MOMMA (currently being submitted by my agent to publishers) the multiple lessons I learned in coping with my bipolar-manic mother. We had 7 major turning points in our tumultuous relationship. My hope is that our story will help others on their quest for stability, forgiveness and love. www.janlarkey.com

Name: Claire Robinson-Ayres
Where Do You Live: Bristol, UK
Age (Optional): 34
What are you studying/What are you working as: Social Media Consultant
What makes you happy: Writing & Music
What are you listening to now/listened to last: Sound of Madness - Shinedown
An interesting fact about you: Allergic to gluten and fructose
Favourite place to be: in the sun (we don't see much in the UK)
Favourite Lyric: "I created the Sound of Madness.
Wrote the book on pain.
Somehow I'm still here,
To explain,
That the darkest hour never comes in the night.
You can sleep with a gun.
When you gonna wake up and fight... for yourself?"

Favourite Book: The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Favourite Movie: Lord of the Rings

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. a film: How I Live Now
2 A book: The Art of Postcard Writing by Leticia Supple (because we all need help with this!)
3. A Song: Freak Like Me - Halestorm
4. A band: Alter Bridge

Im a author and counselor. I was diagnosed with depression, and my father was Bipolar. My teen daughter committed suicide last year due to severe depression. So believe me when I say I understand depression and Bipolar! I have 4 books on Goodreads, and the 5th is being published this Winter, about the suicide of my daughter. So if I can answer any questions I'd be happy to, this is a safe and confidential place to share. Thank you.--Nina Bingham

Nina wrote: "Im a author and counselor. I was diagnosed with depression, and my father was Bipolar. My teen daughter committed suicide last year due to severe depression. So believe me when I say I understand d..."

what is the title of your fifth book?

Name: Kristen
Where do you live: Virginia but I migrate
Age (Optional): 19
What are you studying/What are you working as: Working on various projects in the fields of philosophy, psychology and criminology--out of pure interest.
What makes you happy: A good book
An interesting fact about you: I love Plato
Favourite place to be: my room
Favorite lyric: "Dear friend I've been trying to start over again.....I can't remember why but I know I'll get by, because in this moment we are alive...." Perks of Being a Wallflower inspired song by Arshad, "Infinite".
Favourite book: "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
Favourite movie: Don't watch enough movies.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A book: "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

My name is Melissa Miles McCarter. I am 40 and was diagnosed when I was 22 of bipolar disorder. A few years ago I wrote a memoir about my initial diagnosis during my first (of what would be one of a few more over the years) hospitalization called Insanity: A Love Story. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

I would love to read more books --especially memoirs--related to the subject of mental illness. I have read many over the years -–two of my favorites are Elyn Saks and Kay Redfield Jamison's books. I would love more recommendations.

I live in rural Southeast Missouri in a 170 civil war era home with my husband and a bunch of pets, including three English Bulldogs. I am a writer, academic and publisher. I recently got accepted as a blogger for Huffington Post and my second blog post was about bipolar disorder (specifically about whether I would "shed my bipolar skin if I could").

I am on a number of support groups on Facebook for bipolar disorder and have found socially connecting with others with mental health challenges healing for me. Because I love books so much, I hope connecting with others through goodreads about the subject of mental illness to will be rewarding as well.

Melissa

Here is the blog post about bipolar disorder on Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa...

:)

Hi everyone. I'm Gary.

I'm 54 and live in Glendale Queens, NY.

I have have major/clinical Depression and short term memory loss.

I've tried to kill myself twice in the past 5 years.

I'm currently looking for a romantic relationship with a woman in the New York area who has Depression too.

I'm extremely lonely. I have a lot of love in my heart to give to the right woman.

I'm a big fan of The Beatles and Oldies music and I really like very funny children's books.

Please visit my page to see my library.

Thanks. :-)

Name: Kaarin
Where you live: L.A.
Age: 13
What are you working on: Middle school…& a book. And surviving this pandemic.
What makes you happy: I don’t know
What are you listening to now: Mad World
Interesting fact: I love the color yellow
Favorite place to be: My bedroom. (I’m a homebody)
Favorite lyric: “Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow”
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Favorite movie: Avengers Endgame
Recommend
A film: It’s a Wonderful Life
A book: Percy Jackson
A song: Wicked Game by Ursine V.
A band: Fall out boys…. are they a band?

Hi! I’m new here! I have depression, anxiety, and ADD. I also love reading!

Hi all. I’m new to this group and have just published my first book “Battles with Bipolar: A collection of poetry about my personal experiences of battling with Bipolar II, Depression, Anxiety and Psychosis”

would be grateful if you could take a look it’s available on Amazon 📦

Thank you. holly