Episode 47 – Different Mental Health Professionals

There are significant but subtle differences between these four mental health professionals: psychiatrist; psychiatric nurse practitioner; psychologist; and therapist. While they are closely related, they come with different qualifications, certifications, and treatments.

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Episode 46 – Shades of Sorrow

Depression, either as a symptom or as the disorder itself, can manifest in different ways. Here, I talk a bit about my three main types I’ve felt–anger as an adolescent; flat depression and mood cycling depression as they alternate in my later years.

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Personal Update – The End

Hopefully the last personal update on this latest mood cycling+depression episode I’ve had over the last month. Kind of a thought ramble, really. We discuss a couple aspects of BPD and how it factors into this, then of course how the depressive episode has.

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Personal Update – Damages and Depression

This starts out as just me talking about how my relationship has so far been affected by my two weeks of mood cycling. Then it devolves into me talking about the depression I am currently in. Sorry, Mom.

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Personal Update – Cycling

This looong post goes into my week of mood cycling. If you want to read about what kinds of effects mood cycling can have on a person with minor inconveniences with everyday events, read through this. More updates to come…

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Episode 45 – Mood Cycling and Stress

I wanted to talk about mood cycling a bit more, but this turned into me talking about how stress possibly impacted my cycling mood. I explain my current stressors, including some of the timing of my mood cycling and the stressors.

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