Mood Music: Flaming Lips
I can think of no album that is happier than The Flaming Lips’ 1993 noise-pop masterpiece Transmissions From the Satellite Heart.
Bipolar Celebrities: Halsey
Halsey is a tough girl with a rebellious mystique. A rare commodity in this world of plastic music, she is a pop star who writes all her own material. Her debut album Badlands currently sits at number 16 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. It peaked at number two. She’s accomplished all of this in the face of bipolar.
Do ‘Depressed Cake Shops’ Help or Hurt Depression?
When I saunter into my day job, I see a spectrum of color. Delicious desserts like colorful cupcakes. Sinful donuts. Rainbow-sprinkled cookies. And everything from cannoli to tiramisu. Depressed Cake Shop aims to raise awareness about depression by baking dark and dreary desserts. It’s a pop-up shop traveling the world.
Bipolar Celebrities: Catherine Zeta-Jones
While it can’t be easy keeping up with a busy filming schedule, she’s managed to do it, despite her bipolar, proving once again that our illness does not have to be not debilitating.
Psych Report: What if Your Pee Could Determine Your Fate?
There are no brain scans, X-rays, or MRIs that can identify bipolar disorder or any other mood disorder. But pee? Yes, your urine might be able to help discern what mood disorder you may have.
The Bipolar Punk Rock Opera You’ve Been Waiting For
New Jersey punks Titus Andronicus just dropped an atomic bomb of a double album, The Most Lamentable Tragedy, a 29-song, 93-minute blood-and-guts opus about frontman Patrick Stickles’ struggles with bipolar disorder.
Famous Alcoholics: Billie Holiday
She is truly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, if not the greatest. And she was also a hardcore alcoholic and addict. Her drink of choice was a Top and Bottom — half gin, half port wine.
Virtual Reality to Treat Bipolar Disorder?
I thought virtual reality was a relic of the ‘90s – clunky headsets never to be seen again in this world of smartphones and tablets. But no, it’s being used for medical purposes — particularly to simulate environments for mental health patients.
The Rant: Drugs and Alcohol Interfere at Concerts
I’ve been to my fair share of concerts — around 600 according to my estimation, most of them punk shows. And one thing that is always ubiquitous is weed. If you have to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in order to enjoy a concert, you’re doing it wrong.
Ask the Author: Are We Born Bipolar?
Sometimes I think “What if I never took a psychotropic med in my life? Would I still be bipolar?” My mania was triggered by the antidepressant Prozac.
