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AB Pod: Epi-5: Karen Gupton Interview – Arc Of My Bipolar Story

25 January 2018

AB Pod: Epi-5: Karen Gupton Interview: Arc Of My Bipolar StoryThis is the best version of my entire bipolar story.

It’s concisely delivered without a lot of fluff.

Yet it’s crammed with every pertinent fact about how I became bipolar, how I found out, what it did to me, how I got out and a bit of what came next.

It sums up nicely the bipolar hell I survived

I presented the story calmly, while relaying even the worst parts of it in a positive fashion.

I shared my pain and anger from that time without getting emotionally involved, which isn’t always easy for me.

The interview took place about 9 years ago, maybe a hair less

I hadn’t listened to this since it was produced.

Karen Gupton was a sweetheart of an interviewer and directed me well by asking the right questions at the right time.

I was stunned at how well it conveyed the most important facts and ideas I wanted to make public

  • This episode should go far in helping supporters see what bipolar looks like from the victim’s side
  • And sufferers should easily be able to see I am family, and that there is hope

Now be sure to access my free wellness system to start shortening your own arc.

Because you’ve suffered long enough.

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Key Points: (The Whole Arc!)

  • In the beginning: the size of something that could piss me off was getting smaller by the day
  • My reaction to these things (rage) was getting bigger by the day
  • Life seemed made entirely of stress every day, and it was growing
  • I knew my stress was too intense, not normal
  • My physical health was still great, so I got referred to a psychiatrist who declared me to be “classic bipolar” inside of 20 minutes of our first meeting
  • Depakote was first ever psychotropic med and made me instantly suicidal, something I’d never felt
  • Next 6 years was just constant attempt to get the right cocktail mix of psych meds
  • Entire time I was on meds, bipolar only got stronger
  • Very last doc gave me an official Death Sentence: 6 months to live before I was “dead by cop”
  • He also gave me permission to try anything that I thought might help, while confirming that Psychiatry was not my answer
  • My inner Marine spoke to me that day (in a whisper) and told me to fight back
  • A Discover Magazine article led me to Truehope Supplements, which became the first positive gain
  • Next, I somehow found my way to Bill Harris whose story mirrored mine, minus the bipolar, and Step Two of my system came to life
  • First marriage ended in divorce due to bipolar
  • My son was born and I became a stepfather as well, neither of which was manageable for me at the time
  • OD’ed on Lithium while drunk: Declared dead on ER gurney, but came back to life, then 2-week coma
  • Second marriage ended in separation due to bipolar
  • Greatest testament to effectiveness of my system: second wife returned to me
  • Key lesson: assuming psych meds are only way out is a mistake
  • Key lesson: half and half my system with meds is OK!
  • Bipolar sufferers forced to take better care of selves in the ways we all tend to unwisely ignore
  • A good listener is a key component to eating or managing this illness
  • Part of bipolar may be that you’re eccentric, a DaVinci maybe, harmless, but it’s getting blown out of proportion within the illness itself
  • BIGGEST LESSON: Learn to have faith in your ability to heal. You have power beyond measure!
  • Take responsibility for everything in your life, then act accordingly
  • Don’t look or count on someone else to save you. You are your own savior!
  • Key Lesson: a huge part of bipolar is based in living a way that doesn’t pursue your true purpose

Links:

  • It Takes Guts To Live Well: My free wellness system
  • Ronda Del Boccio: My original writing coach for my book and one of the finest people currently walking the Earth
  • The Mad Demi-Gods era: The stuff I mentioned at end of episode
  • Seven21 Media Center Kingston, NY: Where all the Mad Demi God and legitimate projects alike of that era took place
  • You Do You Guide: Free resource for capitalizing on your life experiences
  • DaVinci Type Personality: Bipolar or just eccentric? Tame the first, keep the second
  • Vitamin Cure: Discover Magazine May 2005: Article about Truehope Supplements for bipolar disorder
  • Truehope Supplements: Saved my life as well as helped rebuild my perspectives on mental illness
  • Try as I might, I could not find anything online about Karen Gupton
  • The photographer of this post’s featured photo: unsplash-logoSpaceX
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