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Jan 16 2009

The Blues vs Depression

Published by Immi at 11:51 am under coping with bipolar disorder Edit This

As Bradley of How is Bradley said today

Everyone gets the blues. The difference is that it’s easy for people like me to allow the blues to take hold and drag you down into major depression. It’s one of the more difficult things to deal with when suffering from depression or bipolar. How do you determine that you have the blues and it’s ok as compared to major depression. I now believe one of the differences is whether you can dance with yourself around the apartment or not. 

He said that’s going to be one of the ways he monitors his feelings: what happens when he gets up and dances.  Bipolar depression won’t be shaken off as easily as a dance in the kitchen to a favorite tune.  The blues can be.It’s really important to be able to figure out what’s just life stuff and what’s bipolar related. What’s in your arsenal of checking in on your feelings and figuring them out? 

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