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Just One Thing Is Needed
Tags: purplehaize + manic depression + endorphin booster
Quite possibly one of the greatest challenges for me has been keeping on top of things; I have a stack of things to get done, however I can wake up on a free day feeling completely depressed: what then?
All those plans, hopes and 'to do' lists go out the window, as I struggle to do the simplest of things: get out of bed, eat breakfast, or even sit down at the computer and keep up with my emails.
So what's a guy to do, when he's lost his mojo? well, one of the things I've discovered, (and so far, it's worked for me) is to DO AT LEAST ONE...
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Are You Experienced?
Tags: purplehaize + manic depression + bi-polar affective disorder + journal

I am pleased to announce that I 'suffer' from what is currently all the rage in designer (read 'celebrity') maladies; manic depression, or to give it its latest term, bi-polar affective disorder.
Luckily for me, rather than experiencing bouts of what Winston Churchill referred to as 'the black dog of depression,' I experience hypomania, which is the more elated version of the condition.
So far, I have decided to accept this condition; I strongly believe that it defines in many ways who I am, and being diagnosed 6 years ago has answered a...
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