Facingus.org is a great bipolar resource

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Yesterday I "stumbled upon" (stumbleupon.com) a link towards a bipolar resource which I found to be fantastic. It was founded through the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalliance.org). Called "Facing Us" (facingus.org), I had once found this site back in April 2009. I hadn't returned since that time, but now I am dedicated to using the resource on a regular basis.

Besides having a source for you to write into a "Wellness Journal" or create a "Wellness Plan" you can also listen to other member's creative works they have published through the site. Music and poetry were featured. I thought what a wonderful way to express oneself creatively through a site like this one. I listened to the 2008 highlighted songwriters/singers. It was great to hear them in a podcast and a sample of their music. Even one of the winners used Lulu to publish one of their writing works, just like me with my poetry book.

There is also a "Wellness Tracker" which tracks your moods and medications each day. It was my second day of entry and I found it to be rather useful in helping me sort out my feelings in a way that allowed me to utilize a resource, such as my PC to track my moods. I would be able to access this anywhere. It is all private information, even though I dreaded having to fill out my name and email. Hopefully this information will stay private, or a lot of people may go mad, literally.

I think keeping a journal especially if you are a natural writer is great. It even beats going to see a therapist. It's your own talent being used in a way that you can look back and teach yourself, and have your loved ones help you through whatever battles that go on through your head. You could share that information with them, with a new therapist, with your doctor and they can keep it on file for your records. I feel this is a splendid method of accountability that can be reached by sharing it with your doctor, especially if you don't use a therapist. Remember yesterday's entry, I am seemingly against using a therapist at this stage of my illness. I feel for the most part, okay, still unbalanced but talk therapy just isn't doing anything new for me, it's time to move on to better things.

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So ultimately now, there is a computerized journal for writing your moods down in a way that is easy, fun and trackable just like the hand written journals I used to write back when I was being seen at Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord, NH. This is far superior and makes your life with bipolar much more organized.