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Finding Freedom with Bipolar

Onalee Wilson, MRC, CRC•podcasters.spotify.com
Health & Fitness
Mental Health
If you have bipolar disorder you know how trapped and alone you can feel and literally be. If I can find freedom from the captive hold that bipolar 1 disorder has had on my life after 21 years of struggle, I believe you can do the same. Part of freeing myself is being real with my challenges, choosing a healthier identity and habits, releasing my past/the stories that I've locked away with shame, confronting my limiting beliefs, and rewiring my brain. My "freedom journey" to lasting mental health recovery I want to share with you. Jailbreak and finding freedom is possible. Let's do this.
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08: What stress and triggers have lead you to the hospital? Here’s an example of mine.

I don’t explain my hospitalization in this podcast episode. But here’s the prelude leading to it. I honestly thought I’d never need a psychiatric hospitalization again. I thought I was past all that…so this came as an awful surprise and after my son’s important event that I wanted to be so special and it deserved to be. I felt like I ruined it and my marriage was in jeopardy. This is what happened… Song dedications for this podcast episode: My Life by Imagine Dragons and Blood Upon the Snow by H...

Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 8

07: Helpful things for my depression and spring funk

The small things matter when you’re in a vulnerable state. Among other things, I share the small, gradual progress that compounded to steer me in a better direction that helped me get through my depression rut and spring funk. **Song recommendation: Fight Song by Rachel Platten. Listen on YouTube.com or however you get your music. I like the hour version the best.:)

May 12, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 7

06: Enough is enough. I’m breaking through my depressed rut.

After a very long break (over a year) I’m finally back! This marks a new starting line as I’ve reached the “enough is enough” threshold and will get out of this rut. **Song recommendation—Joy in the Morning by Tauren Wells (worship version). Look up on YouTube or however you get your music.

Apr 17, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 6

05: Need to share this before I continue

Do you have a hard time “showing up” in your life with what you want to do and end up self-sabotaging with a new endeavor? Do u keep recreating the same with focusing on your struggles? Are you stuck in your old identity but scared of who you could really become if you create the identity you want? These are some of the things I’ve been facing and need to address to help me continue with this podcast. I also have a better plan to share the content I’ve already recorded that I think will benefit ...

Sep 20, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5

04: Suicide Part 2–More to my story and learn from my mistakes

I hope sharing more of my suicide attempt story, the mistakes I made that can be learned from, and what I learned calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is helpful. Here are some useful resources featured in today's podcast: Songs that Bring Hope--Listen to however you get your music or YouTube Truth Be Told by Mathew West The God Who Stays by Mathew West Be Alright by Evan Craft, Redimi2, and Danny Gokey (There's a rap and no rap version) Immediate Help with Suicide/Suicidal Thoughts ...

May 21, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4

03: Suicide—If you are suicidal or having suicidal thoughts

My heart goes out to you if you are suicidal or are having suicidal thoughts! Your life matters and please stay! Even if the world or your life is a complete mess—if you go through with it, you’ll never find out how good and meaningful your life could get. And your intense suffering or dark/numb nothingness can ease quicker than you think with the right help and support. Hopefully my story and insight will be of benefit. Also, I want to dedicate these 3 songs to this podcast episode that you can...

May 03, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Intro Part 2: My journey with bipolar and my plan to jailbreak

My “highlight reel” with bipolar disorder, and my “escape plan” to jailbreak. We can find freedom by working through our own stuff, and learning how to execute “the escape plan” in order to tunnel through our own prison walls of bipolar. In going through this important but incremental process, I believe we will discover that it then crafts our own unique key to unlock any “bipolar mind jail cell” we may get stuck in the future. Let’s do this!

Dec 11, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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