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Bipolar Self-Screening: 7 Signs of Mania and Depression

26/07/2016by Frank Moody 4 Comments

7 signs you’d wish you could’ve looked out for …

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Thank you Heart 104.9 fm, Thank you Cape Town

29/04/2016by ourlivedexperience 2 Comments

   We’d like to thank the Heart breakfast team for the opportunity to share our story on air yesterday.  The interview was exquisitely handled by Aden Thomas and the topic […]

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#FeatureFriday: Ashleigh Davids on #mentalhealth

04/12/2015by Yvette Hess 8 Comments

Our next submission comes from another dear friend of ours, miss Ashleigh Davids.   I was a depressed teen and adolescent. As a result, I had a few mediocre years […]

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Would Ingrid Jonker have lived today?

05/11/2015by ourlivedexperience Leave a comment

By Ilse Pauw, Health24 Ingrid Jonker committed suicide over 46 years ago. Would modern-day psychiatry have saved her life? My lyk lê uitgespoel in wier en gras op al die […]

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Jocelyn Fryer: Fear can be a funny thing

07/10/2015by ourlivedexperience 2 Comments

Thanks again, Jocelyn, for allowing us to publish your very lovely writing. (You can visit her at My Humble Pie and you can read an introduction to her right here on OLE.). […]

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Another South African Bipolar Linkdump

06/10/2015by blahpolar 23 Comments

Did you notice the facelift? Like it? As well as the general layout, we also have a new OLE button for you (eyes left) and if you’d like to use […]

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Preamble to possible balance – pacifying the bipolar beast

01/10/2015by Ilze Gopal 12 Comments

It was supposed to be my final year at University. Instead I flat lined with an ear deafening label…. Institutionalised. It was a banner that was being lifted above my […]

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Are YOU a mental health blogger or open about your mental illness?

20/08/2015by Yvette Hess 9 Comments

Are you a South African who writes or blogs about your mental health? Then join our network and get our new badge! #ProudlySA

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On Koos Kombuis and Manic Depression

17/08/2015by blahpolar Leave a comment

This all happened freaking years ago (2008), but finding existing content about bipolar disorder in South Africa is, as I’m sure you know very well by now, a bit of […]

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[New Story]: Welcome Katekani Baloyi!

31/05/2015by ourlivedexperience Leave a comment

Before I add his text, I’d like to briefly tell you how I met Katekani.  We went to the same university and studied in the same faculty,  but we didn’t […]

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