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News Reporter: Mr. Great Pumpkin how do you reply to reports that you advocate cutting and Self-injury???

Caption: News Flash: Pumpkin Cutting on the Rise

Answer this for BP Hope – How do you navigate the dating scene with bipolar?

As some may know, (look out I’m about to toot my own horn), on Wednesdays I’m an ambassador blogger at BP Hope Magazine.  This week I gave my own little twist on Dating with Bipolar. BP Hope is looking for your dating experiences.  Just answer “THE Question” and submit it to the editor and you may be included in the magazine’s SOUND OFF section in the upcoming issue.  There is a deadline, so hurry up and make up a fake boyfriend or girlfriend, no… I mean share your real dating stories.

News Reporter: Mr. Great Pumpkin how do you reply to reports that you advocate cutting and Self-injury???

 Caption: News Flash: Pumpkin Cutting on the Rise

News Flash: Cutting and Self-injury on the Rise

Cutting/Self-Injury is not just a “teenage girl’s” problem.  Men/ boys do it, too. It is no secret that I, like most of you, grew up tormented in one way or another.  For me, I was the outcast with severe “father issues.”

One of my mal-productive coping mechanisms was cutting, and it started early for me. This violent self-mutilation was my way out of my inner turmoil. I hid it from my family for years. I can remember the emotions that led up to the act, but I can never remember the pain.  To me, that pain felt better than what was going on in my head.

Quick update: I will be at Alternatives 2011… Look for me and my Bowler.

Chato: I’m gonna do it this time! I call this my Medieval diet! Hand me my mask please.

Caption: You haven’t dieted till you’ve done the medieval diet!

FINALLY a real WEIGHT LOSS SOLUTION that WORKS

I was reading a report PDF* file about Obesity and Mental Illness. I was not surprised to learn that “obesity is one of the most common physical health care problems among persons with severe and persistent mental illness.“  I’m fat. I’ve known that for a while. However, I just  found out not only am I fat, I’m classed as a “super obese” male or “class III obesity”… Gosh, I always wanted to be super at something, but not BEING FAT!!!

Sign: You must be this tall to ride: age 12 (crossed out), age 8 (crossed out), age 6 (crossed out), AGE 4 [ADHD playground]

Caption: Children as young as 4 can be diagnosed ADHD

ADHD Guidelines Change: NOW OKAY – Diagnosing 4 Year Olds

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/ADHD guidelines changed to include diagnosing children as young as  4 years old.  The latest change addresses “children ages 4-18 because there is additional research on that age range,” says Mark Wolraich, chairman of the committee that prepared the report, released Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference in Boston.