So Happy It's Thursday ... Updates on new stuff

WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.589 --> 00:00:17.309 You don't understand. I had class. I could have been a Contamina, 2 00:00:18.309 --> 00:00:22.179 I could have been somebody. Dude, if it's going to be that kind 3 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:34.299 of part, I'm on thing my thiging about Whoa. Welcome to buy polar 4 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:39.969 style. Hey, how you doing? This is I am John Emotions and 5 00:00:40.170 --> 00:00:44.049 I'm really glad to have you here. So you know I'm not actually going 6 00:00:44.130 --> 00:00:47.409 to use that intro. It's pretty overthetop, isn't it? I like it. 7 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:50.119 I like to listen to it now and then I might share it once 8 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:55.600 in a while, but I'm I'm getting the voiceover person to do an intro 9 00:00:55.759 --> 00:01:00.920 so it'll it'll start to even out and you'll get a little more consistent introduction 10 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.189 to the podcast here shortly, like after this weekend, I'm getting some more 11 00:01:06.430 --> 00:01:10.629 parts. I need to do the phone interviews and then I could interview a 12 00:01:10.670 --> 00:01:15.069 couple of cool people I've met on the twitter. Yeah, so today's Thursday 13 00:01:15.469 --> 00:01:22.379 in California USA. It's been a long week. Man, working as hard 14 00:01:23.299 --> 00:01:26.939 I know. Everybody that works knows working is hard, but man, it 15 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:33.090 seems extra hard when anything set you off, like if you're a bipolar man. 16 00:01:34.049 --> 00:01:37.689 Working is ridiculous. Sometimes. You when you. Sometimes getting out of 17 00:01:37.730 --> 00:01:41.730 bed is ridiculous, but you've got to eat, you got to pay rent, 18 00:01:42.129 --> 00:01:45.090 you got to do stuff. Like stuff has to happen in life where 19 00:01:45.090 --> 00:01:49.439 you will like literally end up in the street. So what do you do? 20 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.840 You just gotta fucking work it out, man. And what really sucks 21 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.079 here's one of the things I was noticing in some of the online kind of 22 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:01.109 groups. Is there the one of the main differences between bipolar and just regular 23 00:02:01.189 --> 00:02:07.550 depression is that when you have bipolar, the doctors will rarely give you anything 24 00:02:07.830 --> 00:02:13.710 for the depressive aspect of bipolar first. In other words, they don't really 25 00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:17.219 treat your depression first, they go for your mania. They're like, Oh, 26 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:21.699 let's work on your sleep first, but let's give you these drugs to 27 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:23.580 slow you down, and then those, I mean, obviously you can't work 28 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:28.180 with too many of those in your system either. So it becomes a whole 29 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:30.650 kind of dog and pony show with trying to figure out what drugs work for 30 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:35.969 you, what ones mellow you out enough so that you can handle a job 31 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:40.289 without knocking you out, meaning that you're not able to perform the job. 32 00:02:42.129 --> 00:02:46.479 So it's pretty tricky and I'm not sure about other bipolar folks, but I've 33 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:52.719 noticed this kind of pattern that happens over course of, you know, many, 34 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:58.280 many months or even years, and that will get a good job. 35 00:02:58.949 --> 00:03:02.270 Basically I'll be, you know, moderately to me, kind of hypomatic. 36 00:03:02.669 --> 00:03:07.629 Get a good job, the latch onto my skills, take advantage of all 37 00:03:07.629 --> 00:03:13.060 the great things I have to offer. Offer me medical insurance, and then 38 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:16.379 I'll go to the doctor. They don't get some meds, and then I'll 39 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:23.099 get therapy. However, in every case so far, the meds and the 40 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:29.330 therapy aren't quite enough of a combination to prevent every occurrence. So then I 41 00:03:29.409 --> 00:03:31.370 end up screwing up at work somehow, when, ways that haven't really been 42 00:03:31.449 --> 00:03:34.530 explained to me, but I you know, long and short of it, 43 00:03:34.569 --> 00:03:38.289 I end up losing jobs. You lose your jobs, you lose your medical 44 00:03:38.330 --> 00:03:42.800 insurance, then you lose your meds. No job, no medical insurance, 45 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:46.560 no meads. Move from town to town, try to hook up with the 46 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:51.319 local kind of public health system. They're always chasing around your records to try 47 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.680 to figure out what the last doctor prescribe for you. They can't always match 48 00:03:54.789 --> 00:03:58.830 the same meds that you took before. So now you're taking different meds and 49 00:03:58.870 --> 00:04:02.509 going through different mood swings. So the whole thing is this crazy circus of 50 00:04:03.270 --> 00:04:09.830 trial and error really. So trying to do all of that while maintaining a 51 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:15.020 job to feed yourself and how's yourself is a challenge, to say the least. 52 00:04:15.300 --> 00:04:20.420 So I like to say Shi, so happy. It's Thursday now. 53 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:24.220 Actually, I'm getting I don't like to say that, but my grandma did 54 00:04:24.290 --> 00:04:27.769 used to say it and I think it was funny. So Shi t to 55 00:04:27.850 --> 00:04:32.889 you. She it. It's Thursday. Can't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow. 56 00:04:33.050 --> 00:04:35.930 Anyway, back to tomorrow. Tomorrow's paid at work. Yeah, so I 57 00:04:35.970 --> 00:04:41.199 can get the parts I need to get my podcast guests on here. We'll 58 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.600 start sharing podcast in finding cool people that want to share their stories. I 59 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.480 think the NEAT thing about having a podcasts is I can reach out to people 60 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.910 and help each other share stories with one another in a way that's a little 61 00:04:54.949 --> 00:04:58.509 more meaningful than the written word. I mean, God bless people who write 62 00:04:58.509 --> 00:05:02.430 blogs and text and tweet and facebook posts, but actually, when you hear 63 00:05:02.509 --> 00:05:08.180 people's stories come out in their own words into your ears, man, sometimes 64 00:05:08.220 --> 00:05:13.019 it's really moving and it's nice to know that other people actually feel and really 65 00:05:13.060 --> 00:05:16.420 resonate the same way you do, especially if you're in a bad place. 66 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:20.339 I don't know if you found this podcast in a bad place like how you're 67 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:23.889 feeling right now, and if you are, by all means reach out. 68 00:05:23.889 --> 00:05:29.889 We've got some good resources. That bipolar stylecom support. There's some warm lines 69 00:05:29.930 --> 00:05:31.970 where you can call people and just chat. Doesn't have to be urgent, 70 00:05:32.050 --> 00:05:34.490 like you're not. Don't have to be ready to jump off a building or 71 00:05:34.529 --> 00:05:39.319 anything. You can just call a warm line and share and share with them 72 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.920 anonymously. So try to do that if you're, if you found this podcast, 73 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.639 looking for hope of some sort. You know, just check out bipolarcom 74 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:53.910 I'm sorry, by polar stylecom support. Check out those links. Go do 75 00:05:54.029 --> 00:05:59.509 that real quick. Okay, hold on, did you do it? No, 76 00:05:59.709 --> 00:06:01.509 seriously, go do it. Go do it right now. Get you 77 00:06:01.629 --> 00:06:06.459 sit here and listen passively. If you're feeling bad, we have to engage 78 00:06:06.459 --> 00:06:10.819 you just a little bit to make sure you're still with us. You know, 79 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:14.500 everything's not going to fall apart in the next ten minutes. So go 80 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:20.970 to bipolar stylecom support. Take note of those. Some warm lines, suicide 81 00:06:20.970 --> 00:06:25.209 hot lines, if it's really bad and get on twitter and follow us. 82 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:28.889 We've got a pretty strong twitter following. People are there to help. So 83 00:06:29.170 --> 00:06:33.040 if you feeling low, let us know. So today was kind of a 84 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:35.959 day, you know what I mean. I don't know what it was. 85 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:41.439 I got up on the wrong side of the bed. Everything that came at 86 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:46.040 me I just filed into the John is an idiot, John is an Asshole, 87 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:47.870 John is a loser. I filed them all into that cabinet in my 88 00:06:47.990 --> 00:06:54.910 head and by lunch I was miserable, just miserable. And you know what, 89 00:06:55.310 --> 00:06:58.350 do you do? So if you if you have a job, at 90 00:06:58.350 --> 00:07:00.110 least I had some structure, you know, I can kind of plow through 91 00:07:00.189 --> 00:07:05.300 my emails and make sure things happen. Personally, like I ride a bike, 92 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:11.019 roade by bike home from work. Got A little exercise and that's always 93 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:15.250 good. Release some actual energy from your from your system. Just get it 94 00:07:15.329 --> 00:07:19.970 out. That helps relax a little bit. HMM. Beyond that, though, 95 00:07:20.850 --> 00:07:24.930 man, it's got to breathe. So I'm really happy it's Thursday. 96 00:07:25.689 --> 00:07:30.120 I'd like to share more. Really look for to these interviews we're going to 97 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.199 do on the weekend. So that's all cool. When to get onto twitter, 98 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.560 train and figure out and how to better promote. That's such a challenge 99 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:41.199 to me. I'm like, how I follow people I like and I share 100 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:44.199 as much as I could think is reasonable. And like, how do I 101 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.629 how? Any how do you do that? Anyway? So if you have 102 00:07:46.790 --> 00:07:49.750 some good ideas on how twitter works better, let me know. Yah, 103 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:54.470 hit me up, follow me on twitter. I'll follow you back. Cool 104 00:07:55.230 --> 00:07:57.269 Man. That's about it. Oh, here, that's the sound. You 105 00:07:57.389 --> 00:08:00.379 probably don't hear that sound because I edit it out, but I make this 106 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:09.259 it's annoying as we progress through these podcasts. I'm going to stop that noise. 107 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:16.569 I think I've done a better job of not saying so on this particular 108 00:08:16.610 --> 00:08:20.569 podcast. All, straighten up the INTRO. No more craziness on the intro. 109 00:08:22.689 --> 00:08:26.439 And Tomorrow I've got a cool story to tell you about my sister Katie, 110 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.319 so stay tuned for that. I might post it later in the night, 111 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:35.320 maybe even Sunday morning, but a way. I'm sorry, getting way 112 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.840 ahead of myself. It's only Thursday now. I will post another podcast on 113 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:45.029 Saturday with the cool story. I did it again, the cool story about 114 00:08:45.029 --> 00:08:50.429 my sister Katie. Hope you have awesome Friday. Take it easy this weekend. 115 00:08:50.750 --> 00:08:56.460 Be Kind to yourself. Go find us at bipolar stylecom. Join us. 116 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:58.379 Sign up for the email list. That way I can you know we 117 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:03.860 can stay in touch, regardless of what social media platform is the flavor of 118 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:05.580 the year. I love to stay in touch with you that way. So 119 00:09:05.779 --> 00:09:09.769 sign up to the email list. Check out the MERCH store for some emo 120 00:09:09.889 --> 00:09:15.289 Joe Schwag and what else we got over there? Hmm? Oh, the 121 00:09:15.289 --> 00:09:18.049 leaderboard. Go See who's on top of the leaderboard. Pretty sure Diane's kicked 122 00:09:18.049 --> 00:09:22.210 all your butts this month and I'll be sending her out in Emo Joe tank 123 00:09:22.289 --> 00:09:26.320 top so when she goes and does her workouts she can rock it. Thank 124 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:30.279 you so much for that. I really appreciate all the help. Yeah, 125 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:33.480 I think that's about it. We're doing another podcast, do a podcast with 126 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.590 some friends on heavy metal of all things. So we're doing an interview and 127 00:09:37.669 --> 00:09:41.950 I'm going to do some research right now. Going to go downstairs and watch 128 00:09:41.990 --> 00:09:50.269 a heavy metal documentary about La Metal Metallica, great white quiet riot. You 129 00:09:50.350 --> 00:09:54.899 feel me now? All right, all right, then, you guys, 130 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:56.740 have a great day of an awesome Friday. If it's your paid a, 131 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:01.019 don't spend all your money in one place. If you're feeling low, go 132 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:07.529 check out by polar stylecom support thanks a bunch. Hi Guys,