Tag: workplace
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Diagnostic overshadowing, insight and self-stigma
I had lived with bipolar for years when I first came across the term, “diagnostic overshadowing”, in an online forum discussion about mental illness. It means where a clinician may privilege mental illness diagnosis over what the person is saying and other symptoms, assigning them to your mental health condition. Perhaps because I am articulate,…
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Older with bipolar – a double whammy
Life after work I came to the end of my formal working life a few years ago and believed I still had something to offer in terms of skills and experience. After a few months I realised that I wasn’t quite ready for full retirement and I sought out part-time paid work – nothing onerous,…