Thank you I never thought about it like that ! I'm just willing to learn everything I can about a lot of different things but especially about skin care makeup mental health I'm actually really excited to start watching you and the other ladies ❤️ thanks to genie
you're so brave. I hate having Bipolar 1 and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Every time I try to disclose it to people, they shun me. I think people treat men and women with mental illness differently. Women get labeled at crazy by default, so imagine the things people would say about me and how they treat me, and how they look (or don't look) at me. Americans are completely ignorant about bipolar, and they think bipolar is a character defect. My parents are tired of me. Literally nobody understands me. Having bipolar is like being stranded in the middle of a deep ocean, being subjected to hurricanes, and having absolutely no one to save you. When I'm on my meds, no one would think I'm bipolar. When I'm manic, it's total loss of control to govern myself, my words, my behavior, and my actions. I've had humiliating public episodes. At this point, I'm swallowing my pride and going on disability after 15 episodes/hospitalizations in 10 years. I am praying for a cure. I'm a bipolar survivor, I don't just have it. I am still alive. Many many many people aren't here to say that. Have compassion for the mentally ill. We are literally fighting to stay alive. But at the same time, us bipolars are extremely intelligent... and I love being knowledgeable and educated, but because of my episodes, I am treated like dirt by former friends and colleagues. To say that it hurts is a laughable understatement. However I'm still standing!! And I'm hella proud to say that.
I can’t wait for my bipolar 26 yr old daughter to get where you are at. She’s finally accepting her diagnosis and taking her meds plus seeing a therapist. I’m the one educating myself to be able to understand it but I can’t wait until she manages it fully herself. She was hospitalized three times the last hospitalization was two weeks ago. She overdosed on her meds which open my eyes and her eyes. I’m a nurse so I’m researching everything there is to know about bipolar since I’m an ICU nurse. Thank you for all you do
I am the mom of a newly diagnosed 9 year old boy. I have to say that I am in tears watching your videos. This channel is calming my fears by giving me information that is grounded and real and personal. Thank you for this channel. It has become in instant lifeline.
Sometimes I wonder why I wasn't diagnosed with Bi-Polar 1 disorder until I had a breakdown when I turned 64 years old. I wonder why no one in my family noticed that I suffered from low self esteem and depression when I was very young. I look back at "my path." I am blessed with a wonderful son,devoted daughter-in law ,and a dear grandson . I've also found a good therapist and a course of medications that keep me stable. I count my blessings..I appreciate your show Thank you Robert from Eve G.
I always say that “I am” not bipolar; “I have” bipolar disorder. I just recently discovered your channel and I find it very helpful. Keep up the good work 👍.
Please please do not stop making these videos. I am so sick with bipolar type two and I’m just not getting the right help and I can’t find the right help. Listening to your videos helps me feel like I’m not alone in this. I don’t know how long I could take this
@@lindamastropietro3469 You need the right anti depressant along with a mood stabilizer, and make sure you don't have a comorbid condition like ADD. You have to treat both conditions not just the bipolar. Sometimes you have to have the ability to diagnose yourself and research the treatment and have a doctor willing to listen to you.
Polar Warrior-What a rich, full life you have! Thank you for producing these videos. There is still such a stigma about mental illness in America. We are not our illnesses, but rather our illnesses are just a small part of who we are. Keep spreading the word that we are so much more than our illness!
I don't have bipolar disorder but I stumbled upon your channel and enjoy watching you speak so authentically and passionately. Thank you for all you do!
I have been classified as bi polar but have only had two. Episodes of mania Right now have been depressed for over a year. Am on antidepressant s and anxiety meds
You definitely have given me the tools and inspired me and helped me understand so much about bipolar. And to see The disease as that, and not as who my partner is.. We had a bad moment, but are back on track...and moving forward , I always look forward to the next video of yours.. I definitely loved you sharing your life.. because you live with this as we do..a very brave thing to open up and letting us all know your personal journey.. THANKS. ROB ****
Robert, what jumped out is your VOICE: specifically your enunciation and intonation in the context of such intense subject matter and disclosure. I feel this video gives a lot of clues to how you developed such well-honed vocal delivery with so much to say from your own life experience, research, and ongoing discovery. I also viewed the entirely of "HOW IT'S MADE Bipolar Disorder Videos From Polar Warriors!" and realize the writing/scripting and gear investment are all contributing to the overall quality of the "final" result. How I discovered your channel: I have been doing intuitively guided surveying of TH-cam channels that discuss mental health and illness in the most deep and succinct ways so that I can assemble collective wisdom in a free-form collage format that I can add and subtract from as this pool of amazing statements grows and evolves. So imagine what you could do as well with your own video archives, combining your statements and perhaps overlaying further fresh commentary and sounds with your music-making talents. Please leave a reply to this if you want to follow my experimenting with video channel audio. I was working with a couple of other good channels, but the speakers volume levels and enunciation was all over the place, rendering a lot of it useless, and a pain to navigate for good parts to collage. I was going to struggle on with tedious sifting through flawed audio, but now that you have given us such clear audio, I want to spare myself the agony of working with other channel material when I could be working with your audio instead. I don't plan to hi-jack your effort and repost it, rather my effort is self-therapeutic and self-explorative, and toward optimum-survival and educational value within my apartment building environment. My intended audience for this work is first of all me for recurring review and musing further into these topics. But there is this other urgency to my endeavors. Namely, I am in a long term apartment living situation with people that avoid learning about the things you talk about, and in my ongoing frustration, I am preparing 5-15-minute collages to broadcast from my apartment door when the "zoo atmosphere" ratchets up, and I want something educational to play over the numbing din. I noticed that so far it is working and the no-sense noise and b.s. will subside for a while after I "broadcast" some of my collages. I am even doing such experiments as overlaying two or more message tracks so words from different tracks serendipitously stand out from the rest, and cause the listener to listen more closely to suss out what the messages are about, kind of like a word or phrase "treasure hunt" instead of being totally linear in a didactic way. I encourage you to play around with your existing material just to "spell yourself" from the very commendable straightforward teaching regimen you have committed to. We all can use "re-creative pauses". You obviously have a playful side that you may be able to refresh yourself in before you segue right back into your more serious video topic output, especially when you are having some rough spots, and are dreading the hard work and intense focus that is required to keep growing your video archive. Some of your own archive audio collages could be added into future video as intros, outros, or intermissions. Or you could chop-suey bits of each new video soundtrack into audio spice sprinkled into each video, perhaps under a still image or something, in keeping with the video topic. Or maybe as a sectional reprise or review. You have such great plans for growing your career, yet you should be commended for dropping such highly useful building blocks for careers and creations still not even conceived by fellow TH-camrs. Your videos merit lots of additional archiving so that your dedication and hard work can be built on by others that come after you-even future you's. I want to immediately thank you for making my wisdom treasure hunting that much more enjoyable and rewarding. I feel that skillful audio-collaging presented well can be transformative in improving one's own housing or other interpersonal environment, and might be something others in an otherwise intractable living situation might try in order to move the vibrational needle upward where they live. I believe that others (including neighbors) might more easily open up to carefully prepared audio messaging than they would ever accept or absorb face to face. This approach is both direct and oblique, and might help finesse or ease us through situations we might otherwise just shut ourselves off from-or judge as hopelessly toxic and dysfunctional. -Thomas
Your a great person Robert and are helping someone like me a lot, I was diagnosed with BP type 2 back in 2009 and it is a horrible illness. I wish there was a cure but since that is not possible right now I wish for people to understand or at least try, it seems like at least many people around me make no effort and think that because I appear physically fit I am perfectly healthy but inside I feel like I am trapped in a nightmare sometimes (like now). Sometimes I listen to the videos on the channel and others while I work as a sort of therapy session as my insurance changed an I can only go to therapy no 2x per month and that is dependent upon availability of my therapist. What I am struggling with is how do you get family and friends to understand that mental illness is as real as a physical illness, many of the people close to me seem to act like this is less serious than the sniffles. Any advice is appreciated
I have a great video that talks about “what does bipolar disorder feel like.” That might be a good one for them to watch, but if they are in denial personally, there’s not a whole lot that can be done. Many people struggle with that same frustration and I will try to work on a video that addresses that in the future :-)
Hello. I've viewed a significant amount of content here on youTube. I want to encourage you by telling you that all I've viewed of yours is quite exceptional. Very well articulated, accurate, and extremely good insights for not only those with BP, but especially for those who have a friend or loved one who contends with the illness. Thank you for your authenticity and courage. You are providing a valuable service. Do not grow weary in well doing!
Polar Warriors Absolutely! Very happy to hear identity the caveat distinguishing between "having" vs. "being" bipolar! Such a vital truth that our identity is not determined by that with which what we content!
It's truly amazing how many diverse interests persons with bipolar can have and how much we actually accomplish! I also have other health issues besides bipolar...Crohns, diabetes, major migraines and recently an amputation of my left leg..as if bipolar isn't enough to deal with! Everyday is a struggle with any of these conditions, but my biggest issue is depressive anxiety. Love your research and talks on bipolar and I thank you for it all.
Thank you for sharing. This helps us get to know you on a personal level. I, like you, am also 38. And I also rarely ever feel great. I usually always wake up with a headache or some kind of physical pain. I have scoliosis and sciatica so I also have alot of back pain. I thank you for putting your time and attention into your channel when you're able to.
I love the amount of positive energy, understanding, and hope I get from you ...Somehow most of my post was lost..I have chronic fatigue, along with fibromyalgia..When you add biopolar into the mix...things get complicated..I have up days where I take advantage. . I have some nerve damage in my arms and hands.. ..I pay for those days when I get things done...I was suffering on about day 2, low mood and pain...Someone asked why this happened...I explained I over did it and they wanted to know what I done ..It was grocery shopping, laundry, driving, and various other things? They looked at me and said...Those things cause you to suffer? It was a cold response and there was no validation....I know my pain is real ...You are brave to come forward with a such a personal story. I am grateful. I appreciate you beyond words.
I hope this channel becomes much bigger. I became a Patron yesterday and I have gained so much knowledge from your insights and the information you share with us. Bipolar does not come with a manual but I think your channel is the closest thing to one. I have so much to catch up with the Patreon side of Polar Warriors Yay!
Love your channel and yes I agree about not defining yourself by the label “I am” That almost limits your subconscious capacity to manage your illness and not feel like it has control of you. I really like hearing your stories - they rang true with me! Keep up the good work 🤗🙏
I can relate to your story so much. I went through several career changes myself including a sting in journalism. I was a news reporter and a TV producer for a while. Talk about stressful! I love your channel and am glad you made this video taking a peak into your life. Thank you for all you do.
Rob hearing of your life's struggles, yet not allowing those struggles deter you from your goal to help others is amazing. I have a 25 year old son who is bi-polar and unfortunately he is defeated by it and his other health issues. I recently told him about you and your channel hoping that he too can cope with and hopefully manage his disorder as you have.
Good to hear about your life. Thank you for sharing. I like how regardless of any health problems you press ahead and always have done, as your life history shows. You keep on track by being authentic and that is so good. Quite an inspiring story, to be honest. Well done :)
You seem to be changing my outlook towards bipolar ex wife who got separation after ten years and two boys ..now twenty years of separation...makes me feel like helping to lead a better life....
Thanks I honestly appreciate your story I have a better understanding of why you started this journey it has helped me greatly again I can't thank you enough for what your sharing in this channel please continue to do so be blessed
Robert,we thank GOD for you, and the very well thought out and informative videos that you put out. My wife and I have watched other videos about BP and have not found them as helpful as the ones from you. We pray that you and the others who watch your informative videos will be well. Take care and GOD be with you all.
Thank you so very much, I had been diagnosed with Bipolar 3 years now, it's been difficult to find myself again but slowly but surely I'm learning in finding out who I am with the help of your channel. Thank you for helping me in answering my thoughts. 🤗🤗
I really REALLY enjoyed this one. Thank you so much. I would like to see a video about manic rage and anger. Maybe you've planned on talking about this? I'd really love to hear more about this. I don't hear a lot of people talking about the rage in bipolar. I'd really make me happy. Have a nice rest of the day
Laurence Schon thank you so much for the suggestion. I think I have that on my list but I will make sure to email myself a reminder right now. That would be a fantastic topic to address. I hope you’re doing well this week my friend and thank you for all the comments! I appreciate the support so much 😊
Just wanted to say I really love this channel. I’m recently diagnosed and you’ve honestly been a helping hand in a lot of situations I’ve been going through. Thanks :)
Another solid video Robert!You always are so caring,it helps me so much!!!!I've been dealing with rapid bipolar depression since I was diagnosed at 24,years localhost 23 years ago!!!!Thank God for medication,and the love of my dear ,Mother!!!!She's very supportive of me!!!!!
Sorry for my english.....this weekend I could tell my brother my bipolar diagnose,becouse I hoped they would understand me......they tried....but they said,when saw your videos,they understood me completly clearly.Unfortunetly my country this illness is absolutly tabu. Thank you very much your work!!!!!Oh,and these videos helped my 13 years of marriage also and helped my husband a lot to understand whats going on. I hope you understand my words. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!!
Detti Dobrocsi I am so glad that I could help. Mental health care in other countries is so difficult to find. My heart goes out to your situation. Stop by my channel anytime. I’ll always do my best to help :-) -Rob Whittaker
I love the thought of you righting a book. I could hopefully be a positive one. So many books are negative. NAMI often has book reviews in their newsletter. I 'm studying finance and hoping to help others with basic financial literacy. I have a lot of respect for you. I still have not grown out of the fear that I my be "blacklisted" due to this illness.
I am really appreciating you every time I watch you. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder three years ago, and you are very helpful. I would love to try your program. You are actually helpful and I thank you. My name is Braydyn Lents, good for you to know. Thanks for the awesome videos, and for helping other out with Bipolar disorder like me.
Samantha Whitmarsh i’m so glad I could help Samantha. You are most welcome and I appreciate the kind words very much 😊😊 -Rob If you would like to help support what I’m doing, here is a link to my new Patreon page... no expectations at all. Just people watching my videos means the world to me :-) www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
Robert thank you for sharing your story with us. You're a very likable guy a clearly have the heart of a teacher. I've learned a lot watching your videos and am coming to terms with my illness as well. Keep well and be encouraged!
You are a warrior! I am just learning about my bipolar diagnosis and found your channel. You are truly a God send and have saved my life once. Thank you for taking your time to help others.
Thank you so much Robert. It was really incredible for you to open with all your heart about you, as a person, with all your vulnerabiliy, strenghts, interests and honesty. Indeed you are a wonderful teacher... i wish you, your partner and your 2 cats the best!
Hi, Rob offers one on one support on Patreon if you are interested. He also posts more personal information about his day to day struggles. All patrons can contact him directly by private message and he frequently offers free phone calls!!! If you decide to join, you can mention my name and he will give you a free call. Another Patreon exclusive is Rob hosting and moderating weekly support groups on discord! We have many family and friends take part. Take gentle care! 🙏 Sometimes we all need someone to talk to: www.crisistextline.org/ teenlineonline.org/talk-now/ Dianna Polar Warriors Team Member (H)old (O)n (P)ain (E)nds www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I have now watched quite a few of your videos and first and foremost just: THANK YOU. You are doing the world a big service with this channel! I don’t have bipolar disorder myself, but have experienced it up close and very personal with someone close to me. When you explain and give advice about this illness I understand so much more now. Pls keep it up. It is much needed. I wish everyone strugling with this disorder the same managing skills that we see in you. A good life IS possible in spite of it.
Thank you so much! If you would consider becoming a patron, that would be huge. There’s a link at the top of the videos. Stop by my channel anytime :-)
Thanks for sharing. I have my diagnostic in May, 2018 and since them I've been looking for tools and people to help me understand this situation, my past and how to look forward and you are being the most important support ever. Thank you for teaching me about our condition and about how to become a warrior.
Thank you for your videos and for sharing about yourself. I look forward to seeing more. And I hope you do get to write a book someday. Your insights are helpful and important. ❤️
kimmie dirette I am so glad the videos are helping. You are most welcome here and I hope you will continue to stop back by. If you would like the opportunity to support what I’m doing, I will include a new link to my Patreon page below. No expectations at all… Just watching my videos means the world to me :-) -Rob www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I have became addicted to your videos after running across one of your videos. You are both educational but the biggest thing for me is that you can sum up so nicely what I try to explain to people for years what being bipolar is all about. I hope to get my husband to watch them. Also I have bipolar type 1 ultra rapid cycling who has issues with autoimmune type problems along with major discs issues so I can relate so much to your own story.
Thanks for sharing and YES you are helping me sooooo much I couldn’t describe in words. It’s been 3 weeks I’ve been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder hipo bla bla and and more. It’s been a nightmare and my man has no understanding and have zero respect/empathy for me. Since I found you here it has been soft, smooth and less horrifying ride. You are awesome. Keep up the good work. Warm hug from Sweden 🇸🇪
Thank you SO MUCH for everything you share! Your genuine spirit comes through and your work here is SO IMPORTANT! My father suffers from bipolar disorder and he is 72, also he still isn't fully accepting of it. I've been going through a manic episode with him as he lives across the country from me and it's been so difficult and painful and your videos have given me SO MUCH STRENGTH and understanding💜thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
I truly appreciate your honesty about your life. I am new to your channel and currently piecing my own life together after an honest effort to establish my own business ended in failure. I have BP1 and ten years sobriety. I have been through a great deal of hardships with alcohol and isolation and self sabotaging behavior in my life. It has been truly an uphill battle the last few months but I am still willing to give each day a fresh look each morning. Your channel is a welcome addition to my wellness efforts. Many thanks..
Jeffrey Porto thanks for taking the time to share some of your experience Jeffrey! You are most welcome here and stop by the channel anytime man! 😊☀️ -Rob
Thank you Soo much for all of your videos. I have recently been in a serious battle with bipolar. I just found out that I was bipolar and I can't thank you enough for all of your help! Love you man...
Thank you for your effort on your channel, has helped me a lot and it still helping me on my bipolar road :) . Lately I've been showing an translating some of the videos for my Chinese friends to help them or help them to understand.
Alexis Lozano thank you so much for doing that! I would love to find people who could take my videos and do a translated voiceover. It would be amazing to have my channel in different countries where people need the information the most! Stop by anytime :-) PolarWarriors@gmail.com 😊 www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors -Robert
Trey, Thank you for making your channel so informative and personal. Thank you for being open about your life with us. Your videos are helping me discover more about my condition. I’m not “formally” diagnosed with anything except anxiety disorder. Definitely some depression as of lately....
Poukeybear Poukeybear i’m so glad! Thank you so much for the kind words. The whole reason why I do this is to make a difference in peoples lives, so your comment means a lot to me :-) -Robert www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I love your channel so much! It has helped me understand so many things that have happened in my marriage as a result of my husband’s diagnosis. I always felt like some of the things he did were because he didn’t care. Now I understand that all of our misfortunes were neither of our faults.
love you saying you ask 'who am i?' all the time. reminds of the lennon song 'look at me' where he asks that question over & over again (it's off the Imagine album, which has some great songs about introspection.) thx for adding a channel which is mind-probing & involves introspection . . .
My daughter( diagnosed with bipolar - was a gymnast and in karate when she was young-she was awesome - I agree karate is awesome. Thank you sharing your life! I wish you better days ahead! Your videos helped in understanding my husband’s death due to mental illness and my daughters struggles. It has offered me some closure and made me realize my understanding and commitment to my husband’s life gave him more days on this earth. Even without knowing his illness. I knew something was going on- but felt I needed to be there for him. He left me a journal and it helps me through the tough times- reminds me that it was an illness- he tried secretly to combat since a young boy. I struggle with PTSD- and sure a conditioned mindset from my 25 years with my spouse. He I knew struggled with OCD- it was a tough condition to work around. But we made it work - I took the positives of the disorder- to help me. He was a loving man- suicide did not define him nor his diagnoses. Take care
Thank you so much for this channel, you are a great educator and make me feel less anxious about being a bipolar 1,the only friend I can confide in that has not abandoned me when I am at my worst is my husband. He has bipolar disorder as well.We help each other out when things go pear shaped. Please know that I am so happy you are doing this! Please keep on keeping on. It makes me feel better knowing That many of us deal with this in silence,you shine a bright light on both the negatives and positives and for that I am grateful . Blessings!
Dear Rob, Bless you for sharing and giving us hope 🙏 You are a very accomplished person despite the challenges you've had.. and those you'll no doubt continue to face and work through in the future. All best wishes to you and your loved ones from Australia ❤
You are a wonderful Rob. I was a teacher. I am a Christian. My faith sustains me when I am feeling all alone. I love to talk to people. You talk to me through your videos. I feel like I have had a conversation with you. So glad that you have a wonderful partner and wow. You are doing so much.
You're welcome 😊 Rob is available on patreon. You can message him, text or even have a call with him there. He's doing free support calls for patreons this holiday season. Take gentle care. Sometimes we all need someone to talk to: www.crisistextline.org/ teenlineonline.org/talk-now/ Dianna Polar Warriors Team Member (H)old (O)n (P)ain (E)nds On Patreon, you can message Rob directly, get a phone/video call, watch videos that are more personal in nature, and access a great community. www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
Wow! What an extensive variation of experiences you've had! You are a very well rounded individual! I'm glad you shared all that. It's very inspirational! And I'm so glad to do "survivors therapy" with you as I call it. I don't mean that to be derogatory. But as a girlfriend of 5 years of a bipolar boyfriend I need healing too and the way I choose to heal is to try to understand his illness better and why he said and did the things he did. Thank you so much for what you're doing Robert you are healing me.
I became a member of Patreon. I got to share Faces of Bipolar #8 with him a couple of weeks ago bc that's where he was currently at. We listened to 2 more of your videos too. They just followed that video and he was willing to listen and really liked them a lot! Since then he has gone back to the doctor and got back on his meds. He is Cyclothymic too. We're still broken up but pray that he stays on the meds and gets better and stays better. I'm supporting your work with or without him bc I am being healed through your knowledge and sharing of first hand info. A gazillion thumbs up for you!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Your so awesome ♡ Thank you so much for explaining what our illness is all about .... when my family have questions about some of the stuff I do ..(being bipolar ) .I just send them your link to video and I solve that problem ♡♡ So thank you ,thank you thank you
This is a relief. when you don't feel "Right" and you don't know what it is then there is Terror. Fright can and does interrupt your ability to think clearly, Logically. this depression can increase and subside like the Tide! Greatful for this video and the Care that this Brave man tries to pass along! Wishing peace, but excepting whatever comes along! sure seems bi-polar with a twist of Cannabis Addiction!
Getting to share your history to an audience that you are aware shares the same heightened level of empathy, must've been both uncertain AND exciting. Kudos to you sir! *like*
Once again I want to thank you. We have so much more in common than I knew after watching this. I too have blown disc from my neck to my spine, was married twice; the second one cheating on me and making a fool of me. I worked at many jobs and had a manic high seems like until my 40's. Always got put into management and authority positions bc I could work circles around everyone else. I'm a songwriter/musician and worked in Aviation. I loved Aviation but it was stressful, still I did that for 5 years and that was the longest I ever held one single job. I have 2 TH-cam channels and you can definitely hear the bipolar in my music. If you ever want to see the main one is called Flatt Blagg Music and the other is a cheesy home made channel under my name Shannon French but you have to look pretty hard to find it. Thanks again for your help and unselfishness and having the courage to put yourself out there and for caring enough to do so.
Thank you Rob. I’m checking out the link. I’m hoping someday you will do a video on bipolar and psychosomatic illness. It’s hard when I am unwell to know if I am really sick or if it’s related to my bipolar stress ❤️. I share your videos often and post my own experiences occasionally too. Ppl who are educated can help us, rather than to judge us. And your videos really have helped me to sort out some stuff. Keep up the good work. You are so appreciated!❤️❤️❤️
So, I have Bipolar Disorder/Am Bipolar (pick one), but I'm also diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I relate so much with the special interests, which seem to relate to both diagnoses. GREAT channel! Best I've come across in ages. Thank you.
Thank you! I started taking notes, practicing daily your advice and life is getting easier to manage. That was a welcome change to your posts, and I've not watched your first videos but anything new is challenging. I fully relate to putting all your energy into multiple projects and movo on after completion. I greatly appreciate this channel and hope you are able to do this full time!! May you be well ✌️
Hello Robert! I have just discovered this channel now and I'm already a LOVER! My whole life I've been trying to succeed in a enormous variety of areas (I noted some similarity with your history) and I've been sliding through success moments - being a Jiu-jitsu National and International champ, a MMA professional 4 times first-round-finisher, getting into University of São Paulo (Brazillian Harvard like), creating 3 different business, and raising a 1,5 year son - and extremely failing moments - addicting to cocaine, trying to suicide 2 times, failing two of my business for lack of accountability, getting knocked-out, almost getting kicked out of highschool for failing in classes, getting into depression - and just recently I agreed badly to go to a psychiatrist ("I'm not a f*ckn psicho!") and discover to have advanced Cyclothymia, flirting with Bipolar type I. It is such a relief to hear that more people have the same I have and I not a "broken" person, an accident of homo sapiens as I though. Now, after starting to medicate myself, I'm taking break of all and I will start a new chapter. Thank you so much for support and inspire us, Robert! Love from Brazil
Your videos have been a big help as I battler with Bipolar Type 1 :) Thank you for sharing your story and please keep on creating more videos. . . ~ Your Filipina Subsciber
Great video. New sub here and enjoying your content. I'm glad that u chose to be open and honest. I've been living with diagnosed BP for over 30 years. People who have mental health issues, brain injuries, and addiction have been the ones who have helped me the most when it comes to strategies and coping skills. So thanks again for sharing your experiences and info. When I first got my diagnosis I was so relieved. Finally, there was an explanation, course of action, and prognosis. Of course it's more fluid than that but, still there is more and more helpful info all the time. I'm still hopeful and expecting a cure.
Thank you so much for sharing some information about who you are. I love that you are so dedicated to sharing your knowledge with other and you have such a genuine presents about yourself it’s refreshing. I hope you have a good new year and continue your success in all aspects of your life.
Hey Robert - another great video ! Man you have had a full life! Thanks for sharing your story. You have knack for communicating in a clear and accessible way. You have really been a blessing in many ways. Keep on keeping on- the world needs more people like you ! Take care Vince
Thank you. I follow everything you post. You have been so educational & helpful to not only me but my family too. Without your wonderful channel, no one would understand my condition. Thank you sir 👏
Wow! Thank you for your kind words! Creating this channel and seeing this community grow has been an amazing experience for me. This is more than I could have ever asked for. 🙏🌞 - Rob For additional content and more direct contact consider joining us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
That's so awesome it's so nice to know YOU. And I can relate. I have rapid cycle bipolar, lupus and bone spurt due to the lupus. I've had hep c due to my mania and carelessness from it. I had to do hep c treatment for 6 months. Anyways your a great TH-camr keep up the great work.
angelica peoples sounds like we definitely have a lot in common with our struggles. I’m so glad you found my channel! When you have time, take a look at the new Patreon page I launched. Stop by my channel anytime and I hope the videos continue to help enrich your life :-) www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors No expectations at all… I just appreciate people watching my videos so much!
I’m glad you shared a bit about yourself. I just discovered your channel and I’m amazed by all the information you give and how you explain bipolar disorder so any person can understand. Also, I’m thrilled that you speak Spanish. Saludos desde Puerto Rico.
Hey there ! Rob is available on patreon. You can message him, text or even have a call with him there. For a very limited time he is offering free support phone calls for all patrons right now in which he can lend an ear, give advice or answer questions. Take gentle care. Sometimes we all need someone to talk to: www.crisistextline.org/ teenlineonline.org/talk-now/ Dianna Polar Warriors Team Member (H)old (O)n (P)ain (E)nds On Patreon, you can message Rob directly, get a phone/video call, watch videos that are more personal in nature, and access a great community. www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
Thank you for sharing. It showed a sense of vulnerability that we don't see on TH-cam often.
Hølli Eiríksdóttir that's so true
Thank you I never thought about it like that ! I'm just willing to learn everything I can about a lot of different things but especially about skin care makeup mental health I'm actually really excited to start watching you and the other ladies ❤️ thanks to genie
you're so brave. I hate having Bipolar 1 and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Every time I try to disclose it to people, they shun me. I think people treat men and women with mental illness differently. Women get labeled at crazy by default, so imagine the things people would say about me and how they treat me, and how they look (or don't look) at me. Americans are completely ignorant about bipolar, and they think bipolar is a character defect. My parents are tired of me. Literally nobody understands me. Having bipolar is like being stranded in the middle of a deep ocean, being subjected to hurricanes, and having absolutely no one to save you. When I'm on my meds, no one would think I'm bipolar. When I'm manic, it's total loss of control to govern myself, my words, my behavior, and my actions. I've had humiliating public episodes. At this point, I'm swallowing my pride and going on disability after 15 episodes/hospitalizations in 10 years. I am praying for a cure. I'm a bipolar survivor, I don't just have it. I am still alive. Many many many people aren't here to say that. Have compassion for the mentally ill. We are literally fighting to stay alive. But at the same time, us bipolars are extremely intelligent... and I love being knowledgeable and educated, but because of my episodes, I am treated like dirt by former friends and colleagues. To say that it hurts is a laughable understatement. However I'm still standing!! And I'm hella proud to say that.
Thank you for sharing..I love seeing how wonderful you have dealt with this situation not everyone can get far..many blessings.
truth.
I can’t wait for my bipolar 26 yr old daughter to get where you are at. She’s finally accepting her diagnosis and taking her meds plus seeing a therapist. I’m the one educating myself to be able to understand it but I can’t wait until she manages it fully herself. She was hospitalized three times the last hospitalization was two weeks ago. She overdosed on her meds which open my eyes and her eyes. I’m a nurse so I’m researching everything there is to know about bipolar since I’m an ICU nurse. Thank you for all you do
I am the mom of a newly diagnosed 9 year old boy. I have to say that I am in tears watching your videos. This channel is calming my fears by giving me information that is grounded and real and personal. Thank you for this channel. It has become in instant lifeline.
Sometimes I wonder why I wasn't diagnosed with Bi-Polar 1 disorder until I had a breakdown when I turned 64 years old. I wonder why no one in my family noticed that I suffered from low self esteem and depression when I was very young. I look back at "my path." I am blessed with a wonderful son,devoted daughter-in law ,and a dear grandson . I've also found a good therapist and a course of medications that keep me stable. I count my blessings..I appreciate your show Thank you Robert from Eve G.
I always say that “I am” not bipolar; “I have” bipolar disorder.
I just recently discovered your channel and I find it very helpful. Keep up the good work 👍.
Please please do not stop making these videos. I am so sick with bipolar type two and I’m just not getting the right help and I can’t find the right help. Listening to your videos helps me feel like I’m not alone in this. I don’t know how long I could take this
@@lindamastropietro3469i feel the same
@@lindamastropietro3469 You need the right anti depressant along with a mood stabilizer, and make sure you don't have a comorbid condition like ADD. You have to treat both conditions not just the bipolar. Sometimes you have to have the ability to diagnose yourself and research the treatment and have a doctor willing to listen to you.
Polar Warrior-What a rich, full life you have! Thank you for producing these videos. There is still such a stigma about mental illness in America. We are not our illnesses, but rather our illnesses are just a small part of who we are. Keep spreading the word that we are so much more than our illness!
I don't have bipolar disorder but I stumbled upon your channel and enjoy watching you speak so authentically and passionately. Thank you for all you do!
You are a trooper! And thank you for another fantastic talk. Was good to hear a little more about you 😀.. I also have two awesome cats.. 😊.
I have been classified as bi polar but have only had two. Episodes of mania Right now have been depressed for over a year. Am on antidepressant s and anxiety meds
You definitely have given me the tools and inspired me and helped me understand so much about bipolar.
And to see The disease as that, and not as who my partner is..
We had a bad moment, but are back on track...and moving forward , I always look forward to the next video of yours..
I definitely loved you sharing your life.. because you live with this as we do..a very brave thing to open up and letting us all know your personal journey..
THANKS. ROB ****
Robert, what jumped out is your VOICE: specifically your enunciation and intonation in the context of such intense subject matter and disclosure. I feel this video gives a lot of clues to how you developed such well-honed vocal delivery with so much to say from your own life experience, research, and ongoing discovery. I also viewed the entirely of "HOW IT'S MADE Bipolar Disorder Videos From Polar Warriors!" and realize the writing/scripting and gear investment are all contributing to the overall quality of the "final" result.
How I discovered your channel: I have been doing intuitively guided surveying of TH-cam channels that discuss mental health and illness in the most deep and succinct ways so that I can assemble collective wisdom in a free-form collage format that I can add and subtract from as this pool of amazing statements grows and evolves. So imagine what you could do as well with your own video archives, combining your statements and perhaps overlaying further fresh commentary and sounds with your music-making talents.
Please leave a reply to this if you want to follow my experimenting with video channel audio. I was working with a couple of other good channels, but the speakers volume levels and enunciation was all over the place, rendering a lot of it useless, and a pain to navigate for good parts to collage. I was going to struggle on with tedious sifting through flawed audio, but now that you have given us such clear audio, I want to spare myself the agony of working with other channel material when I could be working with your audio instead. I don't plan to hi-jack your effort and repost it, rather my effort is self-therapeutic and self-explorative, and toward optimum-survival and educational value within my apartment building environment.
My intended audience for this work is first of all me for recurring review and musing further into these topics. But there is this other urgency to my endeavors. Namely, I am in a long term apartment living situation with people that avoid learning about the things you talk about, and in my ongoing frustration, I am preparing 5-15-minute collages to broadcast from my apartment door when the "zoo atmosphere" ratchets up, and I want something educational to play over the numbing din. I noticed that so far it is working and the no-sense noise and b.s. will subside for a while after I "broadcast" some of my collages. I am even doing such experiments as overlaying two or more message tracks so words from different tracks serendipitously stand out from the rest, and cause the listener to listen more closely to suss out what the messages are about, kind of like a word or phrase "treasure hunt" instead of being totally linear in a didactic way.
I encourage you to play around with your existing material just to "spell yourself" from the very commendable straightforward teaching regimen you have committed to. We all can use "re-creative pauses". You obviously have a playful side that you may be able to refresh yourself in before you segue right back into your more serious video topic output, especially when you are having some rough spots, and are dreading the hard work and intense focus that is required to keep growing your video archive. Some of your own archive audio collages could be added into future video as intros, outros, or intermissions. Or you could chop-suey bits of each new video soundtrack into audio spice sprinkled into each video, perhaps under a still image or something, in keeping with the video topic. Or maybe as a sectional reprise or review.
You have such great plans for growing your career, yet you should be commended for dropping such highly useful building blocks for careers and creations still not even conceived by fellow TH-camrs. Your videos merit lots of additional archiving so that your dedication and hard work can be built on by others that come after you-even future you's.
I want to immediately thank you for making my wisdom treasure hunting that much more enjoyable and rewarding. I feel that skillful audio-collaging presented well can be transformative in improving one's own housing or other interpersonal environment, and might be something others in an otherwise intractable living situation might try in order to move the vibrational needle upward where they live. I believe that others (including neighbors) might more easily open up to carefully prepared audio messaging than they would ever accept or absorb face to face. This approach is both direct and oblique, and might help finesse or ease us through situations we might otherwise just shut ourselves off from-or judge as hopelessly toxic and dysfunctional.
-Thomas
Great job. It takes a BIG pair to lay it all out on the table for the world to see. Your strength helps others to be strong. Keep it up
Jeromey Cole ain't that the truth
Your a great person Robert and are helping someone like me a lot, I was diagnosed with BP type 2 back in 2009 and it is a horrible illness. I wish there was a cure but since that is not possible right now I wish for people to understand or at least try, it seems like at least many people around me make no effort and think that because I appear physically fit I am perfectly healthy but inside I feel like I am trapped in a nightmare sometimes (like now). Sometimes I listen to the videos on the channel and others while I work as a sort of therapy session as my insurance changed an I can only go to therapy no 2x per month and that is dependent upon availability of my therapist. What I am struggling with is how do you get family and friends to understand that mental illness is as real as a physical illness, many of the people close to me seem to act like this is less serious than the sniffles. Any advice is appreciated
I have a great video that talks about “what does bipolar disorder feel like.” That might be a good one for them to watch, but if they are in denial personally, there’s not a whole lot that can be done. Many people struggle with that same frustration and I will try to work on a video that addresses that in the future :-)
Hello. I've viewed a significant amount of content here on youTube. I want to encourage you by telling you that all I've viewed of yours is quite exceptional. Very well articulated, accurate, and extremely good insights for not only those with BP, but especially for those who have a friend or loved one who contends with the illness. Thank you for your authenticity and courage. You are providing a valuable service. Do not grow weary in well doing!
Wow thank you so much for saying that! I’m so glad you found my channel and you are very welcome here. Stop by anytime 😊👍
Polar Warriors
Absolutely!
Very happy to hear identity the caveat distinguishing between "having" vs. "being" bipolar! Such a vital truth that our identity is not determined by that with which what we content!
It's truly amazing how many diverse interests persons with bipolar can have and how much we actually accomplish!
I also have other health issues besides bipolar...Crohns, diabetes, major migraines and recently an amputation of my left leg..as if bipolar isn't enough to deal with!
Everyday is a struggle with any of these conditions, but my biggest issue is depressive anxiety.
Love your research and talks on bipolar and I thank you for it all.
thank you so much for being so transparent ..i appreciate your candor.hugs&kisses
Thank you for sharing. This helps us get to know you on a personal level. I, like you, am also 38. And I also rarely ever feel great. I usually always wake up with a headache or some kind of physical pain. I have scoliosis and sciatica so I also have alot of back pain. I thank you for putting your time and attention into your channel when you're able to.
I love the amount of positive energy, understanding, and hope I get from you ...Somehow most of my post was lost..I have chronic fatigue, along with fibromyalgia..When you add biopolar into the mix...things get complicated..I have up days where I take advantage. . I have some nerve damage in my arms and hands.. ..I pay for those days when I get things done...I was suffering on about day 2, low mood and pain...Someone asked why this happened...I explained I over did it and they wanted to know what I done ..It was grocery shopping, laundry, driving, and various other things? They looked at me and said...Those things cause you to suffer? It was a cold response and there was no validation....I know my pain is real ...You are brave to come forward with a
such a personal story. I am grateful. I appreciate you beyond words.
Lori Huber thank you so much for the kind words! 😊
Thank you for your videos. I have recommended you to my occupational therapists, I am here in scotland UK. I so agree with you, I've been there too.
Natalie Kelly
So many more people need to know about his channel 😂
Great to hear you sharing it 😊
I hope this channel becomes much bigger. I became a Patron yesterday and I have gained so much knowledge from your insights and the information you share with us. Bipolar does not come with a manual but I think your channel is the closest thing to one. I have so much to catch up with the Patreon side of Polar Warriors Yay!
Love your channel and yes I agree about not defining yourself by the label “I am” That almost limits your subconscious capacity to manage your illness and not feel like it has control of you. I really like hearing your stories - they rang true with me! Keep up the good work 🤗🙏
I can relate to your story so much. I went through several career changes myself including a sting in journalism. I was a news reporter and a TV producer for a while. Talk about stressful! I love your channel and am glad you made this video taking a peak into your life. Thank you for all you do.
Rob hearing of your life's struggles, yet not allowing those struggles deter you from your goal to help others is amazing. I have a 25 year old son who is bi-polar and unfortunately he is defeated by it and his other health issues. I recently told him about you and your channel hoping that he too can cope with and hopefully manage his disorder as you have.
Good to hear about your life. Thank you for sharing. I like how regardless of any health problems you press ahead and always have done, as your life history shows. You keep on track by being authentic and that is so good. Quite an inspiring story, to be honest. Well done :)
Great video. Very open and honest. You are truly a warrior.
You seem to be changing my outlook towards bipolar ex wife who got separation after ten years and two boys ..now twenty years of separation...makes me feel like helping to lead a better life....
Thank you for sharing. Love this channel!!!
Wow I've been so waiting for this video! I'm so happy you share your story
You are a cool guy. Thanks for everything you do
Thank you for sharing your life. This is my favorite channel. Your info and insight are priceless!
Your humbleness is a true attribute
Very True,
Thanks I honestly appreciate your story I have a better understanding of why you started this journey it has helped me greatly again I can't thank you enough for what your sharing in this channel please continue to do so be blessed
Robert,we thank GOD for you, and the very well thought out and informative videos that you put out. My wife and I have watched other videos about BP and have not found them as helpful as the ones from you. We pray that you and the others who watch your informative videos will be well. Take care and GOD be with you all.
Thank you so much! 😊🙏
Thank u. I deal with this all alone. No family,friends or support unit. These videos get me through the day. God bless u.
Thank you for your storey. Inspiring x
Thank you so very much, I had been diagnosed with Bipolar 3 years now, it's been difficult to find myself again but slowly but surely I'm learning in finding out who I am with the help of your channel. Thank you for helping me in answering my thoughts. 🤗🤗
Thanks for sharing. I know u didn't need to, but it is much appreciated. It shows how genuine and down to earth u are to care enough to share 💗
I really REALLY enjoyed this one. Thank you so much. I would like to see a video about manic rage and anger. Maybe you've planned on talking about this? I'd really love to hear more about this. I don't hear a lot of people talking about the rage in bipolar. I'd really make me happy.
Have a nice rest of the day
Laurence Schon thank you so much for the suggestion. I think I have that on my list but I will make sure to email myself a reminder right now. That would be a fantastic topic to address. I hope you’re doing well this week my friend and thank you for all the comments! I appreciate the support so much 😊
I second your suggestion!
Just wanted to say I really love this channel. I’m recently diagnosed and you’ve honestly been a helping hand in a lot of situations I’ve been going through. Thanks :)
Trey, I really enjoyed learning more about you. Thank you so much for this channel.
What you are saying makes so much sense and shows great intelligence! I will support you 100%
Thank you so much!
Another solid video Robert!You always are so caring,it helps me so much!!!!I've been dealing with rapid bipolar depression since I was diagnosed at 24,years localhost 23 years ago!!!!Thank God for medication,and the love of my dear ,Mother!!!!She's very supportive of me!!!!!
Sorry for my english.....this weekend I could tell my brother my bipolar diagnose,becouse I hoped they would understand me......they tried....but they said,when saw your videos,they understood me completly clearly.Unfortunetly my country this illness is absolutly tabu.
Thank you very much your work!!!!!Oh,and these videos helped my 13 years of marriage also and helped my husband a lot to understand whats going on.
I hope you understand my words.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!!
Detti Dobrocsi I am so glad that I could help. Mental health care in other countries is so difficult to find. My heart goes out to your situation. Stop by my channel anytime. I’ll always do my best to help :-)
-Rob Whittaker
Thank you for sharing! I have learned a lot from your channel! Information is very comforting to me.
I love the thought of you righting a book. I could hopefully be a positive one. So many books are negative. NAMI often has book reviews in their newsletter. I 'm studying finance and hoping to help others with basic financial literacy. I have a lot of respect for you. I still have not grown out of the fear that I my be "blacklisted" due to this illness.
I am really appreciating you every time I watch you. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder three years ago, and you are very helpful. I would love to try your program. You are actually helpful and I thank you. My name is Braydyn Lents, good for you to know. Thanks for the awesome videos, and for helping other out with Bipolar disorder like me.
Thank you so much for sharing who you are, it's a pleasure to know more about a person that truly helps those of us with bipolar.
Samantha Whitmarsh i’m so glad I could help Samantha. You are most welcome and I appreciate the kind words very much 😊😊
-Rob
If you would like to help support what I’m doing, here is a link to my new Patreon page... no expectations at all. Just people watching my videos means the world to me :-)
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
Robert thank you for sharing your story with us. You're a very likable guy a clearly have the heart of a teacher. I've learned a lot watching your videos and am coming to terms with my illness as well. Keep well and be encouraged!
You are a warrior! I am just learning about my bipolar diagnosis and found your channel. You are truly a God send and have saved my life once. Thank you for taking your time to help others.
Thank you for sharing. It’s nice to hear what other people who have Bipolar do with their lives
Thanks so much. I really think you should write the book.
Thank you so much Robert. It was really incredible for you to open with all your heart about you, as a person, with all your vulnerabiliy, strenghts, interests and honesty. Indeed you are a wonderful teacher... i wish you, your partner and your 2 cats the best!
Hi, Rob offers one on one support on Patreon if you are interested. He also posts more personal information about his day to day struggles. All patrons can contact him directly by private message and he frequently offers free phone calls!!! If you decide to join, you can mention my name and he will give you a free call. Another Patreon exclusive is Rob hosting and moderating weekly support groups on discord! We have many family and friends take part. Take gentle care! 🙏
Sometimes we all need someone to talk to:
www.crisistextline.org/
teenlineonline.org/talk-now/
Dianna Polar Warriors Team Member
(H)old (O)n (P)ain (E)nds
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I have now watched quite a few of your videos and first and foremost just: THANK YOU. You are doing the world a big service with this channel! I don’t have bipolar disorder myself, but have experienced it up close and very personal with someone close to me. When you explain and give advice about this illness I understand so much more now. Pls keep it up. It is much needed. I wish everyone strugling with this disorder the same managing skills that we see in you. A good life IS possible in spite of it.
Love getting to know more about you. Love your videos. Huge supporter of what you’re doing here. Love love love. Thank you for being you!!
Thank you so much! If you would consider becoming a patron, that would be huge. There’s a link at the top of the videos. Stop by my channel anytime :-)
Thanks for sharing. I have my diagnostic in May, 2018 and since them I've been looking for tools and people to help me understand this situation, my past and how to look forward and you are being the most important support ever. Thank you for teaching me about our condition and about how to become a warrior.
Thank you for your videos and for sharing about yourself. I look forward to seeing more. And I hope you do get to write a book someday. Your insights are helpful and important. ❤️
kimmie dirette I am so glad the videos are helping. You are most welcome here and I hope you will continue to stop back by. If you would like the opportunity to support what I’m doing, I will include a new link to my Patreon page below. No expectations at all… Just watching my videos means the world to me :-)
-Rob
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I have became addicted to your videos after running across one of your videos. You are both educational but the biggest thing for me is that you can sum up so nicely what I try to explain to people for years what being bipolar is all about. I hope to get my husband to watch them. Also I have bipolar type 1 ultra rapid cycling who has issues with autoimmune type problems along with major discs issues so I can relate so much to your own story.
Thank you for letting us in.
Thanks for sharing and YES you are helping me sooooo much I couldn’t describe in words. It’s been 3 weeks I’ve been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder hipo bla bla and and more. It’s been a nightmare and my man has no understanding and
have zero respect/empathy for me. Since I found you here it has been soft, smooth and less horrifying ride. You are awesome. Keep up the good work. Warm hug from Sweden 🇸🇪
You’re amazing. Thank you for educating others and sharing your stories. You’re an inspiration
Thank you SO MUCH for everything you share! Your genuine spirit comes through and your work here is SO IMPORTANT! My father suffers from bipolar disorder and he is 72, also he still isn't fully accepting of it. I've been going through a manic episode with him as he lives across the country from me and it's been so difficult and painful and your videos have given me SO MUCH STRENGTH and understanding💜thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
I truly appreciate your honesty about your life. I am new to your channel and currently piecing my own life together after an honest effort to establish my own business ended in failure. I have BP1 and ten years sobriety. I have been through a great deal of hardships with alcohol and isolation and self sabotaging behavior in my life. It has been truly an uphill battle the last few months but I am still willing to give each day a fresh look each morning. Your channel is a welcome addition to my wellness efforts. Many thanks..
Jeffrey Porto thanks for taking the time to share some of your experience Jeffrey! You are most welcome here and stop by the channel anytime man! 😊☀️
-Rob
You are definitely an excellent teacher of bipolar. Thank you so much for your Channel.
Thank you Soo much for all of your videos. I have recently been in a serious battle with bipolar. I just found out that I was bipolar and I can't thank you enough for all of your help! Love you man...
Thank you for your effort on your channel, has helped me a lot and it still helping me on my bipolar road :) . Lately I've been showing an translating some of the videos for my Chinese friends to help them or help them to understand.
Alexis Lozano thank you so much for doing that! I would love to find people who could take my videos and do a translated voiceover. It would be amazing to have my channel in different countries where people need the information the most! Stop by anytime :-)
PolarWarriors@gmail.com 😊
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
-Robert
Trey,
Thank you for making your channel so informative and personal. Thank you for being open about your life with us. Your videos are helping me discover more about my condition. I’m not “formally” diagnosed with anything except anxiety disorder. Definitely some depression as of lately....
Thank you so much for these videos. They have really made a difference in my life. I can't tell you how much you've helped me. Thank you.
Poukeybear Poukeybear i’m so glad! Thank you so much for the kind words. The whole reason why I do this is to make a difference in peoples lives, so your comment means a lot to me :-)
-Robert
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
I respect you so much for being honest and doing this channel
I'm so appreciative of the time you donate to the rest of us. Thanks.
I love your channel so much! It has helped me understand so many things that have happened in my marriage as a result of my husband’s diagnosis. I always felt like some of the things he did were because he didn’t care. Now I understand that all of our misfortunes were neither of our faults.
love you saying you ask 'who am i?' all the time. reminds of the lennon song 'look at me' where he asks that question over & over again (it's off the Imagine album, which has some great songs about introspection.) thx for adding a channel which is mind-probing & involves introspection . . .
My daughter( diagnosed with bipolar - was a gymnast and in karate when she was young-she was awesome - I agree karate is awesome. Thank you sharing your life! I wish you better days ahead! Your videos helped in understanding my husband’s death due to mental illness and my daughters struggles. It has offered me some closure and made me realize my understanding and commitment to my husband’s life gave him more days on this earth. Even without knowing his illness. I knew something was going on- but felt I needed to be there for him. He left me a journal and it helps me through the tough times- reminds me that it was an illness- he tried secretly to combat since a young boy. I struggle with PTSD- and sure a conditioned mindset from my 25 years with my spouse. He I knew struggled with OCD- it was a tough condition to work around. But we made it work - I took the positives of the disorder- to help me. He was a loving man- suicide did not define him nor his diagnoses. Take care
I’m so glad the video helped and you are very welcome here anytime 😊😊🤗🤗
Thank you so much for this channel, you are a great educator and make me feel less anxious about being a bipolar 1,the only friend I can confide in that has not abandoned me when I am at my worst is my husband. He has bipolar disorder as well.We help each other out when things go pear shaped. Please know that I am so happy you are doing this! Please keep on keeping on. It makes me feel better knowing That many of us deal with this in silence,you shine a bright light on both the negatives and positives and for that I am grateful . Blessings!
Thank you so much for this video and letting us all into your life... :-) this is Bobby.
Shahid Naqshbandi THANK YOU BROTHER!!! It was so amazing to finally be able to see you again. Many blessings and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Enjoyed getting to know you. You're are certainly a warrior for your perserverance! Congrats on all your accomplishments. Thanks again for sharing.
Dear Rob, Bless you for sharing and giving us hope 🙏 You are a very accomplished person despite the challenges you've had.. and those you'll no doubt continue to face and work through in the future. All best wishes to you and your loved ones from Australia ❤
Without my partner i wouldn't be here. She's my rock and helps me cope with my illness.
I really appreciate your honesty and knowledge. I hope to be able to enlighten people too, so you are an inspiration.
I appreciate that!
WoW I’m impressed. You seem well adjusted to the illness. You’re a model for me. Thanks 🙏
You are a wonderful Rob. I was a teacher. I am a Christian. My faith sustains me when I am feeling all alone. I love to talk to people. You talk to me through your videos. I feel like I have had a conversation with you. So glad that you have a wonderful partner and wow. You are doing so much.
You're welcome 😊 Rob is available on patreon. You can message him, text or even have a call with him there. He's doing free support calls for patreons this holiday season. Take gentle care.
Sometimes we all need someone to talk to:
www.crisistextline.org/
teenlineonline.org/talk-now/
Dianna Polar Warriors Team Member
(H)old (O)n (P)ain (E)nds
On Patreon, you can message Rob directly, get a phone/video call, watch videos that are more personal in nature, and access a great community.
www.patreon.com/PolarWarriors
Wow! What an extensive variation of experiences you've had! You are a very well rounded individual! I'm glad you shared all that. It's very inspirational! And I'm so glad to do "survivors therapy" with you as I call it. I don't mean that to be derogatory. But as a girlfriend of 5 years of a bipolar boyfriend I need healing too and the way I choose to heal is to try to understand his illness better and why he said and did the things he did. Thank you so much for what you're doing Robert you are healing me.
I became a member of Patreon. I got to share Faces of Bipolar #8 with him a couple of weeks ago bc that's where he was currently at. We listened to 2 more of your videos too. They just followed that video and he was willing to listen and really liked them a lot! Since then he has gone back to the doctor and got back on his meds. He is Cyclothymic too. We're still broken up but pray that he stays on the meds and gets better and stays better. I'm supporting your work with or without him bc I am being healed through your knowledge and sharing of first hand info. A gazillion thumbs up for you!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Your so awesome ♡ Thank you so much for explaining what our illness is all about .... when my family have questions about some of the stuff I do ..(being bipolar )
.I just send them your link to video and I solve that problem ♡♡ So thank you ,thank you thank you
This is a relief. when you don't feel "Right" and you don't know what it is then there is Terror. Fright can and does interrupt your ability to think clearly, Logically. this depression can increase and subside like the Tide! Greatful for this video and the Care that this Brave man tries to pass along! Wishing peace, but excepting whatever comes along! sure seems bi-polar with a twist of Cannabis Addiction!
Getting to share your history to an audience that you are aware shares the same heightened level of empathy, must've been both uncertain AND exciting. Kudos to you sir! *like*
What an incredible journey you are on. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best for the future.
Once again I want to thank you. We have so much more in common than I knew after watching this. I too have blown disc from my neck to my spine, was married twice; the second one cheating on me and making a fool of me. I worked at many jobs and had a manic high seems like until my 40's. Always got put into management and authority positions bc I could work circles around everyone else. I'm a songwriter/musician and worked in Aviation. I loved Aviation but it was stressful, still I did that for 5 years and that was the longest I ever held one single job. I have 2 TH-cam channels and you can definitely hear the bipolar in my music. If you ever want to see the main one is called Flatt Blagg Music and the other is a cheesy home made channel under my name Shannon French but you have to look pretty hard to find it. Thanks again for your help and unselfishness and having the courage to put yourself out there and for caring enough to do so.
Thank you Rob. I’m checking out the link. I’m hoping someday you will do a video on bipolar and psychosomatic illness. It’s hard when I am unwell to know if I am really sick or if it’s related to my bipolar stress ❤️. I share your videos often and post my own experiences occasionally too. Ppl who are educated can help us, rather than to judge us. And your videos really have helped me to sort out some stuff. Keep up the good work. You are so appreciated!❤️❤️❤️
So, I have Bipolar Disorder/Am Bipolar (pick one), but I'm also diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I relate so much with the special interests, which seem to relate to both diagnoses. GREAT channel! Best I've come across in ages. Thank you.
Thank you! I started taking notes, practicing daily your advice and life is getting easier to manage. That was a welcome change to your posts, and I've not watched your first videos but anything new is challenging. I fully relate to putting all your energy into multiple projects and movo on after completion. I greatly appreciate this channel and hope you are able to do this full time!! May you be well ✌️
Thank you so much!!! Stop by the channel anytime. You are very welcome here 😊☀️☀️
Hello Robert! I have just discovered this channel now and I'm already a LOVER! My whole life I've been trying to succeed in a enormous variety of areas (I noted some similarity with your history) and I've been sliding through success moments - being a Jiu-jitsu National and International champ, a MMA professional 4 times first-round-finisher, getting into University of São Paulo (Brazillian Harvard like), creating 3 different business, and raising a 1,5 year son - and extremely failing moments - addicting to cocaine, trying to suicide 2 times, failing two of my business for lack of accountability, getting knocked-out, almost getting kicked out of highschool for failing in classes, getting into depression - and just recently I agreed badly to go to a psychiatrist ("I'm not a f*ckn psicho!") and discover to have advanced Cyclothymia, flirting with Bipolar type I. It is such a relief to hear that more people have the same I have and I not a "broken" person, an accident of homo sapiens as I though.
Now, after starting to medicate myself, I'm taking break of all and I will start a new chapter.
Thank you so much for support and inspire us, Robert! Love from Brazil
Your videos have been a big help as I battler with Bipolar Type 1 :) Thank you for sharing your story and please keep on creating more videos. . . ~ Your Filipina Subsciber
Great video. New sub here and enjoying your content. I'm glad that u chose to be open and honest. I've been living with diagnosed BP for over 30 years. People who have mental health issues, brain injuries, and addiction have been the ones who have helped me the most when it comes to strategies and coping skills. So thanks again for sharing your experiences and info. When I first got my diagnosis I was so relieved. Finally, there was an explanation, course of action, and prognosis. Of course it's more fluid than that but, still there is more and more helpful info all the time. I'm still hopeful and expecting a cure.
Thank you so much for sharing some information about who you are. I love that you are so dedicated to sharing your knowledge with other and you have such a genuine presents about yourself it’s refreshing. I hope you have a good new year and continue your success in all aspects of your life.
Thank you so much! I wish the same for you as well!
Hey Robert - another great video ! Man you have had a full life! Thanks for sharing your story. You have knack for communicating in a clear and accessible way. You have really been a blessing in many ways. Keep on keeping on- the world needs more people like you !
Take care
Vince
I appreciate that Vince, thank you so much for your kind words and for watching the channel! 🙏
Thank you for sharing. You are an inspiration and i find your channel extremely useful and enjoyable. Keep going x
Thank you. I follow everything you post. You have been so educational & helpful to not only me but my family too. Without your wonderful channel, no one would understand my condition.
Thank you sir 👏
Wow! Thank you for your kind words! Creating this channel and seeing this community grow has been an amazing experience for me. This is more than I could have ever asked for. 🙏🌞
- Rob
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That's so awesome it's so nice to know YOU. And I can relate. I have rapid cycle bipolar, lupus and bone spurt due to the lupus. I've had hep c due to my mania and carelessness from it. I had to do hep c treatment for 6 months. Anyways your a great TH-camr keep up the great work.
angelica peoples sounds like we definitely have a lot in common with our struggles. I’m so glad you found my channel! When you have time, take a look at the new Patreon page I launched. Stop by my channel anytime and I hope the videos continue to help enrich your life :-)
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Wow dude, you got this. Thanks for the share. Good luck with all your challenges.
I’m glad you shared a bit about yourself. I just discovered your channel and I’m amazed by all the information you give and how you explain bipolar disorder so any person can understand.
Also, I’m thrilled that you speak Spanish.
Saludos desde Puerto Rico.
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