Bipolar Disorder itself is a term given to someone who has had a manic episode,
and then you have a natural kind of tendency to go down as well so
that's the term, the medical term for it. It's a collection of symptoms really
Mania has a set of kind of ups, and a whole load of symptoms go with that.
Depression is the down, and there's a whole loads of symptoms to go with that so.
It is kind of a mix of both.
Bare Knuckling Bipolar it was almost, not a a last-ditch effort for me, but I tried to get back to work and
kind of rebuild my life after being diagnosed and after having a Manic episode and going
through that big fall out of a Depression that follows it.
I had tried to go back to work and I just didn't work out. So I I kinda just wanted to live my life exactly how
I wanted to you know, so kind of work when I wanted to work and train get back
into health fitness, and as I got more into it I said
"Well maybe I can show the world what someone with Bipolar Disorder can do!"
All it is, is a diagnosis, it is a term. You continue on the rest of your life,
and you make adjustments accordingly maybe after you're diagnosed
and then once you've got a good care plan
and a good kind of close group of people around you
some Medical professionals and some not, you can carry on and it's all good.
For Me I am really aware, like you know, that training MMA isn't for everybody
I am making an example of myself. I am into it I really like it and I love both the ethos
and that it gives you a very healthy lifestyle, but it's the dull movements is about a conversation
around mental health and how to live a healthy lifestyle.
So go follow your passions because they lead you to people that you get on well with and try and
live a more healthy, holistic lifestyle
Doing stuff like this, working up the appetite, sweating. Getting the body going, waking it up, it is so good!
[Red Top] If you have problems down home people kind of brush it off to the side
and you feel like you can't talk about it, speaking with you and a few of the other guys in the gym
feels great like, because I feel like I can speak my mind.
My name is Derry Guinan, I am from a small town in Offaly called Kilcormac and I am 27 years old.
I started kickboxing nearly five years ago now and I just like to help everybody you know,
I like to see people achieve their goals every day.
I think if you feel good with your body your mind feels good and it just releases that
feel good energy into your body.
Suicide in the past has affected me and my family.
My Brother passed away 9 years, actually this month, the 17th of this month.
It had a huge affect on me.
Some of my friends said, "Come one we will go drinking!" and I was like, "Nah, I wan't to go training".
I want to feel good, I don't want this lifestyle and end up maybe in the same position as my Brother did.
I don't know.
It makes me feel good, I am training with positive people every single day
and I just get to talk to positive people. Whereas if you're sitting in a pub talking to
negative people you are gonna feel down, and you're going to start doing what they are doing
and it is just going to bring your level down.
It doesn't matter who you are walking in through those doors,
you could be a World Champion or you could be on the scratch.
Just trying to get your life back together and essentially I was the second of the two,
and welcomed here with open arms.
Everyone is really really helpful and yeah I mean it is just a great enviornment to be in, really supportive.
Well I suppose for the movement I want to keep it alive, I want to keep people talking about it.
For myself if I could turn this into my life that I can go
around and get this message out there and show people that there's an
alternative way to live after you've been diagnosed, and that you can
absolutely go after your dreams you can live healthily
and you can, kinda, go for your 'Happy Ever After' you know.