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The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry » Topic: A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work Just another bbPress community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 11:59:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php tobbe56 on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/7#post-292597 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:58 +0000 tobbe56 292597@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ As the topic states, thank you mr. Fry for the work on behalf of psycich illness in general and bipolar condition in detail. I am diagnosed with bipolar disorder type II for the last two years and though I am painfully aware of most matters in the documentary it was a great relief to have someone else explain the matter to family and close friends. I´ve tried to start making people more aware of this condition and other psycich illnesses here in Sweden. Unfortunately the common man thinks that psychic illness = axemurderer that hears the voice of god. Although I´ve yet to find a steady job at the age of 34 I try to follow your example and be open and educate as many as possible. Once again, thank you mr. Fry Fassett on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/7#post-292413 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:32:54 +0000 Fassett 292413@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I am not often inclined to do this sort of thing. It makes me feel ghastly and impudent. Not a lot of people have helped me; even fewer whom I've never met. You have, and for that I owe a great personal debt I've no way of repaying. All that I can really say, I guess, is this: when the low times are on you, know that somewhere in the middle of a desert is a young man who is thinking well of you - eager to see the work you do next, and edified in the knowledge that this thing we deal with can be overcome to some extent, and that not everyone thinks he's just nuts or insufferable. And, of course, thank you. Be well. -F usbusi on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/7#post-289343 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:18:50 +0000 usbusi 289343@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I would like to thank Stephen and the BBC for the excellent film, and for broadcasting it on Youtube. An American who thought he might have been the reincarnation of Shakespeare during his first manic episode and Churchill during the second? The horrors. If you are interested in reading another first hand account of Bipolar Disorder I level mania, I have blogged my experiences at <a href="http://broadcastingtoheaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://broadcastingtoheaven.blogspot.com</a> , where I have also linked to Mr. Fry's film on Youtube. virgine on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/7#post-287301 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:59:40 +0000 virgine 287301@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ And thank you Mr Fry to take away the taboo on this subject. virgine on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/7#post-287299 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:57:40 +0000 virgine 287299@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hello Mr. Fry and to all of other my peers in this sometimes difficult illnes. I am diagnosed BIPOLAR II, only at 40 (after a major depression), although I am suffering from it since my puberty. Being bipolar is difficult but has its good moments of which I am sometimes very grateful. I am currently taking a cocktail of 4 medicines ( which I will probably have to take for the rest of my life) = euthyrox for my thyroid, sipralexa = anti depressant, lambipol = mood stabilisor and abilify = anti manic. I have a great Psychiatrist. I live in Belgium and I am happy to recommend her. I am new on this forum. I saw the documentary, but is there any other reading material on this subject of the hand of Mr Fry. If so I am very eager to read this. Love to all of you out there, you are not alone since there are 4 million of us !!! stonefish78 on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-284807 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:02:13 +0000 stonefish78 284807@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I've just watched the documentary - it was a real eye opener and inspiring that you don't take medication for your condition. I didn't know there were 4million of us either! TheGirlAnachronism on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-284575 Mon, 28 May 2012 11:15:24 +0000 TheGirlAnachronism 284575@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Dear Mr. Fry, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Through your documentary you have given me the best gift you can give anyone with a mental illness: the feeling that they are not alone. I'll admit, I've cried on more than one occasion watching you. They're not always sad tears though, they are sometimes tears of joy. Joy from knowing that people out there are feeling what I'm feeling, thinking what I'm thinking. When you talk about the voices in your head shouting about how worthless or horrible you are I can barely contain myself. When other people speak ill of you it hurts but it can never hurt you as much as it does when it's your own voice yelling insults. That inescapable voice that can't be squelched, echoing between your ears and drowning out any other thoughts you would hope to think. Anyways, I'm rambling. I know that I have to live with those voices but thanks to you I know that I don't have to let them defeat me. Thank you for giving me hope and the feeling that I am not alone. Much love from Michigan, Amber ArleneA on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-282619 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:46:44 +0000 ArleneA 282619@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I want to thank Stephen; and take him back a good few years too (!); I want to tell him how much laughter he brought me in my early teenage years whilst watching "Fry and Laurie" on television. Omg so so funny!!!! I have always wondered how comedians managed to keep such straight faces; I would have been lying in a heap on the floor, a complete mess in floods of laughter <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> stiofan on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-282229 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:22:25 +0000 stiofan 282229@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Thank you Stephen for this heartfelt documentary which was broadcast here in Ireland recently. I've been high and low for 20 years now. Unfortunately I have gone untreated and been through my own personal hell of late. On watching your documentary something awoke inside. I could relate to you so much. You have inspired me to finally get to grips with this condition. From an Irish perspective you remind me of Oscar Wilde in every way but it is a quote from Yeats that sets the mood.. "Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!" Go raibh míle maith agat! Stiofán MurderofRavensinFugue on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-281363 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:41:13 +0000 MurderofRavensinFugue 281363@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ When I first saw the documentary, it was as though I could hear Michael Jackson singing "you are not alone". So many things fall into place. SusanX on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-281163 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:21:02 +0000 SusanX 281163@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Thank you, Stephen, for being such a kind and compassionate person. Although I don't get more depressed than the average person, The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive was really interesting and it helped me to underderstand those I know who have depressive illnesses. My heart goes out to anyone who has to go through this. I hope you can see your illness as something that is happening to you which deserves sympathy, and not as something to feel guilty about. All the best with the recovery, Stephen, and thank you for all the happiness you have brought into my life. Hugs... nanny rabbits on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-280679 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:48:17 +0000 nanny rabbits 280679@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ i have had a great fondness for mr.fry since watching his television programme on the spectacled bears and thank him for the work he continues to do for them as well as for his heroic quest to remove stigma from mental illness. in my imagination i often picture him as a bear in shining-armour. narnia has a wise, just and noble lion and we have a wise, just and noble bear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i wrote the avboe on another thread before discovering there was a place here to say thank you mellbluemerle on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-280387 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:21:04 +0000 mellbluemerle 280387@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yes thanks too. Being a highly confused bisexual, with depression and other stuff I now realise I may have manic depression. Hey ho <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> Drac0 on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-280359 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:58:20 +0000 Drac0 280359@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I'll add my thanks & appreciation for this great documentary. At the times this aired in Australia I only had the idea I was bipolar, having lived a number of years with a diagnosis of major depression. I could relate to so much that was said during the two episodes. I've now hit the sticking point Stephen had during the show, the question of the use of lithium. My doctor seems to think it will do me good, but I'm unsure if I want to take that step. Despite the danger & stress involved my manic episodes, it's also the time when I feel most creative & 'in touch' with the world. So I'm considering my options carefully right now. Thanks again for the great documentary & for your courage in opening your personal life to the benefit of others. Cheers ALO on "A Place to Express Thanks for Mr Fry's Work" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/a-place-to-express-thanks-for-mr-frys-work/page/6#post-278481 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:54:41 +0000 ALO 278481@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ TThis week we were finally informed of my father’s actual illness after almost forty years. He is bipolar. During my upbringing it was difficult to understand why he behaved the way he did. Not knowing about the illness created a lot of pain, guilt and sometimes even anger in me. Your documentary is the first information about manic depression that I have received and I'm ever so grateful for that. After I watched it I called my father and I could finally understand his world a little bit better. I asked him a great deal of questions about his emotions, thoughts but I also said sorry to him if I ever had treated him badly in the past. I never really knew how to communicate with him before. It's not easy for a child to have a parent with a bipolar disorder. He answered that he was the one who should apologize for not being there for me. So it seems that getting the actual diagnose and seeing your documentary is bringing us closer and healing our father and daughter relationship. I’m ever so thankful for that Stephen. I wish you all the best and that you find a way to balance your manic depression in the way you find most suitable for you. Anne-Louise