The Confessional: Being Bipolar pt3 (video blog) My thoughts on depression, suicide, giving advice, and Robin Williams

I know it's been forever since I posted anything on my blog. So here's something new for you:

With the recent death of Robin Williams, and a personal email I received regarding my Confessional videos, I felt compelled to say something and record it (like one does.) Unfortunately I am appearing in this next installment of the Bipolar video series sporting a shaggy scruff. So if you don't mind getting advice from a guy who currently looks like Santa Claus's gay-porn fuck buddy, then click the video below and enjoy(?) I grew it out for a music video I am shooting for A Fallen Mind. It should be gone by next week, but I digress...

I'll also have some links below the video that you might be interested in, especially if you are seeking help and/or trying to understand bipolarism and other mental health issues.

If you, or someone you know, needs to talk to someone about suicide (or any other mental health issue), please visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

or call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Call anytime, day or night. They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you would like to contact me because of this, or any of my other videos, feel free to drop me an email at afallenmind@gmail.com. You can also leave a comment in the comments section below. Thank you.

Why Should a Bi Have to Pick a Side? (The Labeling of Bisexuals from Both Sides of the Fence)

I've been neglecting my blog for a long time and recently the urge to write again has creeped back in. There's been a lot of controversies going on lately: from the Malaysia flight disappearance, to the L.A. Clippers racism situation, to a new Kurt Cobain note released decades after his death, to the... fuck, I don't know. I stop paying attention after a while. All the news sensationalism becomes a blur. But none of that is really that interesting to me.

No, the question on my mind lately has been:
"I wonder what percentage of the population in the United States is gay and is the statistic at all accurate?"

Why? I don't know. Random questions pop in my head all the time.

Like this guy. Who the hell is THIS guy, anyway??

In skimming through a few pages (here, here, here, and here) I found that the answer isn't very cut and dry. I shouldn't be too surprised by this due to the fact that some people are still in the closet. Also some people are bisexual and don't call themselves gay. And, of course, some probably just don't think it's anyone else's damn business. I get that.

As an analysis of the subject matter, I am more interested in the bisexual aspect, however. Do bisexual men and women consider themselves gay? If so, would they be counted in the gay/straight "census?" If they don't consider themselves gay, what would do they consider themselves? I've seen people refer to themselves as pansexual (or heteroflexible) which is probably less porno sounding than the term bi or bisexual. And it tones down some of the stigma of being bisexual.

That also is another thing that I have heard about, and seen, with some of my gay friends over the years. Some gay people (and straight people) are annoyed by bisexuals. I don't get this, personally. But the argument is usually that the bisexual person should PICK A SIDE! That kind of thinking kind of reminds me of how a Republican would react. Very black and white, cut and dry, it's either this or that or nothing. But why?

I see nothing wrong with being sexual with another adult partner, regardless of gender, if it's consensual. If no one is getting hurt, what is the harm? Why does a side have to be chosen? So people can label? Not everyone, or everything, can be neatly categorized. Nor should they be. But I digress.

Actually, I have no idea where I'm going with this. This tends to be the case when I really want to write about something, but my brain is not flowing in any kind of linear format. And so you don't feel too let down, I'll leave you with a picture of a couple of bisexual chicks.

Allegedly.