What is it like to experience a manic episode? And how does one go about dealing with the repercussions of being extremely happy one day, and depressed for many days afterwards?

Aspiring radio producer Robin Blamires who underwent an episode of hypomania aged 22 uses his audio abilities to reveal how a love for the medium helped him to discover more about himself mentally, and dealing with scary situations that have recurred throughout a lifetime.

Narrated by Robin Blamires, with the additional voices of Ian Parkinson, Joe McDaniel, Georgina Davies-Knight, Andrea Rangecroft, Kemi Fatola,  James Waters, Jonathan Easton, John Harris, Sandie Pearson, and Karen Pearson.

Check out the audio diary showing the making of the podcast!
http://www.mixcloud.com/FoldedWing/tuned-in-to-the-future-inside-the-mind-of-a-hypomanic-audio-diary/

And the behind the scenes blog from Folded Wing!
http://www.foldedwing.co.uk/news_and_blog/1806-behind-the-scenes-inside-the-mind-of-a-hypomanic--a-bipolar-journey-through-sound

And last of all, a Spotify playlist showing the music used in the piece
and audio diary.

http://open.spotify.com/user/robinblamires/playlist/6E61KaggnT2OUcILVGRVel

Mental Health Websites:
http://www.rethink.org/

http://www.mind.org.uk
(Produced by Folded Wing)

Inside The Mind Of A Hypomanic - A Bipolar Journey Through Sound

Dr Ahmad Terkawi is a Syrian refugee living in Sweden. Between November 2015 and April 2016, Ahmad and his organisation’s twelve volunteers used their mobile phones to help around 28,000 refugees safely make the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece in tiny rubber boats. Ahmad co-founded the Maritime Organisation for Following Up and Rescue together with a Syrian friend in Germany.

Produced for an episode of Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4 called Hope Dies Last. The series is produced by Eleanor McDowall / Falling Tree Productions.

Listen to the full programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ffv86

Send Me Your Location (for BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts)

Love in a time of climate change,
Love under sponsored umbrellas,
Love in a time of Eisenstein films
uploaded to Youtube,
and that famous scene
of the baby's pram rolling down the steps,
to the waterfront in Odessa...

Send Me Your Location (for BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts)

Andrea Rangecroft

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