Dr. Elliot Gavin Keenan
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✨ Manic-depressive pixie dream boy with a PhD in Psychology. Gay, Jewish, transmasc (he/him). AuDHD, Bipolar 1, dyspraxia, catatonia. PokéManiac ✨
Manhattan, NY
Joined September 2018
Someone at work was helping me debug my survey on REDCap and in reference to branching logic she was like "I've never seen anyone do it this way".What I did was like type if([variable]='1', '', @hidden) 🤪.
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wouldn't it be cool if pokemon centers sold outfits/parts of outfits from pokemon trainers in the games?.
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I made a new video introducing the Habitica app and its uses in a therapeutic context, particularly within a DBT framework! I might make a follow-up video or blog post with specific details of how to navigate menus and such.
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i just had an epic boss fight with a spider in my tub vs me with a bottle of scrubbing bubbles.
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So I commissioned an artist to set up a vtuber avatar (with full rigging) -- this is just a preliminary sketch, second one since I had some revisions for the initial sketch. What do you think? Looks pretty promising to me.
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My therapists want us to write a letter to one of our alters 🤞🏻.
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When I was very smol I had an intense interest in The Year Without A Santa Claus. I made my parents watch it with me every single night in spite of being Jewish. But those movies were actually made in Japan, so by a lot of definitions, stop-motion Christmas movies are anime.
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My #Pokémon trainer card made with I did not include any NFE favorites (like Wooper, Pikachu, Minccino, A-Vulpix). I also didn't include any legendaries in this one. 👾
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Check out my interview for TPGA!.
thinkingautismguide.com
Luminous Mind author Elliot Gavin Keenan wants to uplift all neurodivergences—including autism, bipolar, schizophrenia, and many others.
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I very much need more creativity but executive failure prevents it. I would love to paint again.
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My latest blog post touches on the history of the term "bipolar disorder"!
bipolarcoaster.blog
You may have heard that Bipolar Disorder used to be known as Manic Depression. This was the case until 1980, with the advent of the DSM-III. The committee over at the APA who decides these things h…
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Happy World #Bipolar Day! My book, #LuminousMind, launched today. It is about my lithium overdose and meaning-making after surviving suicide. The book is a compilation of lyric essays written during my PhD program in psychology.
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Happy World #Bipolar Day! My book, Luminous Mind, releases today ➡️➡️ #BipolarClub #Autism #SuicideAwareness #memoir 💡🧠.
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Elliot Gavin Keenan arrives as a first-year PhD student in psychology at UCLA. He is autistic and bipolar, aspects of himself he has learned to work with; however, under the sunny Los Angeles sky,...
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Reminder that you can try my 10-question quiz! The winner will receive a free copy of my upcoming book, Luminous Mind, which is about my life with AuDHD+Bipolar 1. Currently the leader has 6/10!.
Anyone can enter this 10-question trivia quiz to receive a free copy of my upcoming book! Nobody has won yet! (if you want to be considered for the prize, use your twitter handle as your name!).
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Use this link to connect with me on Goodreads!.
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Anyone can enter this 10-question trivia quiz to receive a free copy of my upcoming book! Nobody has won yet! (if you want to be considered for the prize, use your twitter handle as your name!).
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My latest blog post talks about the interface of mental and physical health, particularly for bipolar disorder!
bipolarcoaster.blog
Those of us with bipolar disorder can bear a heavy burden when it comes to co-occurring conditions, medication side effects, and we are at higher risk for many diseases. Some of these effects are a…
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Does anyone else feel N from Pokemon is autistic?.
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