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Conor Bezane

The Summer of Nostalgia Finds Me Feeling Older — Stranger Things 4 and Top Gun: Maverick, among…

I am 42. Born in 1979, I still qualify as Generation X, just barely. I think I’ve been struggling with something I couldn’t quite pinpoint…

5 min readAug 10, 2022

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The Summer of Nostalgia Finds Me Feeling Older — Stranger Things 4 and Top Gun: Maverick, among…

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Conor Bezane

The Planet is on Fire and We’re Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Crisis

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

4 min readFeb 27, 2021

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The Planet is on Fire and We’re Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Crisis

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Conor Bezane

The Planet Is On Fire and We’re Just Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the Coronavirus Crisis

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

4 min readApr 11, 2020

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The Planet Is On Fire and We’re Just Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the Coronavirus Crisis

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Conor Bezane

Fight the Virus with Pop Culture — Fear of a COVID-19 Planet

I see my doctor once a week and I’ll give you the advice he always gives me: “Don’t worry about things that are out of your control.”…

6 min readMar 19, 2020

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Fight the Virus with Pop Culture — Fear of a COVID-19 Planet

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Conor Bezane

Punk Rock Energized My Life Exactly 25 Years Ago Today

“Where do you go now when you’re only 15?”

6 min readMar 12, 2020

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Punk Rock Energized My Life Exactly 25 Years Ago Today

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Conor Bezane

How Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign Changed Me — And Why I’m Hopeful

I’m Bipolar and Now I’m Having “PETE Traumatic Stress Disorder”

8 min readMar 4, 2020

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How Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign Changed Me — And Why I’m Hopeful

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Conor Bezane

Crazy Eights: Nearly a Decade Sober and Still Bipolar

I have no thirst for alcohol. Today is my sober anniversary. Eight straight years of zero alcohol and zero drugs. I cannot fathom how I…

3 min readFeb 6, 2020

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Crazy Eights: Nearly a Decade Sober and Still Bipolar

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Conor Bezane

When Music Triggers Visceral Memories: The Power of Matt and Kim

Music is an intensely powerful and hellaciously galvanizing force. It fuels our existence, feeds the mind, and scorches the soul.

3 min readOct 28, 2019

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When Music Triggers Visceral Memories: The Power of Matt and Kim

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Conor Bezane

Mayor Pete: Mental Health & Addiction Linked — How We Fix It

We are facing a massive mental health and addiction catastrophe in this country, and few 2020 candidates have built an action plan more…

5 min readAug 28, 2019

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Mayor Pete: Mental Health & Addiction Linked — How We Fix It

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Conor Bezane

The Inevitable Migrant PTSD Crash

A humanitarian catastrophe continues to burn at the U.S./Mexico border with no signs of relief, images of abuse, splashed across our…

6 min readJul 11, 2019

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The Inevitable Migrant PTSD Crash

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Conor Bezane

Conor Bezane

Conor Bezane covers mental health and pop culture. He’s wriitten for MTV News, WebMD, VICE, and more. Conor’s memoir The Bipolar Addict is out now on Amazon.

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