Bipolar books autobiography
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Bipolar Disorder Memoirs
Episodes
- The Presumption Story sunup Two Alters ego & Given Diagnosis
- By: Gnawer Altman, Cat Alexander
- Narrated by: Mara Altman, Kat Conqueror
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In Episodes, lifelong principal friends Stimulant and Gnawer take listeners on break off unfiltered trip through conviviality, mental sickness, and action. Kat, a successful able, is preparing for matrimony and relationship. On time out fourth complicated of IVF, it happened—a frantic run to Gnawer. Mara be convenients over longing find Cat, her link of 25 years—the flavour who'd each time been sensible, hilarious, trip over-the-top thoughtful—trying to pounce through a window.
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Tetchy listen!
- By AJ on 11-17-24
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If you search the internet for “books about bipolar disorder,” the overwhelming majority of titles that appear are guaranteed to be self-help books to guide you (or your loved ones) through what is seen as a scary, unpredictable illness. It’s no wonder that manic-depressive symptoms have long been used as a dramatic plot device, or that most literature around bipolar disorder is dedicated to “fixing” or overcoming it. But what if there were more creative and engaging ways to capture the beautiful electricity of our brains?
When I introduce my debut novel Never Been Better as a bipolar comedy, I’m often met with a healthy dose of skepticism. But hear me out—a year after their discharge from a psych ward, two former floormates embark on a whirlwind destination wedding (with their rapidly unravelling third wheel determined to ruin it). It’s about how we are so accustomed to a certain type of happy ending when it comes to love and recovery that sometimes we can sabotage our growth in the process—and give wedding speeches that absolutely no one asked for. Being able to laugh at the mistakes I’ve made when screaming manic or puddle-state depressed has been key to my own recovery, and I think that writing a book that chaotically hovers in the grey area between sick and well i
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Bipolar Autobiography
It takes courage to write a bipolar autobiography – and it can also take courage to read one.
One website I saw actually cautioned bipolar people against reading these books in case they contain triggers. I am not a psychiatrist – and neither was the writer who gave that warning – but my gut reaction, and my own experience, is that bipolar autobiographies are invaluable.
Yes, the recognition and identification can be very painful! Yes, it hurts to be reminded of just how crazy or desperate or depressed we have been! Yes, it is shaming and heartbreaking to be reminded of how our condition impacts on our loved ones!
For me though it has been very comforting to read so many stories of recovery.
Also, the education and insight into effective medications and treatments is invaluable.
Why?
Bipolar autobiographies:
1. EDUCATE: For example, this is the best way to learn about the true cost/benefit trade-offs involved in medication side effects, AND – they show the many faces of mania.
Reminder
The medical community tries hard to understand, but real life stories are impossible to improve on.
2. MOTIVATE: I get scared enough by all the suicide attempts, relapses, wrecked marriages, lost careers and squandered fortunes to persist with my own recovery p