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Thriving on the Bipolar Spectrum: Changing the Narrative with Stories of Lived Experience

We’re now on a shared mission to end the stigma, maximize healing and save lives by spreading education and inspiration.

This kind of first response directly improves safety and well-being by connecting people to appropriate care and resources.

My experience represents the importance of working with providers to ensure your mental and physical health care are coordinated.

I have developed some skills to guide me through moments of difficulty — to ride out the wave.

I learned to separate my identity — my essence, my core — from this highly stigmatized word.

I was recently inducted into a club I never wanted to be a part of — I call it the “Therapist’s Worst Nightmare Club.”

When temporary pain feels too great to bear, the combined force of ‘forever moments’ keeps me going.

I'm still fleshing out the nuances of inhabiting both sides of this space: peer and clinician.

It may not be the cheeriest of topics, but it is still an important one because it is real.

The journey was not simple. But it was worth the hard work.