The following blog posts are written by people with personal experience of bipolar disorder. By talking openly, our bloggers hope to increase understanding around mental health, break stereotypes and take the taboo out of something that – like physical health – affects us all.


I felt so ashamed of bipolar diagnosis but my friend kept reassuring me

December 2, 2013

JustineMy life seemed to change when I meet Claire. She noticed that something wasn't quite right but was unsure what it could be. She looked up my symptoms and her diagnosis was bipolar disorder. With all this info she made a GP appointment and pushed for me to be seen.

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