Riding the Waves of #bipolar to Success
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or how I learned to not only tolerate, but love, my neurotypeI suffer from Bipolar II disorder, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. In fact, I am both proud and grateful of what my hypomanic episodes have enabled me to accomplish.What is Bipolar?For those unfamiliar, Bipolar Disorder (FKA Manic Depression) is now understood to encompass a broad range of mood disorders characterized by alternative waves of ups and downs.For sufferers of Bipolar I, the most extreme form of the Bipolar Disorders, their lows plunge the deepest depths of truly crushing depression and their highs are characterized by delusional, often self-destructive episodes of mania.Individuals with Bipolar II are spared the more extreme delusions of manic episodes, and instead experience hypomanic episodes that can be (...)
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