[Kindle Edition]" />Diary of a Bipolar [Kindle Edition]
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- File Size: 331 KB
- Print Length: 226 pages
- Publisher: George Ison (March 8, 2010)
- Language: English
- Product Code: B003CYLXDE
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- X-Ray: Not Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
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“I think this book would be of great help to anyone trying to understand the bipolar disorder of someone they care about. ”
“Most entries are really fun to read, since he's very passionate, exaggerate and maybe even exotic to extreme ways. ”
“This book change a lot of things for me. ”
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsInvaluableApril 18, 2012
By C J A
Format:Kindle Edition
I think this book would be of great help to anyone trying to understand the bipolar disorder of someone they care about. For anyone with the condition themselves, in particular someone recently diagnosed, this book is deeply cathartic.I came across this book less than a week after being diagnosed as bipolar (initially 2, later changed to bipolar 1). I had not even understood the condition, outside of it being *bad*, and had to essentially reexamine my life and experiences from this new, previously foreign perspective. Perhaps because I'm a "white male, age 18-49," learning I was so drastically different from "normal" people was shocking, further intensifying the volatile state I was in which had just led to my diagnosis.Though I rarely mark up texts, my copy wound up filled with underlines and notes in the margins. I had tried communicating so many peculiar feelings and thoughts to my friends and family over the years which were met with blank stares, mutually confusing due to my being quirky, perhaps, but most certainly "normal," we all thought. After nearly 30 years of mystery, I had finally found someone who was writing exactly what I'd been unable to convey. Further, the extensive details jogged memories of (what may have been) previous episodes that I had entirely forgotten.I had been initially hesitant as George lives in Chile; I was worried that too much of the book would be lost in cultural translation, as I know little about Chile. Surprisingly, this was not the case at all. In fact, the lack of any such distinction reinforced just how universal some characteristics and behaviors are for those with manic depression. This was of great consolation to me after realizing the degree of socially ostracization visited upon many with the condition.The structure of the book itself, i.e. a diary, is particularly helpful. Unlike a series of recollections assembled into a continuous narrative, often including overarching themes and other literary mechanisms clumsily applied after-the-fact, Diary of a Bipolar gives snapshots over time, each of which represent his feelings, situation, and beliefs at various stages of his life. Though the entries can be sporadic, each was clearly written when he had important insights about himself and recent events that he felt compelled to examine. His entries are unmistakeably honest and sincere, and I could identify with nearly all of them. By being able to relate to his earlier entries, prior to his diagnosis, I believe his subsequent entries have been all the more helpful for my own life. Although I don't know how the disease will manifest itself over time in my particular case, the vicarious experience has alerted me to possibly problematic, and possibly therapeutic, habits and inclinations of my own.Being diagnosed with Manic Depression obviously doesn't change anything about one's self. However, it completely tears down a person's self-image and understanding of themselves. Suddenly, a person's role in society, career goals and family plans - a person's entire designs for the future - have to be rebuilt to accommodate this critical realization. Most importantly though, nothing has really changed about one's own personality and fundamental nature; the more I've come to understand the effect it has had on my life, the less of who I am I attribute to the label of manic depression. Diary of a Bipolar helped me first with my need to relate to someone else again, and later in realizing how much of myself has nothing to do with my condition.
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